Julian Hough

Julian Hough

Julian Hough was the runner-up of Series 7, and a participant in Championship of Champions II and the Supreme Championship.

An economics student at the University of Manchester, Hough won the final six heat games of the series to enter the finals unbeaten as #2 seed. He beat Tim Davies and Jean Fish in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively to reach the final against Ian Bebbington. Bebbington went 30 points into the lead before Hough made an excellent attempt at a comeback by spotting the nine-letter word CERTAINTY and one away from the 923 target in the last numbers game. The game went to a crucial conundrum with Hough trailing by just five points, but neither contestant was able to unscramble it in the time, meaning Bebbington became the series champion.

Hough also appeared in the Championship of Champions II, but was beaten by Laurie Silver in the first round. Hough would also return for the Supreme Championship. He defeated Ash Haji with a convincing performance, including a nine-letter word, before losing to Damian Eadie by six points in the group semi-final. In 1989, Hough played in the first series of the Countdown Masters and was declared the overall champion, having achieved the highest score of the series with 124 points.

Preceded by Olivia Lloyd

Series runner-up Series 7

Followed by Anthony Butcher

Series winner Countdown Masters Series 1

Followed by Andrew Fisher

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
326	04/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	60 – 45	Gary Franks	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		??
327	05/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	58 – 36	Philip Godfrey	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		??
328	06/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	45 – 37	Neil Stein	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		??
329	09/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	54 – 27	Leslie Pollitt	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		72
330	10/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	50 – 19	Steve Holdsworth	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		71
331	11/12/1985	P	Julian Hough	62 – 17	Bob Balmer	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Bill Tidy		70
333	13/12/1985	QF	Julian Hough	63 – 34	Tim Davies	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Della Thompson	82
337	19/12/1985	SF	Jean Fish	37 – 59	Julian Hough	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe	Della Thompson	73
338	20/12/1985	GF	Ian Bebbington	82 – 77	Julian Hough	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Richard Stilgoe, John Junkin	Della Thompson	127
400	02/04/1986	CQF	Julian Hough	54 – 57	Laurie Silver	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman			Cathy Hytner	Gyles Brandreth	Catherine Clarke	81
M16	17/07/1989–21/07/1989	M	Julian Hough	124 – 61	John Hadfield	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Catherine Clarke	136
M89	10/12/1990–14/12/1990	M	Clive Spate	110 – 80	Julian Hough	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman					none	Freda Thornton	135
1890	27/11/1996	fQF	Ash Haji	58 – 65	Julian Hough	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Tom O'Connor	Catherine Stokes	94
1892	29/11/1996	fSF	Julian Hough	46 – 52	Damian Eadie	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Digance	David Swarbrick	80