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Ian Volante

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Ian Volante in Series 56

Ian Volante was a contestant in Series 56 and 82. He is a statistician and korfball player from Edinburgh. He has also been an Apterite since 2008.

In 2000, Volante qualified for the Fifteen to One Grand Final of Series 29 with 211 points, but was subsequently unable to appear in the Final because he became stranded in Australia at the time of filming. He has appeared on University Challenge, Mastermind and Only Connect. On 31 May 2010, he appeared on A Question of Genius where he came 2nd out of 6 contestants, beaten only by the previous day's winner. In 2014, he appeared on the revived Fifteen to One, reaching the heat final and eventually finishing 3rd. He made yet another quiz show appearance on The Switch on 29 November 2019.

Volante made his CO-event debut at CoNot 2011, followed in 2012 by an appearance at COEDI.

13 years after winning three games in Series 56, Volante returned to Countdown as a contestant in Series 82 on 6 February 2020. On his "second début", he scored points in every round but the conundrum to outrun John Barlow by 48 points.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
4270 11/01/2007 P Bradley Cates 63 – 78 Ian Volante Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 117
4271 12/01/2007 P Ian Volante 94 – 64 Lee Collingham Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Martin Jarvis Susie Dent 131
4272 15/01/2007 P Ian Volante 102 – 93 George Rhodes Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Susie Dent 144
4273 16/01/2007 P Ian Volante 79 – 91 Amey Deshpande Des O'Connor Carol Vorderman Barry Cryer Susie Dent 118