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James Burley
James Burley octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | 2 |
Points total | 819 |
Conundrums solved | 7 |
James Burley was an octochamp in Series 83. He is a secondary school teacher from Hemel Hempstead. He is also an Apterite. He will return later in the series to play a quarter-final match.
Burley has partaken in both Scrabble tournaments – including an English-language tournament held in Germany – and Co-events; prior to his television debut, he participated in CoStAl and CO:BO 2018.
Burley began his Countdown journey in the second show of Series 83, where he unseated Paul Gaskell after solving a crucial conundrum in under 2 seconds. Burley then improved on his debut score of 84 the following day with a personal best of 127, before achieving six more wins which comprised of four more centuries and two scores in the 90s. En route to being crowned the first octochamp and 800 club member of 2021, he solved every conundrum but one and garnered a total of 819 points.
Burley is the first octochamp in Countdown history whose run has presided over four dictionary corner guests. He is also the second octochamp after Jack Worsley whose run has presided over a change of presenter, with Nick Hewer hosting his first six heat games and Colin Murray hosting his last two.
Five months later, Burley returned as the No. 2 seed to play the second quarter-final against No. 7-ranked six-time winner and fellow Apterite Tom Vincent. Burley stretched into a good lead early on with spots of REUSABLE and ANEROID, but Vincent narrowed his lead to three points before the second commercial break. However, Burley took further letters rounds off the opposition to ultimately confirm his spot in the second semi-final before the last numbers round.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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7415 | 5/01/2021 | P | Paul Gaskell | 70 – 84 | James Burley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Levi Roots | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7416 | 6/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 127 – 55 | Edward Carter | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
7417 | 7/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 91 – 60 | Peter Franklin Routh | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
7418 | 8/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 112 – 49 | Seb James | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 145 | ||
7419 | 11/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 106 – 72 | Mark Pettitt | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7420 | 12/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 100 – 36 | Andrew Brookes | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dr Phil Hammond | Susie Dent | 156 | ||
7421 | 13/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 106 – 66 | Roger Clarke | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Rory Bremner | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
7422 | 14/01/2021 | P | James Burley | 93 – 48 | Russ Evans | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 154 |