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Jon O'Neill
Jon O'Neill was a 15-year old ginger Series 53 semi-finalist and Championship of Champions XII contestant, widely regarded as the strongest player in his series and greatest numbers game player of all time. The circumstances surrounding his semi-final defeat against John Mayhew are sketchy but reported to involve gin, lashings of single cream (to which O'Neill is allergic) and a heavy bribe. Ultimately and, perhaps, unfairly the game was decided on the unsolved conundrum 'concierge', a word to which the young pretender had never been exposed. Unfortunately his first exposure to the word would prove painful, and the prodigal O'Neill entered rehab the following week.
He is widely regarded as the best numbers game player ever. Solving a string of 'four from the top' games in spectacular fashion, he awed outsiders and afficionados alike. It is said that O'Neill had a greater points differential in numbers games than Pythagoras himself.
Whilst the child prodigy's Countdown exploits may be over, his image will burn in the hearts of women and orangutans alike.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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3898 | 1/04/2005 | P | Steve Smith | 67 – 87 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Mitch Murray | Susie Dent | |||
3899 | 4/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 96 – 72 | Peter Wallis | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3900 | 5/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 106 – 54 | William Moore | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3901 | 6/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 102 – 46 | Ola Odutola | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3902 | 7/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 101 – 61 | Gill Johns | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3903 | 8/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 104 – 66 | Phil Squires | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Nicholas Owen | Susie Dent | |||
3904 | 11/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 114 – 43 | Theresa Turrell | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Julia McKenzie | Susie Dent | |||
3905 | 12/04/2005 | P | Jon O'Neill | 94 – 58 | Gary McEnaney | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Julia McKenzie | Susie Dent | |||
3955 | 28/06/2005 | QF | Judith Young | 74 – 90 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | |||
3958 | 30/06/2005 | SF | John Mayhew | 89 – 88 | Jon O'Neill | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Philip Franks | Susie Dent | |||
4116 | 1/06/2006 | CP | Jack Welsby | 99 – 94 | Jon O'Neill | Des Lynam | Carol Vorderman | Ron Atkinson | Susie Dent |