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Stu Harkness
Stu Harkness octochamp statistics | |
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Final position | — |
Seeding | — |
Points total | 886 |
Conundrums solved | 5 |
Stu Harkness was a contestant in Series 57 and an octochamp in 84. He joined Apterous in 2020. He was a Maths Teacher from Tweedbank.
Harkness first appeared in 2007, losing his only game to Jason Cullen. On his tremendous return in 2021, he spotted three 9-letter words and scored in every round, helping him break the record for the highest ever score from a challenger against a carryover champion with 148 points – the third-highest score in Countdown history, against 5 game winner Jack Millard. He continued a strong run with 7 centuries and one score in the 90's. His eighth game was not broadcast on 3 December 2021 as scheduled due to technical problems; however, it was made available initially on Virgin Media's catch up service before finally airing five days later on 8 December 2021 at 6:10 am.
Entering the finals as the No. 2 seed, Harkness–sporting an exclamation mark on his shirt–returned on 16 December 2021 for the second quarter-final against fellow Scotsman Roddie Bell. Despite Bell levelling the scoreline in the first numbers game, Harkness won several letters rounds to extend his lead–including a spot of LIONHEART for 9–and confirm his place in the semi-final. In the last impossible-to-score numbers game, Harkness pulled off a hilarious gag; making a paper aeroplane out of his sheet with the target written on the side.
He is also a competitive Scrabble player and qualified for the National Scrabble Championship Finals in 2016.
He has also appeared on Pointless on BBC One.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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4499 | 10/12/2007 | P | Jason Cullen | 77 – 63 | Stu Harkness | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Henry Blofeld | Alison Heard | 122 | ||
7645 | 24/11/2021 | P | Jack Millard | 53 – 148 | Stu Harkness | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
7646 | 25/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 104 – 38 | Matty Hurst | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
7647 | 26/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 96 – 46 | Chris Bickley | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Shirley Ballas | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7648 | 29/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 107 – 63 | Olly Walker | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
7649 | 30/11/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 110 – 28 | Kate Sewell | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 153 | ||
7650 | 1/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 105 – 60 | Shane Corry | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 124 | ||
7651 | 2/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 116 – 45 | David Danskin | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 136 | ||
7652 | 8/12/2021 | P | Stu Harkness | 100 – 53 | Sophie Wilcox | Anne Robinson | Rachel Riley | Clare Balding | Susie Dent | 139 | ||
7661 | 16/12/2021 | QF | Stu Harkness | 112 – 82 | Roddie Bell | Anne Robinson | Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon | Adrian Chiles | 137 |