Celebrity Countdown recap for Wednesday 8 January 2020.
C1: Sabrina Grant. A TV presenter and make-up artist originally from London.
C2: Anna Richardson. A TV presenter, writer and journalist originally from Wellington, Shropshire.
DC: Susie Dent and Rufus Hound.
RR: Rachel Riley.
OT: Other words or solutions.
R01: G R S O E N A D C
R02: 75, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2. Target: 632.
R03: C A S H P R U D E (conundrum)
TTT: SABRINAG - "Sabrina G is always on the lookout for these, she's a Supershopper."
R04: S M U I P X R D A
R05: C E T O M R I T E
R06: 100, 7, 6, 2, 5, 3. Target: 620.
TTT: BOGSPATS - "Nothing to do with Naked Attraction, just large mail sacks."
R07: N A Y I H D U V T
R08: S T W O A S N F I
R09: 25, 50, 3, 1, 2, 2. Target: 289.
TTT: BITSBELOW - "Some of his bits below the waistline could do with toning up."
R10: R O E N G A T U R
R11: A E B Q L G I T W
R12: 100, 25, 5, 2, 9, 6. Target: 743.
R13: N A K E D S H O W (conundrum)
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Round 1: G R S O E N A D C
Sabrina: GRAND (5)
Anna: REASON (6)
DC: DECAGONS (8)
OT: DRACONES (8)
Score: 5–6 (max 8)
Rachel's Numbers Tips: Rachel gives out some numbers tips including showing how to use multiplying, rather than adding numbers to get closer to tough targets, as well as the important tip that "brackets are your best friend".
Round 2: 75, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2. Target: 632.
Sabrina: 620.
Anna: 632. Mistake in working.
RR: 632. (5 + 3) x (75 + 4) (10)
Score: 5–6 (max 18)
Round 3: C A S H P R U D E
Anna buzzes on 25.5 seconds to say PRUDENCE which is incorrect.
Sabrina buzzes on 29.5 seconds to say "I just wanted to press the buzzer", which is incorrect.
The answer (eventually got by Sabrina) was PURCHASED.
Score: 5–6 (max 28)
Teatime teaser: SABRINAG -> BARGAINS
Nick chats to Sabrina about getting the best shopping tips, as mentioned on her show she presents with Anna, Supershoppers.
Round 4: S M U I P X R D A
Sabrina: First declared a 9, then nine 2's, but then didn't give an offering.
Anna: RADIUS (6)
DC: RADIUM (6) PRAXIS (6)
OT: MARUDIS (7) RAMIDUS (7)
Score: 5–12 (max 35)
Round 5: C E T O M R I T E
Sabrina: TIMER (5), but then was allowed to reveal her dubious offering of TERMITE (7), which was allowed
Anna: MERIT (5)
DC: EROTIC (6) METRIC (6) MORTICE (7) COTTIER (7) METEORIC (8)
Score: 12–17 (max 43)
Round 6: 100, 7, 6, 2, 5, 3. Target: 620.
Sabrina: 621. Mistake in working.
Anna: 620. (100 x 6) + (2 x 5) + 7 + 3 (10)
Score: 12–27 (max 53)
Rufus does a poem about Celebrity Countdown.
Teatime teaser: BOGSPATS -> POSTBAGS
Nick chats to Anna about some of the challenges whilst filming Naked Attraction.
Round 7: N A Y I H D U V T
Sabrina: NUDITY (6)
Anna: nudey
DC: VAUNT (5) DAUNT (5) VANITY (6) UNTIDY (6)
OT: DAINTY (6)
Score: 18–27 (max 59)
Round 8: S T W O A S N F I
Sabrina: WANT (4)
Anna: SWOTS (5)
DC: WAISTS (6) FATSOS (6) FAINTS (6)
OT: AFIONS (6) FOISTS (6) SAINTS (6) SAISON (6) SANTOS (6) SATINS (6) SOFTAS (6) STAINS (6) SWAINS (6) SWIFTS (6) TOWAIS (6) TWAINS (6) WITANS (6)
Score: 22–32 (max 65)
Round 9: 25, 50, 3, 1, 2, 2. Target: 289.
Sabrina: 179.
Anna: 185.
RR: 289. (3 x 2 x (50 - 2)) + 1 (10)
Score: 22–32 (max 75)
Susie's Origins Of Words talks about the origins of "flirting".
Teatime teaser: BITSBELOW -> WOBBLIEST
Round 10: R O E N G A T U R
Sabrina: GRATER (6)
Anna: turngate
DC: GAUNTER (7) ORANGE (6) OUTRANGE (8)
OT: ORNATURE (8) OUTRAGER (8)
Score: 28–32 (max 83)
Round 11: A E B Q L G I T W
Sabrina: glibe
Anna: WAIT (4)
DC: GLIB (4) LIGATE (6) BLEWIT (6)
OT: ALBEIT (6) ALBITE (6) BEWAIL (6) GABLET (6) GELATI (6)
Score: 28–36 (max 89)
Round 12: 100, 25, 5, 2, 9, 6. Target: 743.
Sabrina: 745. Mistake in working.
Anna: 730.
Rufus (with a little bit of help from Susie): 743. (6 x 5 x 25) - (9 - 2) (10)
Score: 28–36 (max 99)
Round 13: N A K E D S H O W
Anna buzzes on 19 seconds to say SHAKEDOWN which is correct.
Final Score: 28–46 (max 109)
Statistics Corner
Sabrina:
Total score - 28
Actual score - 19
Total % of max - 26
Actual % of max - 17
Total average score per round - 2.2
Actual average score per round - 1.5
Number of maxes - 1
Anna:
Total score - 46
Actual score - 40
Total % of max - 42
Actual % of max - 37
Total average score per round - 3.5
Actual average score per round - 3.1
Number of maxes - 2
Further summaries are at:
http://cdb.apterous.org/series.php?series=-51