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In 2020, he appeared on the Radio 2 quiz ''Popmaster'', winning a Bluetooth speaker.
 
In 2020, he appeared on the Radio 2 quiz ''Popmaster'', winning a Bluetooth speaker.
  
He made his TV debut the show after [[Alan Young]] become an [[octochamp]], kicking off with a hefty 120 points against [[Mike Oliver]].
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He made his TV debut the show after [[Alan Young]] become an [[octochamp]], kicking off with a hefty 120 points against [[Mike Oliver]]. Three episodes later, he scored a [[max game]], and broke the record for the highest ever score on the show, with 154.
 
 
But, much more notably, in his 4th game he spotted three 9-letter words; {{word|BRIMSTONE}}, {{word|MAINLINER}}  and {{word|OVERSIGHT}}, scored 154 out of 154 points to break [[Elliott Mellor]]'s three-year-old record for the highest ever score on the show, and achieved only the 12th ever [[max game]] in the history of ''Countdown''.
 
  
 
==Episodes==
 
==Episodes==

Revision as of 19:58, 29 September 2022

Tom Stevenson was a contestant in Series 86 from Burford in Shropshire. At the time of his appearance, he was a Media, Culture & English Literature student at the University of Worcester. He is also an Apterite, and participated in Series 1 and Series 2 of ZoomDown.

In 2020, he appeared on the Radio 2 quiz Popmaster, winning a Bluetooth speaker.

He made his TV debut the show after Alan Young become an octochamp, kicking off with a hefty 120 points against Mike Oliver. Three episodes later, he scored a max game, and broke the record for the highest ever score on the show, with 154.

Episodes

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
7857 26/09/2022 P Mike Oliver 58 – 120 Tom Stevenson Colin Murray Rachel Riley Eve Muirhead Susie Dent 136
7858 27/09/2022 P Tom Stevenson 120 – 61 Sean Mowat Colin Murray Rachel Riley Eve Muirhead Susie Dent 135
7859 28/09/2022 P Tom Stevenson 119 – 10 Sara Woolridge Colin Murray Rachel Riley Eve Muirhead Susie Dent 124
7860 29/09/2022 P Tom Stevenson 154 – 28 Lauren Bowley Colin Murray Rachel Riley Eve Muirhead Susie Dent 154