Eileen Taylor

Eileen Taylor octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	3
Points total	754
Conundrums solved	5

Eileen Taylor in Series 68.

Eileen Taylor in Series 22.

Eileen Taylor was a contestant in Series 22 and an octochamp in Series 68.

At 74 years old, Taylor is the oldest octochamp in the show's history. She began her run with an unsolved crucial conundrum seeing her defeat Jill Hayward and continued on to become number 3 seed for the finals. As fate would have it, her quarter-final was a rematch of her first appearance. This time Taylor sealed victory before the conundrum (which Hayward solved) to set up a semi-final against Andy Platt. Taylor was unable to keep up against the number 2 seed as Platt achieved victory with a score of 120 – 65.

In 2014, she returned to the show for a special episode against Priscilla Munday, which she won by five points.

In 2002, she appeared as a contestant on Fifteen to One. She also appeared on The Chase in 2011, and Tipping Point. In 2016, at the age of 77, she again appeared on Fifteen to One, hosted by Sandi Toksvig, winning the final in her third game and becoming only the third person after David Stainer and Jon Stitcher to own both a Countdown teapot and a Fifteen to One winner's trophy.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1145	17/07/1991	P	Eileen Taylor	46 – 47	Anne Lyng	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Sylvia Syms	Richard Samson	83
5686	24/04/2013	P	Jill Hayward	98 – 102	Eileen Taylor	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Bill Turnbull	Susie Dent	121
5687	25/04/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	88 – 75	Paul Johnson	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Bill Turnbull	Susie Dent	133
5688	29/04/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	85 – 46	Ron Boyman	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Bill Turnbull	Susie Dent	134
5689	30/04/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	99 – 67	Morgan Nock	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Bill Turnbull	Susie Dent	124
5690	1/05/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	111 – 31	Katie Burge	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Bill Turnbull	Susie Dent	123
5691	2/05/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	99 – 72	Neil Budge	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	132
5692	3/05/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	67 – 64	Sam Lake	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	133
5693	6/05/2013	P	Eileen Taylor	103 – 45	Jake Elliott	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Gyles Brandreth	Susie Dent	124
5717	24/06/2013	QF	Eileen Taylor	86 – 81	Jill Hayward	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	134
5720	27/06/2013	SF	Andy Platt	120 – 65	Eileen Taylor	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Myleene Klass	Susie Dent	126
S42	22/12/2014	S	Eileen Taylor	91 – 86	Priscilla Munday	Nick Hewer	Rachel Riley					Arlene Phillips	Susie Dent	141