Spoilers For Monday June 23rd 2014

[James Robinson]

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.

[Steven M. McCann]

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

[Bradley Cates]

CERIUM in R13

[Tony Atkins]

CERIUM in R13

I think there's a obscure 7 there too?

[Jack Worsley]

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

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

[JimBentley]

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?

[Steven M. McCann]

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

[Adam Gillard]

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.

[Adam Gillard]

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.

[Graeme Cole]

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.

[Matt Morrison]

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

[Philip Wilson]

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)

[Jon Corby]

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?