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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 was introduced for the show. The format replaced 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. Each contestant picks five letters rounds and two numbers rounds, arguably making games fairer than those in the "original" 15 round format, in which the challenger (C2) got an extra, often crucial numbers pick.
The celebrity anecdote has been moved to the middle of the second “half”, between Rounds 6 and 7; while Susie Dent's Origins of Words slot will be 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letters rounds | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Numbers rounds | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Conundrums | 1 |
