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Jamie Weisenberg

I watched today's episode and I am more convinced than ever that Rachel gets fed the solutions through an earpiece..

Jamie Weisenberg

A presenter that doesn't talk down to you and is rude to the contestants and guests Has great banter with the contestants and their co-presenters they always make you feel at ease even though you are nervous at times Has good knowledge of the show and how it works Or in other words, Colin Murray.

Jamie Weisenberg

Shocking that Susie missed SUSTAINED even with the aid of online dictionary.

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I've been missing some real easy ones since the new season started. I think with age and stress, there are lesser neurons that engage in pattern recognition. No more fluid memory.

It's a young man's game.

Jamie Weisenberg

Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Jun 27, 2025 10:10 pm Off with you, Mr Troll. You can crawl back from under the rock you came from. Goodbye!

Excuse me ?

Jamie Weisenberg

Just reckless from Tim James. He guessed a silly word - WARFIELD ??!

Also final numbers round was soooo easy. How do you miss that ?

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Does anyone else write the nine letters in a circle with one letter at the centre ? I find it MUCH easier to spot long words this way.

Jamie Weisenberg

Why does Rachel Riley's skirt keep getting shorter and shorter ? Is she having a midlife crisis ?

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What exactly do people do on this site ? Forums always seem dead .. like a ghost town.

Are you all ghosts ?

Jamie Weisenberg

"Sectoring" is not a valid word in ODP. At present, ESCORTING is now the only nine-letter word that can be made from TENCORGIS, though it was rearrangeable to "costering" prior to last July's overhaul. SECTORING is a word though. https://www.oed.com/search/dictionary/?scope=Entr...

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Susie Dent is not what she used to be. Time to look for a replacement perhaps ?

Btw, a few days ago .. they disallowed the word SECTORING in the Conundrum round even though it is there in Oxford Dic. The correct word was ESCORTING ?!

Jamie Weisenberg

https://youtu.be/8Ct9fJrU-8U?si=_6iO-d44O3Admh1b This video from Dr Tom Crawford is useful and educational for anyone who wants to up their numbers games. Crawford kept missing the target during his 3 weeks on Countdown. Rachel has a far better strike rate, assuming that's actually her doing it (i ...

Jamie Weisenberg

If Colin and gang were to shoot an episode today, when would it be broadcasted ?

Jamie Weisenberg

Who is the most decorated player on apterous ? Like say the Michael Phelps of apterous.

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Looking at the responses above and how many are longtime fans, the question that needs to be asked is what is it about Countdown that is so addictive for some people ? Need a psychological explanation.

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is she the oldest winner ever ? 51 years old.

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It's impossible for a non-apterite to win. Fiona likely plays under a psuedonym on here. Do we know if Chris is an apterite ? I was about to start a thread lamenting the gloomy state of female Countdown players after Fiona's anticipated loss, such was the dominance of Chris Kirby. But she pulled it ...

Jamie Weisenberg

I could do this with one arm tied behind my back. Congrats to Jack Hurst.

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In my opinion, the co-host should not say this at all. It can easily put off the contestants and can pressurise them to find a 9-letter word and only find a 6. The number of letters in the longest word should not be indicated at any point during the round; only after the contestants have answered s...

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It's not finished yet but yes so far so good I was a bit worried as the book is one of my favourites and the 1974 film did it justice but the Bruce Willis led remake was awful This contemporary set reboot is very stylish cinematic and a bit silly sometimes The character of Bianca is so horrible you...

Jamie Weisenberg

Did anyone enjoy the tv reboot of 'Day of the Jackal' ?

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Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 8:53 pm
Jamie Weisenberg wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 7:34 pm Colin gets paid 700K for his countdown gig, no way is he leaving.
He could do both

He has a social life too, unlike u.

Jamie Weisenberg

Colin gets paid 700K for his countdown gig, no way is he leaving.

Jamie Weisenberg

Graeme Cole wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 9:23 pm
Jamie Weisenberg wrote: ↑Mon Oct 14, 2024 7:59 pm Today's episode (Oct 14) had some tough math, I suspect Rachel got fed the answers for this one.
Once again - Rachel doesn't get fed answers, but I don't think anything any of us say is going to convince you of this.

But do you agree that the math today was tricky ?

Jamie Weisenberg

Today's episode (Oct 14) had some tough math, I suspect Rachel got fed the answers for this one.

Jamie Weisenberg

Will Countdown ever be cancelled or is it just too popular ?

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David Roe wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 12:52 pm Isn't that fuzzy logic? Start with the proposition that a TV programme needs its maths expert to be really good, and use that to prove that the maths expert can't be really good?

No, she needs to be shown as the expert .. but no so much that people catch on to the fact that she gets fed answers.

Jamie Weisenberg

JackHurst wrote: ↑Sat Jul 20, 2024 7:02 pm Also I bet you wouldn't be saying this if "Rachel" was a man.

It is so lazy to trot out the misogyny card whenever a woman is criticized.

Jamie Weisenberg

After watching every episode of the last three months, I am convinced Rachel Reily is fed the answers through an earpiece. She can't be this good, conjuring all kinds of obscure solutions. What a shame. Rachel is literally the only person on the planet who gets paid a salary to be as good as possib...

Jamie Weisenberg

After watching every episode of the last three months, I am convinced Rachel Reily is fed the answers through an earpiece. She can't be this good, conjuring all kinds of obscure solutions. What a shame. Few things to account here: don’t forget Rachel has a time advantage over the contestants who ar...

Jamie Weisenberg

After watching every episode of the last three months, I am convinced Rachel Reily is fed the answers through an earpiece. She can't be this good, conjuring all kinds of obscure solutions.

What a shame.

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Is there a prize for winning co-events ?

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Petition to get this guy https://wiki.apterous.org/Richard_Williams invited back early. He was the only guy to lay a glove on Ahmed in series 84, and the most recent heat player to take an eventual series champ to a crucial. It would be a tragedy to make him wait until 2031. Richard was very good. ...

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It's 2024. What's the best resource to sharpen one's skills in the numbers rounds ? Tutorials/Guides/TIps/Tricks ? Any app ? In my opinion, Apterous.org is the best site to subscribe to and hone your numbers round skills. Challenge a bot a numbers attack to get 20 numbers rounds and practise, pract...

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It's 2024. What's the best resource to sharpen one's skills in the numbers rounds ? Tutorials/Guides/TIps/Tricks ? Any app ?

Jamie Weisenberg

Ask Graeme:- Has anyone above the age of 40 ever won a series ? Who is the oldest winner ?

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A very long time ago, I wrote a loose collection of Python scripts to scrape all the results and rounds we have on the wiki into a database. Over the years I've refreshed and updated it, usually after each series, and I use it to answer questions like "what valid word has been disallowed most ...

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Does Graeme work on the TV show ? If not, what's this thread about ?

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Today's contestant Arthur is pretty good .. only 16 years old. 5 more to go for octo.

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Hope nobody is offended but .. has anyone ever suspected that Rachel Riley (or even Carol) might be getting fed the solution through an earpiece by the producers ? Surely has to be in some cases. I find it hard to believe she can get all the tougher ones in 30 secs that the maverick contestants are ...

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You've been on this forum for 5 days. You are acting like you know more about Countdown than people who have been on here 15+ years and know much more about the show and about the game than you. Pipe down and respect your elders boy. I've been watching Countdown on and off since the 90s actually. D...

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Who is the best ever contestant on TV Countdown that isn't involved/is completely oblivious of the professional scene ? By professional, I mean Apterous, CO-events, ZoomDowns etc ..

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Generous of you Jon, but I'd put your 813 solution even higher. It's just such an extreme version of the 937.5, and to even think of it in 30 seconds yet alone execute it. . I've seen the video of this. I am interested in knowing how he got there so quickly. Maybe Jon can please explain how he appr...

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These are simple applications of what I would call the rule of 146/154/197/203/298/302 where you have a couple of variables to play with. When you add in a multiplier it gets a lot more complex as the number of possibilities increases hugely with the order of operations. Actually there was one miss...

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JackHurst wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 4:12 pm You've been on this forum for 5 days. You are acting like you know more about Countdown than people who have been on here 15+ years and know much more about the show and about the game than you. Pipe down and respect your elders boy.

I've been watching Countdown on and off since the 90s actually.

Jamie Weisenberg

However, in Ahmed's defence I'd say the quality of the opposition was FAR higher than what Conor faced. Rude. My apologies. I remember the other finalist in the 30th anniversary CoC was exceptional too. I forget his name. But you did yourself say that last year's CoC was easily the best of all time...

Jamie Weisenberg

The 952 method was used twice in last year's CoC. It looks impressive at first glance until you spot it.

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Well, it's not something you can prove as such. But: Conor maxed three games in the row in the 30th birthdays champs (could have been four if he hadn't pluralised SOIGNEE), followed by a 14/15 max final. It was a more clinical performance than Ahmed's in the CoC. In Ahmed's favour, obviously the di...

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I am curious ... do people like this show more than the original ? I am not a fan of the slapstick comedy, to be honest.

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Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 1:32 pm I'd say that's back to front. Conor is the GOAT and it's a question of which player comes closest to him.

Prove that Conor is the GOAT. Ahmed is too good with Conundrums, you hear about words nobody's heard of.

Jamie Weisenberg

Upcoming champion of champions should be the best ever - Ronan Higginson vs Tom Stevenson in the final ? Tom already played in the previous CoC. Incidentally, that CoC was the strongest ever. We'll need quite a few amazing players to burst on the scene in the next few series for next CoC to come cl...

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Upcoming champion of champions should be the best ever - Ronan Higginson vs Tom Stevenson in the final ?

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Carol Vorderman looks better and is smarter.

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