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Jill Bright
Jill Bright was a finalist in Series 38, and was a contestant in Series 68.
Famously in her second game, she got two nine letter words in the first two rounds. She had a score of 81 going into the conundrum and could have surpassed Allan Saldanha and Stephen Balment's score of 83. However she failed to solve the conundrum and stayed on 81. 81 remains the highest score after 8 rounds of a 9-round game.
She returned to Countdown in 2013, as one of 41 contestants taking part in the 30th Birthday Championship. She received a bye to the first round, but lost her only game to Series 28 quarter-finalist Chris Hawkins by a score of 95 – 51.
Bright is also a keen Scrabble player.
She made he CO-event debut at CoChest.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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2270 | 27/05/1998 | P | Chris Smith | 45 – 56 | Jill Bright | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Merrill Thomas | Mark Nyman | 80 | ||
2271 | 28/05/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 81 – 38 | Wilma Anscombe | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Merrill Thomas | Mark Nyman | 94 | ||
2272 | 29/05/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 61* – 51 | Sam Essen | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Merrill Thomas | Mark Nyman | 73 | ||
2273 | 1/06/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 54 – 33 | Stephen Fyffe | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 74 | ||
2274 | 2/06/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 56 – 53 | Kathy Walker | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 74 | ||
2275 | 3/06/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 59 – 49 | Alasdair Dowling | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 84 | ||
2276 | 4/06/1998 | P | Jill Bright | 50 – 55 | Kelvin Philpott | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jo Brand | Mark Nyman | 81 | ||
2287 | 19/06/1998 | QF | Jill Bright | 51 – 56 | Steve Fisher | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Jan Harvey | Susie Dent | 73 | ||
5626 | 22/01/2013 | 30B1 | Chris Hawkins | 95 – 51 | Jill Bright | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Margaret Mountford | Susie Dent | 123 |