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8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 11, Episode 2 was a special episode broadcast on 1 May 2017, as part of 8 out of 10 Cats Mash-ups Series 11.

8 Out of 10 Cats regular Jon Richardson was a contestant, along with Chris Addison who were against acting team captain Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan, while Jimmy Carr reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Jon Richardson, with the assistance of Chris Addison, winning by 41 – 18 in an 7-rounder.

Rachel Riley was the arithmetician for this episode. The Dictionary Corner guest was David O'Doherty, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

There was a bonus round in which Joe and Jon had to feel objects one at a time while blindfolded and guess what they were, in which all objects consist of nine letters each in between the second Teaser and Round 5; 5 points were awarded to Jon's team for guessing more objects with nine-letter words correctly in 120 seconds with a score of 3 – 2. Jon got the words BRASSIERE, DACHSHUND and CHIPOLATA while Joe got the words STOCKINGS and FISHERMAN.

Interesting and notable moments from the episode are listed below:

1) Before the start of Round 1, Jon introduced Countdown's "official" prop which he termed "Clockey", a 30-second low quality timer. His teammate Chris accidentally damaged it while he was preparing to do push-ups in the centre of the stage. Joe's prop on the other hand was that of a "sex" doll, and even showed photographs of him with the doll when he was younger.

2) During the 30 seconds in Round 1, Jimmy and Rachel had a thumb fight in the centre of the stage. Frustrated at losing to Rachel, Jimmy went to draw an enormous hand prop, to which Rachel had no choice but to admit defeat, after which Jimmy said "Yeah, f*ck you lady."

3) In Round 2, impatient at Joe Wilkinson not knowing how to play the Numbers Game and anyhow selecting what numbers he wanted, Jimmy decided for his team and went for six small numbers. Also, Joe tried to predict the target and thought it was 723.

4) In Round 3, the music was replaced with a classic can-can music and Jimmy "showed off" his dancing skills at the centre of the stage.

5) In Round 4, Rachel did not place the numbers in sequence as Jon had asked for the numbers one by one. Also, the original target was 118 which could have been obtained by this solution: 100 + 7 + 4 + 8 - 1. However, seeing how Joe's team were laughing at how small the target was, Rachel pressed CECIL for another target much to Joe's disbelief.

6) During the 30 seconds in Round 6, Jimmy drank what was seen as an "Invisible Potion", however in reality he was wearing objects that were green and when blended in with a green screen made him invisible. This was evident in that the outlines of him were seen in green colour.

7) Finally, in the Conundrum Round, the buzzer was pressed a total of 4 times which has never happened on the show until then, including one which Joe pressed to say he was clueless of what to do.

NOTE: In this version, both players' declarations were allowed, although points were only awarded for the best answer.

NOTE: The second Teaser, STICKUPS is actually hypenated and is not one word.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Katherine & Joe	Score	Jon & Chris	Others	Max.
1	AOGLRFIPE	GOALIE LARGO	0 – 7	frigpole ☓ FRAGILE	LEAPFROG	8
2	4 2 7 1 4 2 → 315	280 4	0 – 7	— 230 ☓	RR: 312/318 Best: 312 = [(7 x 2) - 1] x 4 x (4 + 2)	15
TTT	ABELLEND	You can have it, but I'll need it back.			LENDABLE
Rnd	Selection	Joe Wilkinson	Score	Chris Addison	Others	Max.
3	STUMWGOIS	MOIST	5 – 12	SWIGS/TWIGS	MOISTS, GISMOS*, OSTIUM*, GUSTOS*	21
Rnd	Selection	Katherine Ryan	Score	Jon Richardson	Others	Max.
4	50 100 8 1 4 7 → 770	771 (8 x 100) - (7 x 4) - 1	12 – 12	769 ☓	RR: 770 = [(100 + 4) x 7] - 8 + 50	31
TTT	SUCKPITS	Put your hands above your head.			STICKUPS
Rnd	Selection	Katherine & Joe	Score	Jon & Chris	Others	Max.
5	HATSEIKRN	THANKS HATS/SHAT	12 – 25	THINKERS shiter ☓	HAIRNETS*, NARKIEST*, THERIANS*, RETHINKS*	44
TTT	LETSPUMP	It's big and juicy.			PLUMPEST
6	VDMEUAGRT	GRATED GRATE	18 – 31	GUM GRATED	MATURED	51
7	NICESHITS	☓ chestnuts ☓ (21.75, 26.00 seconds)	18  – 41	tinchiest ☓ ITCHINESS (22.50, 26.75 seconds)		61