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Graeme Cole
- For the Dictionary Corner guest, see Graham Cole.
Graeme Cole was an octochamp in and the champion of Series 65.
He made his debut in the 2nd show of the series, beating rollover champion Liam Herringshaw in an enthralling encounter, featuring words including RECOMBINE and EUCHRING. He won 7 more shows, accumulating 813 points with a high score of 125. At the end of the series, Cole finished just 11 points behind the #1 seed, Mark Deeks.
Cole returned in December for the finals. He didn't face too much competition in his quarter- and semi-finals against #7 seed Nikki Roberts and #3 seed Paul Keane, seeing both off with spots such as DRAGLINES and OCCULTED. But the final offered a different prospect altogether.
He faced the surprise finalist Carl Williams in a game which saw Cole behind for 5 rounds in the middle, before taking the lead in round 11, which he extended to 10 thanks to his 1 away offering in the last, impossible numbers round. As the time for the final, crucial conundrum ran out, Cole was just seconds away from winning, but Williams unscrambled TIMEUPLAD in the 26th second to force the game to a 2nd conundrum. However, Cole quickly fought back to turn VAANGELIS to GALVANISE, and become the new Countdown champion in Jeff Stelling's final show as presenter.
He returned to the studios in July 2012, to take part in a special episode against Series 64 champion, Edward McCullagh, which he lost 107 – 71, meaning that he lost his unbeaten record on the show.
He is also an Apterite who took part in the Apterous Masters 2011 tournament.
After his octochamp run, Cole made his CO-event debut at Co:Lon 2011, which he then followed up with COLIN 2012, CO:REA, COHUD and CobliviLon.
Preceded by Edward McCullagh |
Series winner Series 65 |
Followed by Jack Worsley |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5280 | 7/06/2011 | P | Liam Herringshaw | 93 – 112 | Graeme Cole | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
5281 | 8/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 105 – 49 | Steven Hatton | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
5282 | 9/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 99 – 57 | Aidan Turnbull | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5283 | 10/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 92 – 57 | James Hall | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Shobna Gulati | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
5284 | 13/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 94 – 75 | Graham Moonie-Dalton | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
5285 | 14/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 125 – 19 | Mike Linnell | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
5286 | 15/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 91 – 41 | Justin Maelzer | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
5287 | 16/06/2011 | P | Graeme Cole | 95 – 59 | Gary Hendricks | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 116 | ||
5393 | 9/12/2011 | QF | Nikki Roberts | 61 – 113 | Graeme Cole | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
5397 | 15/12/2011 | SF | Graeme Cole | 96 – 71 | Paul Keane | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
5398 | 16/12/2011 | GF | Carl Williams | 95 – 105* | Graeme Cole | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Jon Culshaw | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
S35 | 30/07/2012 | S | Graeme Cole | 71 – 107 | Edward McCullagh | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 119 |