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So, we're back on with the Series 70 finals of Countdown, following the break thanks to Royal Ascot.

Last we saw the show, Samir had just won his quarter-final, today he'll find out who he'll play in Thursday's 2nd semi-final.

The only octochamp yet to play, the #3 seed, Andy Naylor, takes on the first champion of 2014, the #6 seed, Bobby Banerjee.

Statistics Corner:

Firstly, No.3 Seed Andy "The Hendon Hitman" Naylor - 8 Wins, 781 Points. (Average: 97.63)
Highest Score: 110 vs. Adrian Albon (7th Game)
Lowest Score: 76 vs. Brett Davids (1st Game)
9's Achieved: 1/9
Total Points/Max/%: 781/1074 (73%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 482/677 (71%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 249/317 (79%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 50/80 (63%)

Secondly, No.6 Seed Bobby "The Birmingham Brawler" Banerjee - 6 Wins, 597 Points. (Average: 85.29)
Highest Score: 104 vs. Ray Sykes (6th Game)
Lowest Score: 65 vs. Ciarán Crawley (7th Game)
9's Achieved: 0/7
Total Points/Max/%: 597/934 (64%)
Letters Points/Max/%: 357/584 (61%)
Numbers Points/Max/%: 200/280 (71%)
Conundrum Points/Max/%: 40/70 (57%)

Mark Foster is in DC upto Wednesday, before Jon Culshaw takes over on Thursday, which will see him crossover into the start of Series 71 next week, the first time a DC guest has done that since Geoffrey Durham in Series 49/50.

Andy is back from his hols, so he'll be recapping for you guys later.

Mark Foster's 47 medals, how many Olympic ones?

CERIUM in R13

Bradley Cates wrote:CERIUM in R13

I think there's a obscure 7 there too?

CORIUM was there too but I didn't get the seven.

Good contest between two good players. Congrats Anthony on the mug too.

Steven M. McCann wrote:Mark Foster's 47 medals, how many Olympic ones?

You're surely not implying that because he didn't win an Olympic medal, his career was somehow a failure?

No, not at all, but I found Nick's introduction a wee bit over the top.

Terrible pronunciation of OUTJIE from Susie. I can understand this is a difficult one to pronounce, but there's no excuse when you have the dictionary there with the pronunciation guide.

That "841... No, wait, I meant to say 843" was very dodgy. I know there wasn't much of a delay, but still - Bobby had 847 so could have got 7 points there.

Adam Gillard wrote:That "841... No, wait, I meant to say 843" was very dodgy. I know there wasn't much of a delay, but still - Bobby had 847 so could have got 7 points there.

I don't think a contestant should be punished for accidentally saying the wrong number as long as they correct themselves immediately. The same small amount of leeway is allowed when a contestant goes through their method. I think it would have been more unjust if Andy's quickly-corrected declaration hadn't been accepted and he'd lost because of it.

We'll all look back and laugh when the electronic declaration system is rolled out.

Couple of alt numbers games, sorry a bit late in watching:
481 = ((6 x (7 + 4) + 3) x 7) - 2
236 = (50 + 9) x (7 - 3)

Graeme Cole wrote:

Adam Gillard wrote:That "841... No, wait, I meant to say 843" was very dodgy. I know there wasn't much of a delay, but still - Bobby had 847 so could have got 7 points there.

I don't think a contestant should be punished for accidentally saying the wrong number as long as they correct themselves immediately. The same small amount of leeway is allowed when a contestant goes through their method. I think it would have been more unjust if Andy's quickly-corrected declaration hadn't been accepted and he'd lost because of it.

Did anyone else think he only looked for/found DELUSION after Bobby had declared 8?