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Revision as of 19:01, 16 May 2012

John Mayhew

John Mayhew was the Series 53 champion.

He started his Countdown career by deposing Gary Buxton from the champions chair with a century, following it up with another. He spotted 2 nines in his octochamp run, SUNDERING and INTERVALS, made obvious by sitting back and looking at the clock. Returning for the finals, he beat Chris Hunt in the quarter-final in a tight game before defeating C4C forumite Jon O'Neill by just 1 point in a needle match. The final, Richard Whiteley's last ever show, was a nerve-affected affair with neither playing great. The score was dead level going into the conundrum, and neither player managed to spot SIGNATURE, before Mayhew unscrambled FALSIFIED to become series champion.

He returned for Championship of Champions XII, but was eliminated in the first round by Paul Howe, who spotted the impressive GEOMATICS. His own record of his experience on the show can be read on The Countdown Page here.

Preceded by
Mark Tournoff
Series winner
Series 53
Followed by
Conor Travers

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
3873 17/02/2005 P Gary Buxton 58 – 106 John Mayhew Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lesley Garrett Susie Dent 124
3874 18/02/2005 P John Mayhew 102 – 76 Pete Dance Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lesley Garrett Susie Dent 116
3875 21/02/2005 P John Mayhew 91 – 48 Jean MacLachlan Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 135
3876 22/02/2005 P John Mayhew 118 – 42 Cliff Pettifor Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 141
3877 23/02/2005 P John Mayhew 99 – 63 Gus Aaron Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 121
3878 24/02/2005 P John Mayhew 92 – 57 Stuart Wright Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 132
3879 25/02/2005 P John Mayhew 93 – 54 Hedy Beecham Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Geoffrey Durham Susie Dent 130
3880 28/02/2005 P John Mayhew 110 – 59 Joe O'Brien Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 118
3954 24/06/2005 QF Chris Hunt 73 – 97 John Mayhew Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 120
3958 30/06/2005 SF John Mayhew 89 – 88 Jon O'Neill Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 116
3959 1/07/2005 GF John Mayhew 86* – 76 John Brackstone Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Philip Franks Susie Dent 143
4117 2/06/2006 CP John Mayhew 87 – 117 Paul Howe Des Lynam Carol Vorderman Ron Atkinson Susie Dent 132
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum