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15 round format (new)
In accordance with Channel 4’s coming rearrangement of Countdown’s commercial break times, a new 15 round format has been announced for the show. The format is scheduled to replace the previous 15 round format on 25 March 2013, a couple of weeks into the Series 68 preliminaries.
The new format is to consist of ten letters rounds, four numbers rounds and a conundrum. Unlike in the old 15 round format, both contestants pick equal numbers of letters and numbers rounds, arguably making the game fairer.
The celebrity anecdote will be moved to the middle of the second “half”, between Rounds 6 and 7; Susie Dent is to present her Origins of Words slot between Rounds 11 and 12.
Rounds
Rnd | Selection | Champion (C1) | Score | Challenger (C2) | Others | Max. |
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1 | C1LETTERS | – | ||||
2 | C2LETTERS | – | ||||
3 | C 1 N U M S → | – |
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TTT | TEATIME TEASER | |||||
4 | C2LETTERS | – | ||||
5 | C1LETTERS | – | ||||
6 | C 2 N U M S → | – |
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7 | C1LETTERS | – | ||||
8 | C2LETTERS | – | ||||
9 | C 1 N U M S → | – |
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TTT | TEATIME TEASER | |||||
10 | C2LETTERS | – | ||||
11 | C1LETTERS | – | ||||
12 | C2LETTERS | – | ||||
13 | C1LETTERS | – | ||||
14 | C 2 N U M S → | – |
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15 | CONUNDRUM | – |
Chosen by champion | Chosen by challenger | Total | |
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Letters rounds | 5 | 5 | 10 |
Numbers rounds | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Conundrums | 1 |