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Revision as of 22:43, 8 September 2020

ZoomDown is a version of Countdown streamed live using "Zoom" video conferencing software. It was introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown by Series 81 6-time winner, Paul Anderson, who also acts as the host. It featured Callum Todd in dictionary corner in the first six episodes. Episode ZD7 onward sees James Rowan in the DC role, and Fiona Titcombe operating the technical aspect of production. Tom Carey alternated with Titcombe from Episode ZD12 onwards, with George Armstrong joining the team in Episode ZD15.

The format is similar to a Countdown series, with the winner staying on for up to four games, at which point they become a ZoomDown tetrachamp. The top 8 then compete in a knockout tournament in a bid to become ZoomDown Series Champion. These finalists are not allowed to play again in Series 2, meaning that series – starting on the 7th of September – will have eight new finalists.

The games are shown live on the FOCAL Talk YouTube channel on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 pm (Thursday's show originally started at 8:05pm to accommodate the national "clap for carers" campaign). In addition to the series, special episodes are planned; the first of these was a mini-Hyper tournament between four players shown on Friday the 15th of May at 8pm, and the second was a numberists special shown over two Saturdays, the 13th and 20th of June.

A record of the games and standings can be seen below. All games can be watched on YouTube here: [1]


Series 2

Series 2 was the second series of ZoomDown and was hosted by Paul Anderson. It began on 7 September 2020.

Current Standings

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Jack Worsley * 3 264
2 James Robinson 0 78
3 Matty Artell 0 72
* still playing


The show follows seeding rules from the modern era of Countdown. Namely, since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Series 2 Games

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
ZD32 7/09/2020 P Jack Worsley 130 – 72 Matty Artell Paul Anderson James Robinson James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 136
ZD32 7/09/2020 P Jack Worsley 102 – 78 James Robinson Paul Anderson Matty Artell James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 119
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

Series 1

Series 1 was the first series of ZoomDown and was hosted by Paul Anderson. It began on 6 April 2020 and ended on 23 July 2020. It was won by number four seed Conor Travers, who defeated number three seed Jonathan Wynn in the Grand Final.

Final Standings

Rank Name Wins Points
1 Dan McColm 4 451
2 Bradley Horrocks 4 448
3 Jonathan Wynn 4 439
4 Conor Travers 3 466
5 Ian Volante 3 392
6 Steve Anderson 3 374
7 Hazel Drury 2 318
8 Elliott Mellor 2 316

The show follows seeding rules from the modern era of Countdown. Namely, since Series 60, players are sorted by number of wins, then by number of points. Points from both wins and losses count. Points from sudden death conundrums are not counted, and players with the same number of wins and points are sorted by the number of conundrums correctly guessed, then highest individual score.

Progress chart

Dan McColm vs Elliott Mellor Elliott Mellor vs Conor Travers Conor Travers
vs
Jonathan Wynn
Conor Travers vs Ian Volante
Bradley Horrocks vs Hazel Drury Bradley Horrocks vs Jonathan Wynn
Jonathan Wynn vs Steve Anderson
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Series 1 games

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
ZD1 6/04/2020 P George Armstrong 110 – 63 Fiona Titcombe Paul Anderson Tom Carey Callum Todd 123
ZD1 6/04/2020 P Tom Carey 118 – 71 George Armstrong Paul Anderson Fiona Titcombe Callum Todd 131
ZD2 13/04/2020 P Tom Carey 125 – 132 Bradley Horrocks Paul Anderson James Rowan Callum Todd 143
ZD2 13/04/2020 P Bradley Horrocks 99 – 90 James Rowan Paul Anderson Tom Carey Callum Todd 133
ZD3 16/04/2020 P Bradley Horrocks 107 – 86 Dan Byrom Paul Anderson James Robinson Callum Todd 123
ZD3 16/04/2020 P Bradley Horrocks 110 – 104 James Robinson Paul Anderson Dan Byrom Callum Todd 131
ZD4 20/04/2020 P Elizabeth Beer 86 – 96* Jamie Rawson Paul Anderson Mark Mills Callum Todd 129
ZD4 20/04/2020 P Jamie Rawson 82 – 50 Mark Mills Paul Anderson Elizabeth Beer Callum Todd 134
ZD5 23/04/2020 P Jamie Rawson 51 – 112 Jacob Coventry-Peters Paul Anderson Eoin Jackson Callum Todd 121
ZD5 23/04/2020 P Jacob Coventry-Peters 70 – 72 Eoin Jackson Paul Anderson Jamie Rawson Callum Todd 119
ZD6 27/04/2020 P Eoin Jackson 63 – 104 Martin May Paul Anderson Fred Whibley Callum Todd 127
ZD6 27/04/2020 P Martin May 108 – 110 Fred Whibley Paul Anderson Eoin Jackson Callum Todd 144
ZD7 30/04/2020 P Fred Whibley 94 – 111 Paul Nixon Paul Anderson Andy Platt James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 120
ZD7 30/04/2020 P Paul Nixon 94 – 65 Andy Platt Paul Anderson Fred Whibley James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 120
ZD8 4/05/2020 P Paul Nixon 102 – 123 Philip Aston Paul Anderson Hazel Drury James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 134
ZD8 4/05/2020 P Philip Aston 91 – 122 Hazel Drury Paul Anderson Paul Nixon James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 133
ZD9 7/05/2020 P Hazel Drury 115 – 104 Cammy Lovatt Paul Anderson Dinos Sfyris James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 133
ZD9 7/05/2020 P Hazel Drury 81 – 108 Dinos Sfyris Paul Anderson Cammy Lovatt James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 123
ZD10 11/05/2020 P Dinos Sfyris 101 – 91 Tom Stevenson Paul Anderson Jonathan Wynn James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 117
ZD10 11/05/2020 P Dinos Sfyris 99 – 113 Jonathan Wynn Paul Anderson Tom Stevenson James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 130
ZD11 14/05/2020 P Jonathan Wynn 102 – 73 Robin McKay Paul Anderson Tracey Mills James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 131
ZD11 14/05/2020 P Jonathan Wynn 122 – 111 Tracey Mills Paul Anderson Robin McKay James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 135
ZD12 18/05/2020 P Jonathan Wynn 102 – 99 Anthony Endsor Paul Anderson Tom Carey James Rowan 131
ZD12 18/05/2020 P Sophie Turner 89 – 80 Nathan Pace Paul Anderson Tom Carey James Rowan 133
ZD13 21/05/2020 P Sophie Turner 55 – 76 Dave Robjohns Paul Anderson Rhys Benjamin James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 122
ZD13 21/05/2020 P Dave Robjohns 59 – 101 Rhys Benjamin Paul Anderson Sophie Turner James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 123
ZD14 25/05/2020 P Rhys Benjamin 66 – 69 Ashwin Abinashi Paul Anderson Dave Ashton James Rowan, Tom Carey 129
ZD14 25/05/2020 P Ashwin Abinashi 119 – 70 Dave Ashton Paul Anderson Rhys Benjamin James Rowan, Tom Carey 123
ZD15 28/05/2020 P Ashwin Abinashi 71 – 101 Suzy Turner Paul Anderson Dave Ryan George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 129
ZD15 28/05/2020 P Suzy Turner 91 – 92 Dave Ryan Paul Anderson Ashwin Abinashi George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 119
ZD16 1/06/2020 P Dave Ryan 95 – 105* Jamie Wing Paul Anderson Zubair Patel James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 141
ZD16 1/06/2020 P Jamie Wing 122 – 130 Zubair Patel Paul Anderson Dave Ryan James Rowan, Fiona Titcombe 147
ZD17 4/06/2020 P Zubair Patel 97 – 81 Stephen Read Paul Anderson Elliott Mellor George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 142
ZD17 4/06/2020 P Zubair Patel 70 – 98 Elliott Mellor Paul Anderson Stephen Read George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 117
ZD18 8/06/2020 P Elliott Mellor 120 – 113 Edward Byrne Paul Anderson Dan McColm Tom Carey, James Rowan 131
ZD18 8/06/2020 P Elliott Mellor 98 – 111 Dan McColm Paul Anderson Edward Byrne Tom Carey, James Rowan 129
ZD19 12/06/2020 P Dan McColm 124 – 89 James Haughton Paul Anderson Rob Foster George Armstrong, Tom Carey 133
ZD19 12/06/2020 P Dan McColm 116 – 105 Rob Foster Paul Anderson James Haughton George Armstrong, Tom Carey 133
ZD20 15/06/2020 P Dan McColm 100 – 64 Toby McDonald Paul Anderson Tom Carey James Rowan 118
ZD20 15/06/2020 P Steve Anderson 96 – 68 Stephen Holford Paul Anderson Adam Dexter James Rowan, Tom Carey 119
ZD21 18/06/2020 P Steve Anderson 85 – 74 Ben Leyburn Paul Anderson Sam Prouse George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 133
ZD21 18/06/2020 P Steve Anderson 96 – 94 Sam Prouse Paul Anderson George Armstrong Fiona Titcombe 126
ZD22 22/06/2020 P Steve Anderson 96 – 101 Phil Hannan Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 154
ZD22 22/06/2020 P Phil Hannan 73 – 91 Ian Volante Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 121
ZD23 25/06/2020 P Ian Volante 128 – 64 Martyn Simpson Paul Anderson Adam Dexter George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 131
ZD23 25/06/2020 P Ian Volante 94 – 80 Adam Dexter Paul Anderson Martyn Simpson George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 125
ZD24 29/06/2020 P Ian Volante 79 – 117 Graeme Cole Paul Anderson Conor Travers Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan 121
ZD24 29/06/2020 P Graeme Cole 70 – 109 Conor Travers Paul Anderson Ian Volante Tom Carey, James Rowan 120
ZD25 02/07/2020 P Conor Travers 116 – 89 Jack Hurst Paul Anderson Tom Chafer-Cook George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 128
ZD25 02/07/2020 P Conor Travers 120 – 83 Tom Chafer-Cook Paul Anderson Jack Hurst George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 124
ZD26 06/07/2020 P Conor Travers 121 – 125 Callum Todd Paul Anderson Jon O'Neill Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan 131
ZD26 06/07/2020 P Callum Todd 89 – 99 Jon O'Neill Paul Anderson Conor Travers Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan 133
ZD27 09/07/2020 P Jon O'Neill 110 – 96 Tom Cappleman Paul Anderson Jack Worsley George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 131
ZD27 09/07/2020 P Jon O'Neill 99 – 114 Jack Worsley Paul Anderson Tom Cappleman George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 146
ZD28 13/07/2020 QF Dan McColm 105 – 123 Elliott Mellor Paul Anderson Conor Travers, Ian Volante Tom Carey, James Rowan 135
ZD28 13/07/2020 QF Conor Travers 120 – 88 Ian Volante Paul Anderson Dan McColm, Elliott Mellor Tom Carey, James Rowan 122
ZD29 16/07/2020 QF Bradley Horrocks 123 – 84 Hazel Drury Paul Anderson Jonathan Wynn, Steve Anderson George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 134
ZD29 16/07/2020 QF Jonathan Wynn 120 – 87 Steve Anderson Paul Anderson Bradley Horrocks, Hazel Drury George Armstrong, Fiona Titcombe 132
ZD30 20/07/2020 SF Elliott Mellor 113 – 123* Conor Travers Paul Anderson Bradley Horrocks, Jonathan Wynn Tom Carey, James Rowan 124
ZD30 20/07/2020 SF Bradley Horrocks 124 – 134* Jonathan Wynn Paul Anderson Elliott Mellor, Conor Travers Tom Carey, James Rowan 153
ZD31 23/07/2020 GF Conor Travers 114 – 95 Jonathan Wynn Paul Anderson Allan Saldanha, Stephen Read Fiona Titcombe, James Rowan, George Armstrong, Tom Carey 122
* includes 10 points from a tie-break conundrum

Specials

Hypercountdown special

The first special was played on Friday 15 May 2020, as a special Hypercountdown tournament.

Progress chart

Callum Todd vs Damian Eadie Callum Todd vs Innis Carson
Stephen Read vs Innis Carson

Hypercountdown special games

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
ZDS1 15/05/2020 HSF Callum Todd 65 – 45 Damian Eadie Paul Anderson Stephen Read,
Innis Carson
James Rowan
Fiona Titcombe
86
ZDS1 15/05/2020 HSF Stephen Read 60 – 70 Innis Carson Paul Anderson Callum Todd,
Damian Eadie
James Rowan
Fiona Titcombe
85
ZDS1 15/05/2020 HGF Callum Todd 122 – 98 Innis Carson Paul Anderson Stephen Read,
Damian Eadie
James Rowan
Fiona Titcombe
146


Numberists specials

The second special was played over two Saturdays on 13th and 20th June 2020, as a special Numberists tournament, featuring the different number formats available on Apterous.

Progress chart

Noel McIlvenny vs Matthew Tassier Matthew Tassier vs Tim Down Tim Down
vs
Elliott Mellor
Ed McCullagh vs Tim Down
Elliott Mellor vs Bradley Horrocks Elliott Mellor vs Tom Cappleman
Tom Cappleman vs Chris Butler
The winner of each game is displayed in bold.

Numberists special games

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
ZDS2 13/06/2020 NQF Noel McIlvenny 57 – 64 Matthew Tassier Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 90
ZDS2 13/06/2020 NQF Ed McCullagh 70 – 80 Tim Down Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 90
ZDS2 13/06/2020 NQF Elliott Mellor 71 – 34 Bradley Horrocks Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 87
ZDS2 13/06/2020 NQF Tom Cappleman 67 – 60 Chris Butler Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 87
ZDS3 20/06/2020 NSF Matthew Tassier 57 – 67 Tim Down Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 87
ZDS3 20/06/2020 NSF Elliott Mellor 90 – 50 Tom Cappleman Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 90
ZDS3 20/06/2020 NGF Elliott Mellor 144 – 97 Tim Down Paul Anderson James Rowan Fiona Titcombe 150