8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown recap for Friday 5 September 2014.
Team 1:
* Roisin Conaty, from an Irish family, she has 80 cousins, meaning it's one big rollercoaster, mainly cos they run a fairground.
(Mascot - Binoculars)&
* Sean Lock, like a Countdown hustler, he pretends to be rubbish, then comes good. (Mascot - An iPod with a confidence "tape" on it.)
Team 2:
* Jon Richardson, when it comes to Countdown, he's a real winner, not that it says anything about the rest of his life.....
(Mascot - Jigsaw of the Leaning Tower of Pisa)&
* David Mitchell, describes himself as a worrier, meaning there are 2 on his team tonight. (Mascot - A Pointless mug)
DC: Susie Dent and Phill Jupitus.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
Instead of the traditional Countdown teapot, the winners will receive the Countdown dog jacket.
R01: D M E I P O L P G
R02: 25, 4, 9, 6, 5, 8. Target: 828.
TTT: GOTOBANG - "Hop on and slide down"
R03: S R E I S A R V O
R04: 25, 3, 5, 10, 9, 7. Target: 831.
TTT: SNOGSPIT - "Show me the way"
R05: N N A J S U D E T
R06: 25, 3, 8, 6, 10, 4. Target: 619.
TTT: DICKBASE - "Sit on this"
R07: R D I R A N T E O
R08: H O T M I N G E S (conundrum)
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Round 1 (Picked by Roisin): D M E I P O L P G
Jimmy's Distraction: Plays electric guitar.
Team 1 - Roisin: lego / Sean: LOPPED (6)
Team 2 - Jon: PIMPLED (7) / David: MODEL (5)
DC: GLOPPED (7)
OT: IMPLODE (7)
Score: 0–7 (max 7)
Round 2 (Picked by David): 25, 4, 9, 6, 5, 8. Target: 828.
Team 1 - Roisin: 0. / Sean: 829. Mistake in working.
Team 2 - Jon: 830. (((6 x 4) + 9) x 25) + 5 (7) / David: 0.
RR: 828. (25 + 6 - 8) x 4 x 9 (10)
Score: 0–14 (max 17)
Phill talks about haikus, 17 syllabled poems from Japan, and he does one for each of the players.
Teatime teaser: GOTOBANG -> TOBOGGAN
So, Sean and David take part in the next letters game.
Round 3 (Picked by David): S R E I S A R V O
Jimmy's Distraction: Doing a mini tricycle race with Rachel.
Sean: RAISES (6)
David: ROVERS (6)
DC: OVARIES (7)
OT: ROSARIES (8)
Score: 6–20 (max 25)
Now, it's Roisin v Jon in the numbers.
Round 4 (Picked by Roisin): 25, 3, 5, 10, 9, 7. Target: 831.
Roisin: 825. Did first, but mistake in working anyway.
Jon: 829. (((25 x 3) + 7) x 10) + 9 (7)
RR: 831. ((25 + 5 + 10) x 3 x 7) - 9 (10)
Score: 6–27 (max 35)
Phill does more haikus with a seasonal influence.
Teatime teaser: SNOGSPIT -> SIGNPOST
Joe Wilkinson returns to bring glamour as a genie. He reveals that Fabio wanted the head of a lizard, and he himself wanted a Susie Dent calendar. He gives the last wish to Rachel, which he "predicts" would be a trouser press, and not world peace, which she wanted.....
Round 5 (Picked by Sean): N N A J S U D E T
Team 1 - Roisin: TAN (3) / Sean: STUNNED (7)
Team 2 - Jon: ADJUST (6) / David: DATES (5)
DC: JAUNTED (7)
OT: DUENNAS (7) DUNNEST (7)
Score: 13–27 (max 42)
Round 6 (Picked by David): 25, 3, 8, 6, 10, 4. Target: 619.
Joe's Distraction: Have ex-DC guest Dennis Taylor feed him toffees.
Team 1 - Roisin: 618. (7) / Sean: 618. (7)
Team 2 - Jon: 618. Mistake in working. / David: 612.
RR: 619. (((25 x 6) + 8) x 4) - (10 + 3) (10)
Score: 20–27 (max 52)
Teatime teaser: DICKBASE -> BACKSIDE
Round 7 (Picked by Jon): R D I R A N T E O
Jimmy's Distraction: Doing some impressive contortionist-like moves. (Dennis Taylor also painted Joe's finger nails while the letters were being put up too.)
Team 1 - Roisin: riden / Sean: TRAINED (7)
Team 2 - Jon: arredtion / David: TRAINER (7)
DC: ORDINATE (8)
OT: ANTERIOR (8) DERATION (8) ORDAINER (8) RATIONED (8)
Score: 27–34 (max 60)
Round 8: H O T M I N G E S
No-one buzzes. The answer was SOMETHING. (with an upside down W as the M.....
)Final Score: 27–34 (max 70)
Ah well, onwards and upwards. Bye for now.
Statistics Corner
Roisin & Sean:
Total score - 27
Raw score - 33
Total % of max - 39
Raw % of max - 47
Total average score per round - 3.4
Raw average score per round - 4.1
Number of maxes - 1
Jon & David:
Total score - 34
Raw score - 45
Total % of max - 49
Raw % of max - 64
Total average score per round - 4.3
Raw average score per round - 5.6
Number of maxes - 1