Graham Nash (quiz contestant)

Graham Nash is Countdown's 43rd Series Champion and the 11th Champion of Champions. His current record stands at 16 wins out of 16. He later appeared on Grand Slam, losing to Dee Voce.

Graham Nash
Known for	British TV game show contestant Countdown Grand Slam

Countdown

Nash debuted on Countdown on July 20, 2000, winning the maximum of eight consecutive heat games, which made him the number one seed. However, his points total was surpassed by David Williams, resulting in Nash being knocked down to the second seed.

Williams was eliminated in the semi-final, while Nash won his match against Clare Wright. This led to a final showdown between Nash and Matthew Turner. In the final, the scores were tied until Nash correctly solved the numbers game with 901. Maintaining this ten-point lead, Nash secured victory in the last round by solving the conundrum RENEWABLE in just six seconds, thus becoming the Series 43 Countdown champion.

Champion of Champions

Nash returned to Countdown three years later for the C of C. There, he beat David Ballheimer in the first round, and then defeated Julian Fell 120-109. This tied the highest scoring match in history (229 total points). He then progressed past Tom Hargreaves to set up a final with Series 47 victor Chris Wills. In the final, Nash took a six-point lead. This lead remained until the final conundrum. The word OVERSPADE was not solved and Nash won Champion Of Champions 11.

Grand Slam

Nash returned for the Channel 4 game show Grand Slam. The show was hosted by Carol Vorderman and former Football Italia presenter James Richardson. The show pitted sixteen of the UK's biggest game show winners against each other. His first round match was against Laura Richardson. and he won by a convincing 104 seconds. Nash faced Dee Voce in the quarter-finals. Voce had a 60.5 second lead going into the deciding round, and beat him by 75.7 seconds. The eventual winner was Series 8 Countdown Champion and Scrabble ace Clive Spate.

The 1% Club

On 21 May 2022, Nash appeared on an episode of The 1% Club. With three players remaining he was asked which was the odd one out of the following words:-

Trojan Dismay Transept Concoct Justify

The answer being Justify as the other 4 end with the first few letters of a month of the year. Graham tried to argue that his answer of Concoct because "all have 2 vowels but concoct is the only one where they are the same" should be accepted. There was a debate between him and the adjudicator but Nash eventually backed down. This incorrect answer eliminated him and he left with no prize.

External links

• Graham Nash at IMDb