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Ronan Higginson
Ronan Higginson was a contestant in Series 87. He is an A-Level Student from Ramsgate in Kent. He is also an Apterite who has reached No. 1 on the Apterous pro rank leaderboard.
Higginson made his TV debut on 17 May 2023, against five-game winner Jonathan Seal. Having spotted two nine-letter words, Higginson won with a strong 132 points to Seal's comparatively impressive 98 points.
Prior to appearing on the show, Higginson participated in episode eighty-one and eighty-two of ZoomDown, triumphing against fellow Countdown alumni Philip Aston but losing to Tom Cappleman. He later appeared in ZoomDown Series 4, winning two games before losing on a crucial conundrum to Ahmed Mohamed. But after tetrachamp Adam Beach was unable to participate in the series finals, Higginson qualified for the finals as number 8 seed.
In the quarter-finals of ZoomDown Series 4, Higginson caused an upset when he defeated number 1 seed Brendan Whitehurst on a crucial conundrum, winning with 99 points to Whitehurst's 88. He then went on to beat number 5 seed Adam Dexter with 112 – 81, thus making a spot in the grand final against Rachael Montgomery. However, Rachael gained the lead when Ronan had coatage ☓ disallowed and also got to one away on the numbers round that followed, whereas Rachael got the target spot on. He did eventually claw back with COWRIES - forcing a crucial conundrum - but Ronan had buzzed incorrectly with scramload ☓ with only 0.8 seconds left, thus resulting in him taking the runner-up spot.
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8019 | 17/05/2023 | P | Jonathan Seal | 98 – 132 | Ronan Higginson | Colin Murray | Rachel Riley | Annie MacManus | Susie Dent | 143 | ||
