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Jack Hurst
From Countdown
Jack Hurst was an octochamp in Series 63.
He won all 8 of his matches, achieving 8 centuries and accrued 946 points, the highest total for any octochamp in the history of the show, beating the previous record set by Andrew Hulme in Series 61. Hurst was also the fifth player in history to score centuries in all eight of his heat games, appearing only a few weeks after the previous one, Eoin Monaghan.
Before appearing on the show, Jack attended unofficial Countdown tournaments COLIN 2010 and CoLei Summer Special.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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5131 | 13/10/2010 | P | Andrew Greenway | 66 – 114 | Jack Hurst | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | |||
5132 | 14/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 120 – 57 | Ailsa Jensen | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | |||
5133 | 15/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 112 – 46 | David Smith | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | David Lloyd | Susie Dent | |||
5134 | 18/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 122 – 44 | Charlie Clarke | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | |||
5135 | 19/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 120 – 56 | Phil Bishop | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | |||
5136 | 20/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 115 – 29 | Joseph Bartram | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | |||
5137 | 21/20/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 133 – 65 | Alex Curran | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent | |||
5138 | 22/10/2010 | P | Jack Hurst | 110 – 49 | Jonathan Welti | Jeff Stelling | Rachel Riley | Alistair McGowan | Susie Dent |
External Links
- Maths genius, 18, smashes highest ever score on TV's Countdown (that's 946 in eight programmes), The Daily Mail, 25 October, 2010
- Teen genius Jack Hurst smashes Countdown points record, Metro, 25 October, 2010
- DTCEIASHF?… Then you're not welcome on Countdown, The Guardian, 4 November 2010
- Countdown contestant Jack Hurst suggests s**tface in letters round, Metro, 4 November 2010
- Could you make an eight-letter word out of F I D E T C A S H?, The Independent, 5 November 2010