MASSIVE errors by Rachel on today’s Countdown (Wed 24 Sept 2025)

[Paul Hefford]

Hi all,

Did anyone else notice that Rachel selected the wrong choice of Vowel or Consonant for 3 letters all in one game ?????!!!!!

Being in mind it’s recorded I can’t believe it wasn’t noticed and recording stopped. Rachel hesitated on the 7th letter when I think she realised she had made a mistake.

I’ve watched Countdown in the past and have watched it everyday since I retired early last year but do not recall having seen such a huge error.

Be interested to read other viewers thoughts.

Cheers
Paul

[Gavin Chipper]

Actually I didn't notice. Do you remember which round?

[Paul Hefford]

Hi Gavin

Letters round 8. Consonant R, Consonant T, vowel E, and another ‘C’ (error 1) and a third, ‘L’ (error 2), and a consonant ‘U’ (error 3) and on the next letter (vowel A) Rachel hesitates as if she has noticed her errors.

[Philip A]

Paul is absolutely right – she makes three consecutive mis-draws and them clearly realises this via her body language and hesitation.

The Countdown Team eventually sent me a Countdown mug as a gesture of thanks when I emailed them that last series a contestant had chosen 6 vowels. Just saying!

[Paul Hefford]

Thanks Philip

I was thinking about sending them an email later

[Mark Deeks]

It used to mildly grind my gears when Carol would guess what a contestant would pick next by putting her hand over one letters box, only for the contestant to choose the other. Sounds like Rachel raised the game.

[Gavin Chipper]

I'm definitely going to watch this back and I'm looking forward to it. So if anything she's raised the game beyond the grinding of gears.

[Philip A]

As some viewers eloquently put it when Dr Tom Crawford did it when Rachel was away, he didn’t stick his hands in the boxes; he waited for the contestant’s answer before drawing the card so that he didn’t mis-draw. He was slower but more certain.

[Gavin Chipper]

Hi Gavin

Letters round 8. Consonant R, Consonant T, vowel E, and another ‘C’ (error 1) and a third, ‘L’ (error 2), and a consonant ‘U’ (error 3) and on the next letter (vowel A) Rachel hesitates as if she has noticed her errors.

Also known as round 11! But yeah, an "interesting" episode.

[Mark Deeks]

Do we seek the death penalty or is this more of a ten years hard labour sort of affair?

[Gavin Chipper]

Well, we're all getting at least five years of hard Labour!

[John Garcia]

Well, we're all getting at least five years of hard Labour!

Hard Labour? I think you mean Tory Light!

I think this whole affair shows that it matters not a jot which order you select your 4 vowels and 5 consonants in (if anyone dares deviate from that ratio I'll be having words). Kinda like it matters not a jot which of the 2 cheeks of the same backside you vote for in a democracy.