Countdown - Series 62 Grand Final - Friday 18 June 2010 (3/3)

Nicki Sellars takes on 14-year old schoolkid Oliver Garner for the 62nd Countdown crown. The last of three halves.

[@3Nex]

Why does the first place finisher get more dictionaries? If anyone, it would be the second place finisher that needs them. This is like giving Michael Phelps a swimming cap.

[@imluvinyourmum]

U just won... DICTIONARIES! "OK Boomer..." Wait, what?

[@tonybarfridge4369]

He'd probably prefer the 1000 squid

[@baby_joe]

Maybe coundown's prize should be swimming caps. Give the dictionaries to Michael phelps

[@smidgens1]

Are you gonna take it to school and show all your friends? Nah i already get bullied enough as it is thanks.

[@truelazerlight]

BEDISCLUE -> Bed is clue -> seducible I see what you did there ....

[@TofranBohk]

I think I'd rather win the 2nd place prize.

[@Achilles94627]

Well, you could always sell the dictionaries and make 3,000 pounds more than the 2nd place prize.

[@sailechz]

Achilles94627 who wants to buy them though?

[@mrmuffin1980]

This young lad is incredible. I'm more than twice his age, and he would've thrashed me big style if I was his opponent. A well deserved win.

[@expic3954]

Platonic was there for 8!

[@KenworthW900HG]

Half an hour extra of Rachel can only be a good thing :)

[@speedyboishan87]

Oliver looks nervous and confused, but he has shown his skills and is passionate about winning, he has won a championship prize a countdown cup, shows looks is not important just your skills, determination and confidence. Oliver must be the youngest winner of countdown.

[@Squab1972]

I have met him in person he is a really nice guy.

[@Cloiss_]

The reaction at 7:12 to Rachel's solution is priceless

[@tonybarfridge4369]

He's like, how did she beat me? I feel sick

[@cwn89015]

Another way to get 466 is this: 3+9=12, 12X3=36, 36X10=360, 360+100=460, 460+6=466.

[@handlewith_care]

lmaooooo i bet he sold those dictionaries

[@tobias-edwards]

is he the best player to ever grace Countdown? and only 15 too!

[@ronan4836]

There have been quite a few. Oliver is up there, but there are quite a few better than him. Conor Travers, Elliott Mellor, Jack Worsley, Innis Carson etc. are up with the highest players on the training site apterous.org, would highly recommend checking it out, you can play games of countdown online against real people, and is great practice. You get 30 free games, then it's £20 for a year of unlimited games, or £23 for the whole year and superstats.

[@maxytwist]

​@@ronan4836don't suppose you are the Ronan 'Hurricane' Higginson????

[@cwildeman]

Holy hell, Sellars is very good, but that Garner is a wizard!

[@zainebkhalid4232]

I LOVE countdown

[@GroovingPict]

If I were given the choice between £1000 I could spend on whatever I wanted, or a set of books supposedly "worth" £4000 I think I would go for the 1000 every time. It's not like he can sell it for £4000.

[@jamesfilosa6277]

no but you could probably sell them for £2000...

[@DJMikey242]

Host here is better than current

[@Nullifidian]

In the eleventh round, OAKIER and LAZIER are two more sixes. In the twelfth round, all my answers were scooped by the contestants and Dictionary Corner. I couldn't even come up with an interesting seven as an alternative, because the only two I could see were the result of removing the S's: SUBHEAD and QUASHED. In the last letters round, there were a couple of eights: PLATONIC and POETICAL. In the numbers round, I didn't even see Rachel's solution, but had this alternate solution instead: 9 x 3 = 27 27 - 3 = 24 100 - 24 = 76 76 x 6 = 456 456 + 10 = 466

[@ThePolymorph]

Id rather the grand

[@bonganimazibuko1901]

Oliver is such a savage. Big Respect. Wonder how hes doing

[@joshbm33]

5:15 platonic

[@DXKramer]

Topical

[@cgbgaming9363]

8:17 best moments

[@sling0121]

i think im in love with Rachel xD

[@jamesheath7601]

So am I

[@chrisjericho7123]

7:11 Does not compute. Poor thing.

[@TheChosenJester]

LAZIER works for the first puzzle.

[@Dab12775]

Last letters round...platonic?

[@Forensource]

claptonei is platonic and conepAtl

[@radpdx1593]

7:12 Dazed and confused

[@oBri550o]

nice upload

[@idoluz12]

is he just nervous or is there something wrong with him?

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

+Ido Luz Extremely nervous.

[@MegaMorve]

+Ido Luz Nervous and he is only 14

[@stewarthills9344]

Autism

[@RandomGuy-xm4qg]

lul really?

[@TashWigley]

He has very high functioning autism. I could see that he was able to unscramble the letters with almost superhuman ease.

[@graperonto]

I found ANTIPOLE when they found CAPTION and POLENTA... at least I know it's valid in Scrabble.

[@littlepieceofchicken]

Platonic as well

[@TimeWastedShow]

CAPITOL

[@CrusaderZav]

TimeWastedShow Capitol is the American spelling. Capital is the spelling in English.

[@AvihooI]

CrusaderZav, wrong

[@cvgurau]

oh god that mustache

[@mclarenguy22]

@mongrelvids Not gonna lie, I actually prefer the 15 round format for some reason...

[@awsomeman746]

He really got 4 thousand for all this work wow that's mean

[@jonasthefrisk]

not even that though. just books worth around 4000. that... sucks...

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

+jonasthefrisk Mostly it's just fun.

[@smidgens1]

mate id be pissed if the person who lost to me won a grand and all i got was some bloody books

[@fatbelly27]

razorlike for nine

[@Squab1972]

@mongrelvids I agree with those comments

[@infintiyward]

leptonic is an 5 5:15

[@imluvinyourmum]

Hey nerrrrrd, here's a bunch of dictionaries u never need to read and a host with an ass that won't quit, welcome to CountDown ya filthy animal.

[@tranquil_cove4884]

5:15 antipole

[@chrisjericho7123]

The winner gets 1000 pounds and the loser gets dictionaries worth 4000 pounds?

[@458alok]

while these people are undoubtedly smart, they've made this incredibly boring!

[@tealrose3577]

lol

[@tonybarfridge4369]

Nobody found lazier or roiler

[@thedaintyprincejbr3176]

5.10 they missed potential

[@dparnas]

Double T

[@catrin3265]

Is it just me thatslike uhhhh pot?

[@normanblakely9314]

We all win in t long rarse

[@DJMikey242]

Host here is better than current

[@casualukulele]

5:05 platonic