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Aston made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of [[AptoSOS]] against the event's organiser [[Matt Morrison]], where he lost his only game by four points. He later had better success in the Double Elimination Tournament in 2018, reaching the 6th round stage. | Aston made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of [[AptoSOS]] against the event's organiser [[Matt Morrison]], where he lost his only game by four points. He later had better success in the Double Elimination Tournament in 2018, reaching the 6th round stage. | ||
− | Aston is also a tournament [[Scrabble]] player. Prior to appearing on the show, | + | Aston is also a tournament [[Scrabble]] player. Prior to appearing on the show, he made his tournament [[Scrabble]] debut at Swindon in 2016, where he won 2 games out of 7 and finished 17th out of 18 competitors in the second division. He bettered this performance in Nailsea, finishing 6th out of 20 competitors in the second division with 4 wins out of 7 and winning a “ratings prize”. He can be seen on “Word of the Week” videos on the Mind Sports Academy website.[https://www.mindsportsacademy.com/Content/Author?name=Philip%20Aston] |
Aston also participates in quizzes on Apterous. In 2017, he won [[Andy Platt]]’s Pointless quiz and was one of four winners of [[Sam Prouse]]’s Christmas Pub Quiz. He is also an avid fan of Lewis Hamilton. | Aston also participates in quizzes on Apterous. In 2017, he won [[Andy Platt]]’s Pointless quiz and was one of four winners of [[Sam Prouse]]’s Christmas Pub Quiz. He is also an avid fan of Lewis Hamilton. |
Revision as of 19:38, 17 October 2018
Philip Aston was the runner-up of Series 78. He is from Bideford in Devon. He is also an Apterite.
Aston made his Countdown début on 21 February 2018, scoring a century and restricting incumbent champion Jill Thwaites to the joint-lowest score for a daily champion in the 15-round era. Aston followed this up by achieving 123 points, the then highest score of the series, against Sylvia O'Brien, then achieved four more wins, all but one of which was a century. Aston's conundrum speed, in particular, was exceptional; on three occasions, he buzzed in with a correct answer on 0.5 seconds or faster. His run ended in his seventh game, however, when he encountered fellow Apterite and previous Series 69 player Zarte Siempre. Though the game saw a high-quality letters performance, Aston dramatically lost form in the last three numbers rounds, allowing Siempre to ultimately prevail 121 – 97.
With six preliminary wins and 760 points, Aston has the highest-ever preliminary point total for a non-octochamp, surpassing Series 57 contestant Steve Baines' longstanding record of 758 (despite Aston playing only seven heats compared to Baines' eight). After his defeat, Siempre said on-screen that Aston “absolutely deserves to be in the finals.” Aston ultimately returned for these finals as #7 seed; he then went on to achieve the first upset of the finals stages by overcoming #2-ranked Toby McDonald, a fellow Apterite, by just seven points in their highly anticipated quarter-final. Aston followed this victory up with a semi-final triumph over Dougie Mackay, the highest-scoring seven-time winner in Countdown history; in this game, his unravelling the nine-letter word MONRADITE in the second letters round helped him prevail 98 – 76. This win brought Aston to the series grand final — a rematch of his heat game against Zarte Siempre.
There, in the highly anticipated match, he fought an even more fierce battle than he did before and opted for a safer numbers choice with one large in the form of a cross instead of his preferred "capital T" selections. Siempre took the lead once again when he spotted REPUSHED (which Philip discounted) in the fourth letters round but that was taken away when his declaration of superking ☓ was disallowed, allowing the score to even out at 90 – 90. Ultimately, it came down to the crucial conundum USEDLOGIC and with Siempre correctly buzzing it in 10 seconds, Aston was relegated to runner-up spot in yet another defeat. However, his score of 118 proved to be the second-highest losing score in the history of Countdown (and the highest ever in a Grand Final) and if any consolation, far less painful than his original match. His journey is not yet over, as he is due to participate in Championship of Champions XV. He will encounter Noel McIlvenny in the first round.
Aston made his online tournament debut in the sixth edition of AptoSOS against the event's organiser Matt Morrison, where he lost his only game by four points. He later had better success in the Double Elimination Tournament in 2018, reaching the 6th round stage.
Aston is also a tournament Scrabble player. Prior to appearing on the show, he made his tournament Scrabble debut at Swindon in 2016, where he won 2 games out of 7 and finished 17th out of 18 competitors in the second division. He bettered this performance in Nailsea, finishing 6th out of 20 competitors in the second division with 4 wins out of 7 and winning a “ratings prize”. He can be seen on “Word of the Week” videos on the Mind Sports Academy website.[1]
Aston also participates in quizzes on Apterous. In 2017, he won Andy Platt’s Pointless quiz and was one of four winners of Sam Prouse’s Christmas Pub Quiz. He is also an avid fan of Lewis Hamilton.
His father, Simon, won £8,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in November 2005.
Preceded by Bradley Horrocks |
Series runner-up Series 78 |
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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6768 | 21/02/2018 | P | Jill Thwaites | 27 – 107 | Philip Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 151 | ||
6769 | 22/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 123 – 40 | Sylvia O'Brien | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 154 | ||
6770 | 23/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 110 – 41 | John Eadie | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 115 | ||
6771 | 26/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 94 – 75 | Mick Armstrong | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Alastair Stewart | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6772 | 27/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 116 – 49 | Derek Matthews | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 137 | ||
6773 | 28/02/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 113 – 30 | Jenny Coote | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 126 | ||
6774 | 1/03/2018 | P | Philip Aston | 97 – 121 | Zarte Siempre | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Myleene Klass | Susie Dent | 135 | ||
6848 | 15/06/2018 | QF | Toby McDonald | 97 – 104 | Philip Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Helen Fospero | Susie Dent | 123 | ||
6852 | 21/06/2018 | SF | Philip Aston | 98 – 76 | Dougie Mackay | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 132 | ||
6853 | 22/06/2018 | GF | Zarte Siempre | 128 – 118 | Philip Aston | Nick Hewer | Rachel Riley | Paul Zenon | Susie Dent | 136 |