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Dan McColm
Dan McColm was a contestant in Series 64 and the series champion of Series 71. He is an Apterite and a member of C4Countdown.
His Countdown career began in Series 64, when he was defeated in a close contest against future quarter-finalist Ned Pendleton. The whole nation were left in a state of great sadness, with the lad's first chance at greatness being taken away from him. One elderly viewer, Jamaican woman Fordi Sary, called it "Sadder than Bob Marley's death and the holocaust combined". However, this wasn't an entirely bad thing, as he was allowed to return in Series 71, leaving his mark as one of the greatest octochamps in the show's entire history. Elation ensues.
McColm's incredible octorun started off with a relatively close game against one-time winner Gary Mehaffy, a primary school teacher from Gibson's Hill. McColm started off by finding SULCATE, giving him a 7 point lead. The fans applauded and one blonde haired gentleman in the audience shouted "It doesn't get any better than that!" However, a tough battle between the two and McColm offering the invalid word annatos ☓ saw Mehaffy equalise in round 7. No bother though, because despite the close first half, the game was pretty one-sided from this point on, with McColm ending his not-technically-a-début début with an extremely impressive 13 maxes and 113 points. Easy, easy easy. He then went on to win a further 7 games, including 6 more centuries, offering words like NANOTUBE, TERATOMA, PERORATE and perhaps the greatest 9 spot in the history of Countdown - INAMORATO. Dan also took advantage of this being the first ODO-dictionary series, offering modern words such as WHATEV and solving the conundrum PHOTOBOMB in just a second. The lad's dictionary knowledge continues to be second to none. Since Countdown, he has been offered a job in Shipston-on-Stour as a freelance proof reader. McColm's score of 137 in his 6th game is the highest ever for a game with only one nine available, and this along with his 4 nines and impeccable numbers and conundrum performance landed McColm with an octototal of 942 - the sixth highest in the show's history. The quality of the performances have been likened to that of Sophie Dee's acting.
After defeating Paul Worsley in the quarter-finals, he defeated the #5 seed, George Ford in the semi-final with a perfect game. McColm then went on to face #2 seed Antoinette Ryan. In a close contest, in which McColm dropped behind for the first time by two points, McColm emerged the victor and series champion after solving the conundrum LETHALITY in just four seconds. He then fist bumped, with some eagle eyed viewers liking him to Darts great Michael Van Gerwen, before ejaculating on the Countdown clock. Then he lifted the trophy and celebrated the night with seven White Aces. McColm was said to be fine the next morning.
He made his CO-event debut at COLIN 2012, before finishing as the runner-up at both CO:REA in April and COHUD in June of the same year.
Preceded by Mark Murray |
Series winner Series 71 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5212 | 24/02/2011 | P | Ned Pendleton | 89 – 66 | Dan McColm | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Mark Foster | Susie Dent | 118 | ||
6007 | 8/10/2014 | P | Gary Mehaffy | 70 – 113 | Dan McColm | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6008 | 9/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 92 – 70 | Ben Hodgson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 127 | ||
6009 | 10/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 112 – 37 | Daisy Stemple | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Tony Jacklin | Susie Dent | 119 | ||
6010 | 13/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 116 – 47 | John Vivian | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 128 | ||
6011 | 14/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 129 – 58 | Samantha Cooper | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
6012 | 15/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 137 – 53 | Harry Jarrett | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
6013 | 16/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 126 – 44 | Antony Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 130 | ||
6014 | 20/10/2014 | P | Dan McColm | 117 – 51 | Stephen Wieldon | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Richard Arnold | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6050 | 10/12/2014 | QF | Dan McColm | 109 – 60 | Paul Worsley | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Arlene Phillips | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
6054 | 17/12/2014 | SF | Dan McColm | 123 – 77 | George Ford | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | David Baddiel | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6056 | 19/12/2014 | GF | Dan McColm | 117 – 87 | Antoinette Ryan | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | David Baddiel | Susie Dent | 129 |