Jon Corby

Jon Corby, looking very different to what he is now (pictured below)

Jon Corby in his game against Charlie Reams.

Jon Corby was a semi-finalist from Series 54.

He won all eight of his heat games in impressive fashion, amassing an impressive 856 points and returning for the final rounds as #2 seed. He beat Christine Armstrong impressively in the quarter-final in a low scoring contest, but lost to eventual runner-up Matthew Shore in the semi-final on the crucial conundrum GASPFROWN which Shore turned into FROGSPAWN. As the competitiors for Championship of Champions XII had been decided before Jon's octochamp run, he did not participate, but competed in the Championship of Champions XIII.

Jon has the third highest octochamp total of any player who did not become a series champion, and is also the second highest-scoring player to have suffered at least one crucial conundrum behind Chris Wills (in his fourth game against Jack Welsh).

In his first round match, he beat Richard Brittain and held him to just 52 points after his famous conundrum guess of GANDISEEG. In the quarter-final, he faced Jonathan Coles and again won comfortably without facing a crucial conundrum. In the semi-final, he faced Charlie Reams. Reams put on a strong performance, scoring in every round apart from the conundrum, including five eight-letter words in a row - a Countdown record. Corby couldn't keep up, and eventually lost 110 – 76. Corby also used his Countdown run to raise money for charity.

Corby has also appeared at unnofficial Countdown tournaments including COLIN 2007, COLIN 2010 and Co:Lon, and was the winner of COLIN 2009. However he made an under-par performance at COLIN 2011.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
4092	28/04/2006	P	Helen Shutler	42 – 110	Jon Corby	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent	135
4093	1/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	95 – 65	Margaret Hillman	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent	121
4094	2/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	109 – 51	Andy Willets	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent	117
4095	3/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	97 – 82	Jack Welsh	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent	122
4096	4/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	118 – 57	Carol Parker	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Rick Wakeman	Susie Dent	131
4097	5/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	128 – 61	Chris Bailiffe	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	141
4098	8/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	102 – 44	Len Oakes	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	131
4099	9/05/2006	P	Jon Corby	97 – 51	Terry Norman	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	126
4107	19/05/2006	QF	Jon Corby	77 – 66	Christine Armstrong	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	128
4111	25/05/2006	SF	Jon Corby	78 – 94	Matthew Shore	Des Lynam	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	Susie Dent	122
4735	14/01/2009	CP	Jon Corby	92 – 52	Richard Brittain	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Andrew Sachs	Susie Dent	112
4743	26/01/2009	CQF	Jon Corby	96 – 62	Jonathan Coles	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	117
4746	29/01/2009	CSF	Charlie Reams	110 – 76	Jon Corby	Jeff Stelling	Rachel Riley				Lucy Summers	Paul Zenon	Susie Dent	132