Karyn Cooke
From Countdown
Karyn Cooke in her episode with Michael Macdonald-Cooper...
... and again in her episode with James Robinson.
Karyn Cooke was a contestant in Series 58 and 60.
Excluding players who have been invited back to the show due to administrative errors, Cooke is the returnee who has been invited back after the shortest amount of time, with only one year and two series separating her first and second appearances.
Outside of Countdown, she appeared on Britain's Best Brain on 9 December 2008 (aged 19, winning her heat but failing to enter the leaderboard), on Pointless in 2011 (losing in the final round), on 1000 Heartbeats on 15 January 2016, on Cash Trapped on 8 August 2016, and Only Connect on 29 August 2022 as captain of the "Statisticals" team.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4515 | 10/01/2008 | P | Michael Macdonald-Cooper | 84 – 73 | Karyn Cooke | Des O'Connor | Carol Vorderman | Dr Phil Hammond | Alison Heard | 116 | ||
| 4800 | 21/04/2009 | P | Karyn Cooke | 71 – 105 | James Robinson | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Tim Vine | Susie Dent | 129 | ||
