Dan Byrom

Dan Byrom in Series 85.

Dan Byrom was an octochamp in Series 85, the third of the series to be crowned in under 5 weeks. He is from Sheffield. At the time of broadcast, he was on a gap year, focusing mainly on music, but was also doing some part-time work as a Tutor, alongside helping with Business Development for his father's Audiology business, with an eye on a potential PhD in the future. He is also an Apterite. He will almost certainly return for the finals in June 2022.

Appearances on the programme

Byrom made his TV debut on 6 November 2017 as the audience member who solved the conundrum after a failed attempt from both contestants.

When he himself became a contestant on 27 January 2022, he scored 140 points – the highest ever debut score in Countdown history. In his second game, he maxed the first 14 rounds, but his opponent Dave Root prevented him from achieving only the 12th ever max game by solving the conundrum. Byrom equalled his personal best of 140 in his fifth game, before seeing off stiff competition against fellow Apterite Gabriel Thallon. Byrom completed his run of 8 games undefeated, all with centuries, and climbed to the top of the seed table with 967 points – a total shared with Zarte Siempre.

ZoomDown

Prior to his Countdown debut, Byrom participated in Series 1, Series 2 and Series 4 of ZoomDown.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
7685	27/01/2022	P	Crispin Salfarlie	41 – 140	Dan Byrom	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	153
7686	28/01/2022	P	Dan Byrom	123 – 74	Dave Root	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	133
7687	31/01/2022	P	Dan Byrom	117 – 54	Joe Slade	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Ruby Wax	Susie Dent	150
7688	1/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	121 – 50	Heather Marsh	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	134
7689	2/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	140 – 59	Stuart Fenwick	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	143
7690	3/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	108 – 87	Gabriel Thallon	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	125
7691	4/02/2022	P	Dan Byrom	114 – 32	David Moseby	Anne Robinson	Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon				Lucy Summers	Tim Vine	Susie Dent	129