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Jen Steadman
Jen Steadman was an octochamp and quarter-finalist in Series 69, is a participant in Championship of Champions XIV, and is statistically the greatest female octochamp in Countdown's history. She is also a member of Apterous and C4Countdown.
In her run, which began with the defeat of Peter Etherington on 30 August 2013, and was completed with the defeat of Ross Lander on 10 September, she broke various records. In becoming the third highest-scoring contestant in the show's history with 952 points, she became the first female to score above 900 points in her octorun, scored the highest ever score by a female with her 130 against Ian Toulson in her 4th game, and became the first woman (and only the tenth player after Julian Fell, Craig Beevers, Andrew Hulme, Eoin Monaghan, Jack Hurst, Adam Gillard, Giles Hutchings, Andy Platt and Dylan Taylor) to score 8 centuries in her 8 preliminaries. She also dropped fewer points in her preliminaries than any previous octochamp (72), scored the greatest percentage of points available to her of any player (92.97%), and is arguably the show's best letters player ([1]).
Outside the studio, she made her first tournament appearance at COLIN 2012, where a very tough draw saw her finish in a modest 22nd position. She also attended CobliviLon in the Summer of 2012, finishing 13th in a strong field (including a strong win over Series 64 champion Edward McCullagh).
She started 2013 with a very impressive 8th at Lincoln with a total of 5 wins out of 6, including wins over former series winners Graeme Cole and Conor Travers and also Countdown rival Dylan Taylor, and has since backed this up with another 8th placed finish, this time at the CO:REA 2013 tournament, where she actually had the second highest points total of all players involved (ranking was determined by wins before points). She finished just outside the quarter final places in 9th place at CobliviLon II, defeating 30th Birthday Championship semi-finalist Jonathan Rawlinson on a crucial conundrum and long-time Apterous #1-ranked player Innis Carson.
In 2015, Steadman returned to the Countdown studio as a guest contestant in 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Series 5, Episode 7, assisting Sean Lock and Jason Manford. She made her second return to the studio in 2016 for Championship of Champions XIV, facing off against fellow University of Exeter alumnus George Ford in round 1, winning 126-99 to set up a return fixture against Todd.
Outside of Countdown, if such a thing exists, she likes Tonbridge Angels FC, Taylor Swift, travelling, baking, and writing, and runs a travel blog called Steadman As She Goes ([2].
Episodes
| # | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5759 | 30/08/2013 | P | Peter Etherington | 52 – 104 | Jen Steadman | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jonathan Edwards | Susie Dent | 122 | ||
| 5760 | 2/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 112 – 19 | Derek Knowles | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jonathan Edwards | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 5761 | 3/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 118 – 41 | David Robinson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Jonathan Edwards | Susie Dent | 121 | ||
| 5762 | 4/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 130 – 49 | Ian Toulson | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
| 5763 | 5/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 117 – 62 | Ray Tate | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 120 | ||
| 5764 | 6/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 126 – 36 | Helen Betts | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
| 5765 | 9/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 126 – 55 | Ned French | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 147 | ||
| 5766 | 10/09/2013 | P | Jen Steadman | 119 – 82 | Ross Lander | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Connie Fisher | Susie Dent | 131 | ||
| 5834 | 13/12/2013 | QF | Jen Steadman | 105 – 108 | Callum Todd | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Dan Walker | Susie Dent | 133 | ||
| 8-1057 | 13/02/2015 | S | Jen Steadman, Jason Manford & Sean Lock |
54 – 28 | Sarah Millican, Jonathan Ross & Roisin Conaty |
Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Beverley Isherwood | Cathy Hytner | Bill Bailey | Susie Dent | 68 |
| 6282 | 8/01/2016 | CP | George Ford | 99 – 126 | Jen Steadman | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Gloria Hunniford | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
| 6288 | 18/01/2016 | CQF | Jen Steadman | 107 – 85 | Callum Todd | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Naga Munchetty | Susie Dent | 125 | ||
