Amey Deshpande

Amey Deshpande was a finalist in Series 56. He first appeared in in Series 42 at a very young age and lost to John Snedden. He was invited back in Series 47 as part of the junior Countdown tournament, where he lost 66-44 to the impressive Andrew Hulme. Deshpande was given another go in Series 56 where he ran off eight consecutive games including one century against Gareth Evans, when he spotted the nine-letter word DESERTION and the conundrum to get 102 points. In the quarter-final against Anita Freeland the scores were close but low at 62-61 but Deshpande failed to score in any of the next three rounds meaning that the conundrum was irrelevant, but he did solve it and lost 86-71.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
2693	21/01/2000	P	John Snedden	80 – 38	Amey Deshpande	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Joan Bakewell	Susie Dent
3208	13/03/2002	JSF	Andrew Hulme	66 – 44	Amey Deshpande	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Andi Peters	Phiona Stanley
4273	16/01/2007	P	Ian Volante	79 – 91	Amey Deshpande	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent
4274	17/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	86 – 75	Mandy Bill	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent
4275	18/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	79 – 71	Joe McCoy	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent
4276	19/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	80 – 66	Mike Smith	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Barry Cryer	Susie Dent
4277	22/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	98 – 75	Mary Jennings	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4278	23/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	87 – 50	Sylvia De Rozario	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4279	24/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	102 – 54	Gareth Evans	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4280	25/01/2007	P	Amey Deshpande	95 – 47	Oliver Brennan	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent
4379	19/06/2007	QF	Amey Deshpande	71 – 86	Anita Freeland	Des O'Connor	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jo Brand	Susie Dent