Satbir Gupta

Satbir Gupta octochamp statistics
Final position	Semi-finalist
Seeding	1
Points total	472
Conundrums solved	6

Satbir Gupta was an octochamp in Series 32.

Gupta first appeared on 8 August 1996, beating Craig Douglas, and quickly racked up a further seven wins to become the series’ only octochamp and #1 seed for the finals. Gupta comfortably beat Stephen Paver in the quarter-finals, before losing to Dennis Fearon in the semi-finals following a sudden-death conundrum.

Gupta returned a week later for Championship of Champions VIII, losing in the first round to Darren Shacklady.

Episodes

#	Date	Type	Contestant 1	Score	Contestant 2	Presenters				Guest	Lex	Max
1811	8/08/1996	P	Craig Douglas	48 – 56	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	70
1812	9/08/1996	P	Suzanne Dent	23 – 56	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	68
1813	12/08/1996	P	Barry Prime	40 – 60	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	83
1814	13/08/1996	P	Joan Livingston	19 – 62	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	82
1815	14/08/1996	P	Simon Levy	36 – 39	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	71
1816	15/08/1996	P	James Randall	46 – 56*	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	69
1817	16/08/1996	P	Stephen Thomson	17 – 73	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	86
1818	19/08/1996	P	Theo Crush	14 – 70	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Richard Stilgoe	Susie Dent	73
1841	19/09/1996	QF	Satbir Gupta	61 – 23	Stephen Paver	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	74
1845	25/09/1996	SF	Satbir Gupta	53 – 63*	Dennis Fearon	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Philip Franks	Susie Dent	73
1851	3/10/1996	CQF	Darren Shacklady	45 – 34	Satbir Gupta	Richard Whiteley	Carol Vorderman				Lucy Summers	Jan Harvey	Susie Dent	69

* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum