As I'm sure you don't need reminding, our current half-octochamp is Ben "2 x 59's" Nicholson, who has somehow managed to win 4 shows, despite winning with 2 scores of 59...........
, and amazingly, a win today will pretty much guarantee him a spot in the finals, but he's gonna be in for a rough ride methinks............Because his opponent is none other than the Apterite and occasional c4cer, Jonathan Rawlinson, who if luck goes his way, could even become only the 3rd person in Countdown history (after Gareth Williams in Series 23 and Bhavin Manek in Series 36) to win the last 8 shows of the series, and then come back for the finals on the next show, or in plain English, be on 9 (that's NINE
) consecutive shows. 
But am I jumping the gun here, maybe...........
In Dictionary Corner, making her debut this week, is an businesswoman, TV presenter and entrepreneur, famous for being the runner-up in the first series of The Apprentice, back in 2005, it's Saira Khan.
Join Jack later, so he can eye up his possible competition.
