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8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 12, Episode 1 was a special episode broadcast on 18 August 2017, as part of 8 out of 10 Cats Mash-ups Series 12.

8 Out of 10 Cats regular Jon Richardson was a contestant, along with Cariad Lloyd who were against team captain Alan Carr and Kevin Bridges, while Jimmy Carr reprised his role as the host.

The match saw Alan Carr, with the assistance of Kevin Bridges, winning by 45 – 18 in an 7-rounder.

Rachel Riley was the arithmetician for this episode. The Dictionary Corner guests were Elis James and John Robins, and the lexicographer was Susie Dent.

There was a bonus round in which Alan 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 GREYHOUND, COURGETTE and POLICEMAN while Alan got the words MEDALLION and MARGARINE.

Interesting and notable moments from the episode are listed below:

1) Before the Start of Round 1, Alan undressed himself and revealed that he was wearing the exact identical dress Susie was wearing.

2) For Jon Richardson's Prop, to "spice up" the game, he would turn a wheel and unpeel the sticker at whichever wedge it stopped on. He then had to get a word relating to that Category behind the sticker. For Round 1, he got "The Spanish Language", and Susie deliberately brought the "Oxford Essential Spanish Dictionary" to suit the category, although he got AMIGOS which is a valid word in the English Language as well. He later got the categories "Sexual Innuendo" in Round 3, "Onomatopoeia" in Round 5 and "Hygiene" in Round 6. The other Categories that were not used were revealed just before Round 6; they were "Jon Richardson", "Swearing", "Nine Letter Words" and "The English Language".

3) During the 30 Seconds in Round 1, the clock music was replaced with a jazz piece with musicians playing to it.

4) During the 30 seconds in Round 2, Cariad was seen eating ring snacks from her prop's fingers while Alan was caught dancing to the clock music.

5) At the end of Round 3, Cariad was chased in the studio by a gorilla after Jimmy asked it to go after her, to the point she was so scared that she went into the audience to shield herself. The gorilla later appeared during the 30 seconds in Round 5, causing Cariad to say she "shat herself" after the round. The gorilla later went after her again after Jimmy was unimpressed she gave an invalid word in that round.

6) During the 30 seconds in Round 6, Jimmy went into the "Time Machine 3000" and when turned back to 1967, John Lennon came out with two ladies beside "him". When turned forward to 3000, a NASA Astronaut came out before finally turning back to 1605 when Jimmy came out dressed in Traditional English clothing.

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

NOTE: During the Conundrum Round, despite Jon's Team pressing the buzzer first which was indicated by the sound and the light, Jimmy went for Alan's team instead as he had exclaimed. Thus, had Jon's team given the correct answer on that try if Jimmy had noticed the light, the score would have been 35 - 28.

Rounds

Rnd	Selection	Kevin & Alan	Score	Jon & Cariad	Others	Max.
1	NESOAWMIG	MINGES meowings ☓8	6 – 6	AMIGOS SINEW	WOMANISE	8
2	25 9 5 4 1 2 → 670	670 ☓ —	6 – 6	— —	RR: 670 = (2 + 1) x 9 x 25 - 5	18
TTT	HUNGNADS	Fully loaded.			HANDGUNS
Rnd	Selection	Alan Carr	Score	Jon Richardson	Others	Max.
3	LUTRASIHS	SHIRTS/sharts ☓	12  – 6	sluthairs ☓/shitrulas ☓	SALTISH*, SHIATSU*, SURAHIS*, SHAURIS*, TAHSILS*, RITUALS	25
Rnd	Selection	Kevin Bridges	Score	Cariad Lloyd	Others	Max.
4	50 100 8 9 4 3 → 717	717 (3 + 4) x 100 + 8 + 9	22 – 6	897		35
TTT	AMPLESEX	Show me how you do it.			EXAMPLES
Rnd	Selection	Kevin & Alan	Score	Jon & Cariad	Others	Max.
5	OAINRSNDS	DRAINS radions ☓	28 – 11	roids ☓ raison ☓	ANDIRONS*	48
TTT	TESTSWEE	How's it taste?			SWEETEST
6	EOTLYSUCT	LUSTY CUTLETS	35 – 18	SCUTTLE/toyslut ☓ TOYS	CULOTTES*	56
7	NERDYTITS	DENTISTRY** (19.25 seconds)	45 – 18			66