Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
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Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
I have a vague memory of hearing that you can go back on Countdown as a contestant if it's at least 10 years after your prior appearance.
Am I talking shit or is this actually a reality?
Been stranded on an island for nearly a decade but might return to the motherland next year and this is literally the only possible enjoyable thing I can envisage doing while there.
Am I talking shit or is this actually a reality?
Been stranded on an island for nearly a decade but might return to the motherland next year and this is literally the only possible enjoyable thing I can envisage doing while there.
If I suddenly have a squirming baby on my lap it probably means that I should start paying it some attention and stop wasting my time messing around on a Countdown forum
Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
Don't see why you can't given that the current champ appeared in the same year as you
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
You can go back after 5 years.
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
He can go back to his island any time he wants.
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I meant countdown.
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1 year to go for me
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
With it being you, I doubt you're serious anyway, but there's no precedent for letting a CoC contestant back is there?
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I believe the official rule is no, but then again there are several returnees in recent years, so much so that it has de facto become such a rule. I would personally leave at least 15-20 years between appearances, and I am very surprised Zarte was allowed back on.
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
*shrug* I was surprised too.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:06 pm I believe the official rule is no, but then again there are several returnees in recent years, so much so that it has de facto become such a rule. I would personally leave at least 15-20 years between appearances, and I am very surprised Zarte was allowed back on.
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
There will probably be a bigger surprise if I get back on for a third time..., but the precedent has been set, so nothing can be ruled out nowadays, I guess...Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:03 pm*shrug* I was surprised too.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:06 pm I believe the official rule is no, but then again there are several returnees in recent years, so much so that it has de facto become such a rule. I would personally leave at least 15-20 years between appearances, and I am very surprised Zarte was allowed back on.
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I still assume that that was an accident, so I'd say there's no precedent yet. And you're too loud to be an accident.James Robinson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:40 pmThere will probably be a bigger surprise if I get back on for a third time..., but the precedent has been set, so nothing can be ruled out nowadays, I guess...
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How do you find out if you can go back on? Do you passively wait for Damian to tell you, constantly pester him, constantly send in new application forms or what?James Robinson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:40 pmThere will probably be a bigger surprise if I get back on for a third time..., but the precedent has been set, so nothing can be ruled out nowadays, I guess...Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 3:03 pm*shrug* I was surprised too.Rhys Benjamin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:06 pm I believe the official rule is no, but then again there are several returnees in recent years, so much so that it has de facto become such a rule. I would personally leave at least 15-20 years between appearances, and I am very surprised Zarte was allowed back on.
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When I did it the first time, I was expecting it to be rejected/hear nothing more from it, so to be told I had an audition was great, even though the person who did my audition only knew of my past experience when I told her at the audition...Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Nov 01, 2018 11:12 amHow do you find out if you can go back on? Do you passively wait for Damian to tell you, constantly pester him, constantly send in new application forms or what?James Robinson wrote: ↑Mon Oct 29, 2018 8:40 pmThere will probably be a bigger surprise if I get back on for a third time..., but the precedent has been set, so nothing can be ruled out nowadays, I guess...
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
I just came on this thread to write this, didn't realise I already had
well I wouldn't say no! But I would be a big hypocrite, because I do think once you've made a finals that's your series on the show, shouldn't need a do-over. Would love to be on for a special if that ever came up, maybe we should have a fake wedding and get invited back ala Ryan/Michelle?Zarte Siempre wrote: ↑Thu Oct 25, 2018 7:34 am With it being you, I doubt you're serious anyway, but there's no precedent for letting a CoC contestant back is there?
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
It's real. Would be great to see you back on there and I can't see a reason for you to be turned down. Go for it.Matthew Green wrote: ↑Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:36 am I have a vague memory of hearing that you can go back on Countdown as a contestant if it's at least 10 years after your prior appearance.
Am I talking shit or is this actually a reality?
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Re: Can I go back on Countdown after 10 years?
Yusss! I've spent 10 years off the forum, too. Just to be on the safe side.
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You did make a brief comeback in 2016 though.M. George Quinn wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 8:17 am Yusss! I've spent 10 years off the forum, too. Just to be on the safe side.
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As long as you're paying.George Pryn wrote: ↑Sat Nov 03, 2018 10:44 pm well I wouldn't say no! But I would be a big hypocrite, because I do think once you've made a finals that's your series on the show, shouldn't need a do-over. Would love to be on for a special if that ever came up, maybe we should have a fake wedding and get invited back ala Ryan/Michelle?
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Or just get a close family member to go on the show...
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