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Series 80
Series 80 was the fifteenth series hosted by Nick Hewer. It began on 23 January 2019 following Championship of Champions XV and concluded on 28 June 2019. The series was won by the number two seed Dinos Sfyris, who defeated the number one seed Elliott Mellor in the Grand Final. This marks two consecutive series won by the number two seed, after Mike Daysley's win in Series 79.
This series saw the highest ever score achieved on Countdown. In his second heat game on 17 May 2019, Elliott Mellor scored 152 points, beating the four month old record held by Zarte Siempre who scored 150 in the quarter-finals of Championship of Champions XV. Mellor set and broke several other records on Countdown and became the first contestant to score over 1,000 points in an octochamp run, thus arguably making him the greatest player to never win a regular series.
Seed table
Rank | Name | Wins | Points |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elliott Mellor | 8 | 1061 |
2 | Dinos Sfyris | 8 | 918 |
3 | Brendan Whitehurst | 8 | 821 |
4 | Maggie Barlow | 8 | 794 |
5 | Fiona Titcombe | 8 | 720 |
6 | Steven Turnbull | 8 | 619 |
7 | Sandra Pilson | 6 | 630 |
8 | Mark Decouto | 6 | 544 |
Finals progress
Elliott Mellor (1) vs Mark Decouto (8) | Elliott Mellor (1) vs Maggie Barlow (4) | Elliott Mellor (1) vs Dinos Sfyris (2) |
Fiona Titcombe (5) vs Maggie Barlow (4) | ||
Brendan Whitehurst (3) vs Steven Turnbull (6) | Brendan Whitehurst (3) vs Dinos Sfyris (2) | |
Sandra Pilson (7) vs Dinos Sfyris (2) |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2–22 January 2019: Championship of Champions XV | ||||||||||||
6995 | 23/01/2019 | P | Brendan Whitehurst | 104 – 62 | Linda Nowotarski | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
6996 | 24/01/2019 | P | Brendan Whitehurst | 107 – 52 | Laurence Dunkling | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
6997 | 25/01/2019 | P | Brendan Whitehurst | 112 – 62 | Charlotte Aldworth | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
6998 | 28/01/2019 | P | Brendan Whitehurst | 96 – 44 | Vittorio Angelone | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6999 | 29/01/2019 | P | Tomack Gilmore | 57 – 98 | Adam Davidson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Suzannah Lipscomb | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7000 | 30/01/2019 | P | Adam Davidson | 69 – 74 | Olwen Evans | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7001 | 31/01/2019 | P | Olwen Evans | 68 – 80 | Jimmy Page | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7002 | 1/02/2019 | P | Jimmy Page | 78 – 109 | Kerry Copland | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7003 | 4/02/2019 | P | Kerry Copland | 78 – 64 | Josh Jefferis | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
7004 | 5/02/2019 | P | Kerry Copland | 69 – 60 | Ian Fraser | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jay Rayner | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7005 | 6/02/2019 | P | Kerry Copland | 82 – 72 | George Needham | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Shaun Wallace | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7006 | 7/02/2019 | P | Kerry Copland | 84 – 46 | Nick Seymour | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Shaun Wallace | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7007 | 8/02/2019 | P | Kerry Copland | 72 – 74 | Misba Sheikh | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Shaun Wallace | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7008 | 11/02/2019 | P | Misba Sheikh | 88 – 83 | Caroline Birch | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Shaun Wallace | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7009 | 12/02/2019 | P | Misba Sheikh | 81 – 61 | Elaine Hunt | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Shaun Wallace | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
7010 | 13/02/2019 | P | Misba Sheikh | 85 – 51 | Andrew Dandilly | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7011 | 14/02/2019 | P | Misba Sheikh | 56 – 93 | Dorcas Brown | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7012 | 15/02/2019 | P | Dorcas Brown | 77 – 44 | Arun Mathur | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
7013 | 18/02/2019 | P | Dorcas Brown | 92 – 83 | Jon Pople | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7014 | 19/02/2019 | P | Dorcas Brown | 71 – 40 | Zak Saidani | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dave Myers | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7015 | 20/02/2019 | P | Dorcas Brown | 58 – 77 | David Ellis | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
7016 | 21/02/2019 | P | David Ellis | 83 – 41 | Angela Stewart | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7017 | 22/02/2019 | P | David Ellis | 23 – 117 | Dinos Sfyris | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7018 | 25/02/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 92 – 25 | Martin Rose | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7019 | 26/02/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 130 – 44 | Dennis Miller | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tanni Grey-Thompson | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7020 | 27/02/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 137 – 75 | Jamie Barron | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
7021 | 28/02/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 98 – 56 | Jake Pacifico | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7022 | 1/03/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 120 – 39 | Darren Smith | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7023 | 4/03/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 119 – 18 | Pauline Collard | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
7024 | 5/03/2019 | P | Dinos Sfyris | 105 – 32 | Joe Harrington | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Michael Whitehall | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7025 | 6/03/2019 | P | Chris Krelle | 67 – 86 | John Ashcroft | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
7026 | 7/03/2019 | P | John Ashcroft | 71 – 73 | Maggie Barlow | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
7027 | 8/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 103 – 45 | Julia Wilkinson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7028 | 11/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 97 – 50 | Daniel Corcoran | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7029 | 12/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 106 – 51 | Derek Harvey | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
7030 | 13/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 109 – 63 | Wesley McCartney | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jeremy Thompson | Susie Dent | 140 | ||
7031 | 14/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 102 – 47 | Gerry Buckley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jeremy Thompson | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7032 | 15/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 101 – 60 | Stefan Williams | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jeremy Thompson | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7033 | 18/03/2019 | P | Maggie Barlow | 103 – 13 | Craig Stevenson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jeremy Thompson | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7034 | 19/03/2019 | P | Joe Brown | 59 – 76 | Jane Basford | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jeremy Thompson | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7035 | 20/03/2019 | P | Jane Basford | 80 – 72 | Mike Fuller | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Pougatch | Susie Dent | 117 | ||
7036 | 21/03/2019 | P | Jane Basford | 34 – 96 | Steven Turnbull | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Pougatch | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7037 | 22/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 71 – 65 | Alistair Thomas | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Pougatch | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7038 | 25/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 64 – 47 | Alison Guirey | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Pougatch | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7039 | 26/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 77 – 36 | David Elliott | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Pougatch | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7040 | 27/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 86 – 47 | Carmel Richmond | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7041 | 28/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 80* – 70 | Alexander Stevenson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
7042 | 29/03/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 72 – 68 | Graeme Francis | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7043 | 1/04/2019 | P | Steven Turnbull | 83 – 46 | Les Edwards | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7044 | 2/04/2019 | P | David Wigley | 41 – 67 | Charlie Kavanagh | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jenny Eclair | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7045 | 3/04/2019 | P | Charlie Kavanagh | 57 – 75 | Geoff Markham | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7046 | 4/04/2019 | P | Geoff Markham | 54 – 48 | Helen Powell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 138 | ||
7047 | 5/04/2019 | P | Geoff Markham | 37 – 53 | Mark Decouto | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
7048 | 8/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 70 – 69 | Alison Batchelor | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7049 | 9/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 86 – 58 | Tim Jenkins | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Raj Bisram | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
7050 | 10/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 99 – 47 | Lee Knight | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7051 | 11/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 77 – 30 | India Owens | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7052 | 12/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 81 – 52 | Graeme Terry | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7053 | 15/04/2019 | P | Mark Decouto | 78 – 81 | Dave Butt | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
7054 | 16/04/2019 | P | Dave Butt | 65 – 71 | Huw Davies | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7055 | 17/04/2019 | P | Huw Davies | 75 – 38 | Lauren Moseley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7056 | 18/04/2019 | P | Huw Davies | 70 – 90 | Andy Myerson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7057 | 19/04/2019 | P | Andy Myerson | 68 – 82 | Fiona Titcombe | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
7058 | 22/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 99 – 61 | Tim Hunter | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
7059 | 23/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 82 – 74 | Chris Parr | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7060 | 24/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 90 – 47 | Sue Corral | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
7061 | 25/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 69 – 63 | Meera Murali | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 152 | ||
7062 | 26/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 109 – 54 | Asset Beisembayev | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 141 | ||
7063 | 29/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 98 – 73 | Sunita Rehan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Colin Murray | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
7064 | 30/04/2019 | P | Fiona Titcombe | 91 – 71 | Adrian Trudgeon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Al Murray | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7065 | 1/05/2019 | P | Roy Noon | 47 – 77 | Katie Walvin | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Al Murray | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7066 | 2/05/2019 | P | Katie Walvin | 106 – 62 | Steven Mills | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Al Murray | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
7067 | 3/05/2019 | P | Katie Walvin | 88 – 41 | Hannah Mohammed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Al Murray | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7068 | 6/05/2019 | P | Katie Walvin | 70 – 97 | Sandra Pilson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Al Murray | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7069 | 7/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 107 – 47 | Rowan Halstead | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Brian Turner | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7070 | 8/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 79 – 49 | Riz Mohammed | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Brian Turner | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7071 | 9/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 91 – 70 | Neil Crosthwaite | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Brian Turner | Susie Dent | 142 | ||
7072 | 10/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 98 – 55 | Lesley Trotter | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Brian Turner | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7073 | 13/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 76 – 60 | Dan Parris | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Brian Turner | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7074 | 14/05/2019 | P | Sandra Pilson | 82 – 92 | Arran Cleminson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
7075 | 15/05/2019 | P | Arran Cleminson | 97 – 74 | Nicki Owen | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7076 | 16/05/2019 | P | Arran Cleminson | 40 – 131 | Elliott Mellor | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7077 | 17/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 152 – 40 | John Hadfield | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
7078 | 20/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 133 – 38 | Dave Trotter | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7079 | 21/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 118 – 16 | Sam Ashworth | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
7080 | 22/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 143 – 10 | Kieran Matley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7081 | 23/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 126 – 10 | Monica Quadri | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
7082 | 24/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 125 – 11 | Saul Rothwell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7083 | 27/05/2019 | P | Elliott Mellor | 133 – 42 | Sam Hendry | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 134 | ||
7084 | 28/05/2019 | P | Chris Smith | 108 – 40 | Conor Baker | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7085 | 29/05/2019 | P | Chris Smith | 59 – 76 | Clea Knight | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
7086 | 30/05/2019 | P | Clea Knight | 78 – 64 | Wajid Hussain | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
7087 | 31/05/2019 | P | Clea Knight | 90 – 71 | David Cowen | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 144 | ||
7088 | 3/06/2019 | P | Clea Knight | 51 – 92 | Harry Clark | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Janet Street-Porter | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7089 | 4/06/2019 | P | Harry Clark | 100 – 67 | Mark Patton | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gethin Jones | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7090 | 5/06/2019 | P | Harry Clark | 98 – 102 | Kevin Sewell | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gethin Jones | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7091 | 6/06/2019 | P | Kevin Sewell | 58 – 68 | Adrian McDermott | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gethin Jones | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
7092 | 7/06/2019 | P | Adrian McDermott | 92 – 46 | Derek Moncur | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gethin Jones | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7093 | 10/06/2019 | P | Adrian McDermott | 51 – 58 | Tony Lister | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gethin Jones | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7094 | 11/06/2019 | P | Tony Lister | 53 – 86 | Ray Greenall | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7095 | 12/06/2019 | P | Ray Greenall | 53 – 81 | Iain Cadogan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7096 | 13/06/2019 | P | Iain Cadogan | 99 – 80 | Stephen Troop | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
7097 | 14/06/2019 | P | Iain Cadogan | 58 – 64 | Dan Dawson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 152 | ||
7098 | 17/06/2019 | P | Dan Dawson | 61 – 82 | Imogen Gordon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Adrian Chiles | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7099 | 18/06/2019 | P | Imogen Gordon | 70 – 60 | Ed Harris | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
7100 | 19/06/2019 | P | Imogen Gordon | 79 – 77 | Liz Smith | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7101 | 20/06/2019 | QF | Elliott Mellor | 109 – 73 | Mark Decouto | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
7102 | 21/06/2019 | QF | Dinos Sfyris | 118 – 71 | Sandra Pilson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
7103 | 24/06/2019 | QF | Brendan Whitehurst | 58 – 57 | Steven Turnbull | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Rufus Hound | Susie Dent | 146 | ||
7104 | 25/06/2019 | QF | Maggie Barlow | 98 – 78 | Fiona Titcombe | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7105 | 26/06/2019 | SF | Elliott Mellor | 120 – 80 | Maggie Barlow | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7106 | 27/06/2019 | SF | Dinos Sfyris | 103 – 78 | Brendan Whitehurst | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
7107 | 28/06/2019 | GF | Elliott Mellor | 83 – 103 | Dinos Sfyris | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 131 |