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Any of you fancy writing up your experiences for this excellent page?

http://www.thecountdownpage.com/experiences.htm

I will. Tho presumably I need to wait till after they're on the tellybox?

I've been meaning to for ages...will do soon I hope.

Junaid Mubeen wrote:I've been meaning to for ages...will do soon I hope.

Do it in a Rory Miller stylee

I sent mine to Mike months ago and it hasn't appeared so I wouldn't all rush to submit at once.

I read all of these a little while ago. As someone who's never been to a recording, either in the audience or as a contestant, it was great to get a behind-the-scenes insight. Would love to read some more recent experiences, particularly Jeff and Rachel's first shows.

I sent mine to Mike months ago and it hasn't appeared so I wouldn't all rush to submit at once!

I wonder if Charlie's done one? I certainly haven't seen it up on the site yet.



I thought "Achtung" was more "Beware!" than "Attention!" ?

Can someone explain how this backward thread works?

Jon Corby wrote:

Junaid Mubeen wrote:I've been meaning to for ages...will do soon I hope.

Do it in a Rory Miller stylee

Don't be ridiculous. I'm nowhere near cool or witty enough to pull that off.

Charlie Reams wrote:I sent mine to Mike months ago and it hasn't appeared so I wouldn't all rush to submit at once.

Charlie's probably right that there's no need to rush, but please don't let that put anyone off writing one who is thinking about it. And to preserve Jon's sanity (amongst others), it probably is best if you avoid writing in the style of Rory Miller.

Mine's on my own website.

http://craigbeevers.me.uk/

Just click on Countdown etc. Don't mind if it's copied across to that experiences page.

Wonder if Charlie will send one to Mike?

D Eadie wrote:Wonder if Charlie will send one to Mike?

It does ring a vague bell, but I'd have to check.

I used to have mine up on my own site years ago, linked to from the Countdown Page, but the site is now defunct so I've sent a copy to Mike to host.

Did anyone hear, apparently Charlie sent one in...

Good stuff. Look forward to more of these. Charlie, why don't you send one in?

Andy Wilson wrote:Good stuff. Look forward to more of these. Charlie, why don't you send one in?

IAWTP

Would anyone appreciate it if I wrote one?

I would, I like reading CD experiences.

Haha. I've sent my experience in which I hope makes good reading.

I think if mine doesn't show up on TCDP in the next few days then I'll just post it here, because it's now getting so long after the fact that no one really cares any more.

Post it now, or at least a sneak preview...

Have you actually written one?

Charlie Reams wrote:I started watching Countdown in Series 50, when

Is that enough?

The first few of these were very interesting, telling prospective contestants what it's really like to be on Countdown, but they do get a bit samey. Offhand, the only one I remember at all was Stewart Holden's, with a lot of detail about his preparation and his opinion of Richard Whiteley. I'd be fascinated to hear your story, but not about your audition, your journey to Leeds, the words you didn't risk. Surely you have a uniquely different tale to tell.

David Williams wrote:The first few of these were very interesting, telling prospective contestants what it's really like to be on Countdown, but they do get a bit samey. Offhand, the only one I remember at all was Stewart Holden's, with a lot of detail about his preparation and his opinion of Richard Whiteley. I'd be fascinated to hear your story, but not about your audition, your journey to Leeds, the words you didn't risk. Surely you have a uniquely different tale to tell.

I disagree entirely. Surely it'd be far better that he post everything he originally intended to, and then people disinterested in various segments can filter them out by skipping, and those who want more detail like words unrisked (which is particularly interesting just to know the mentality of such things, and the reasons) and other things, can read them

Charlie Reams wrote:I think if mine doesn't show up on TCDP in the next few days then I'll just post it here, because it's now getting so long after the fact that no one really cares any more.

Funnily enough, I'm hoping to update in the next few days. To be honest, I may not have included your Experience this time around, but as you're issuing ultimata, I'll see what I can do . I appreciate that as time passes, things lose a bit of their interest, and I can only apologise for my tardiness. Having said that, I'm sure plenty of people would still wish to read it, whenever it were published.

Hopefully you will all be pleased to hear that Charlie's Countdown Experience is now available for viewing at The Countdown Page.

http://www.thecountdownpage.com/exp-charlie-reams.htm is the place to go.

It's great reading - enjoy!!

Thanks Charlie.

Charlie wrote up an experience? No one said anything in the past..

Thoroughly enjoyed reading this - thanks Charlie (and Mike).

It's about time he's written one!

Craig Beevers wrote:Mine's on my own website.

http://craigbeevers.me.uk/

Just click on Countdown etc. Don't mind if it's copied across to that experiences page.

Now linked from The Countdown Page.

Oooh - what a great idea! I might just do that.

Charlie - why don't you write one?

Lesley Hines wrote: Charlie - why don't you write one?

I can't tell if you playing along with the earlier joke but, in case you really did miss it, I wrote mine ages ago and it's linked above.

Charlie Reams wrote: in case you really did miss it

11 mentions in 36 replies? I was just playin'

Nice read.

I have done extensive searching of the web in my spare time over recent weeks, and there are a few more Countdown Experiences available other than those on Mike's site.

Here is the full list that I know of:

Mike Brown's Countdown Page:

• Adam Gilinsky - Series 6 Semi-Finalist
  
  Nita Marr - Series 13 Semi-Finalist
  
  Hannah Poulton - Series 27 Contestant
  
  David Ballheimer - Series 42 Semi-Finalist
  
  Graham Nash - Series 43 Champion
  
  Ben Wilson - Series 46 Champion
  
  Tom Hargreaves - Series 47 Runner-up
  
  Chris Wills - Series 47 Champion
  
  Kevin Thurlow - Series 47 Semi-Finalist
  
  Julian Fell - Series 48 Champion
  
  Martin Gardner - Series 49 Semi-Finalist
  
  Stewart Holden - Series 51 Champion
  
  Gary Male - Series 51 Semi-Finalist
  
  Alex Lacey - Series 52 Contestant
  
  John Mayhew - Series 53 Champion
  
  Jon O'Neill - Series 53 Semi-Finalist
  
  Colin Wreford - Series 54 Contestant
  
  Matthew Goulding - Series 54 Contestant
  
  Michael Bowden - Series 54 Quarter-Finalist
  
  Dan Webster - Series 54 Contestant
  
  Tony Foran - Series 54 Contestant
  
  Tony Warren - Series 54/55 Contestant
  
  Ian Hilton - Series 55 Contestant
  
  Steven Briers - Series 55 Quarter-Finalist
  
  Rory Miller - Series 57 Contestant
  
  Richard Priest - Series 58 Runner-up - UPDATED!!
  
  Charlie Reams - Series 59 Runner-up

The rest (some are archive so be patient as they take a few moments to load):

Alastair Armstrong - Series 38 Contestant

Lester Mak - Series 40 Contestant

Gary Woodward - Series 41 Semi-Finalist

Jason Witcher - ThatpoorSeries42guythatwasbeatenonacrucialconundrumbyaseriessemi-finalistbuthadthehighestlosingscoreoftheseriesbutstillisn'tallowedbackon

• * 2nd version with some images still working

James Aukett - Series 43 Contestant

Andrew Tatham - Series 49 Semi-Finalist

Chris Philpot - Series 51 Contestant and forumite

Craig Beevers - Series 57 Winner and forumite

Gerry Buckley - Series 60 Jimmy Gough victim

Derek Hazell wrote:I have done extensive searching of the web in my spare time over recent weeks, and there are a few more Countdown Experiences available other than those on Mike's site.

Here is the full list that I know of:

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Great stuff, Derek. I'll enjoy looking at some of those again and I'm sure others will as well. Jason Witcher's is soon going to be republished on The Countdown Page following the demise of his original site. Nice to see some of the ones you've dug up at archive.org, a great place for digging into websites that are no longer online.