Mastermind - 1st Round - Episode 10
A little bit of bias tonight again as I settled down to watch Mastermind. Gareth Kingston had announced on facebook his episode would be screened this week so I had my fingers crossed he would pull it off.
Contenders -
Geoffrey Snape
Sally Mabey
Chris Willis
Gareth Kingston
Geoffrey Snape was first up and took on what I thought was a very wide subject managing 11 points on New York followed by Sally Mabey who had a much narrower subject on the Womens Institute managed 10. Gareth Kingston was next and delivered a very confident display answering on Pugin, someone I have very little knowledge on. He managed to get 14 right from the 15 asked and that was enough to lead after round as Chris Willis ( a former Countdown Champion I believe) scored 13 on Wimbledon Tennis Singles since 1990. This set the stage for a close contest but with Gareth, a former Semi Finalist, sitting in first place he was always going to be the favourite.
Sally Mabey really needed something special to put the others under pressure and give herself a chance. I think she had the most gettable set of the night adding another 10 to her score. Not really enough and the same can be said of Snape who only managed 8 after a terrible run in the middle of the round when the passes would not stop flowing. This made him loose all confidence and by this stage Mastermind was over for him as well.
It was now a clear scrap between Willis and Kingston and Willis had the perfect chance to put Gareth under pressure by posting a good score. He came to the chair firing on all cylinders and the 14 was a cracking score from a very tricky set giving him a total of 27 to take back and leave Gareth with the chase. Always likely to hunt that total down Gareth needed a good start to the round and he got exactly that matching Willis 27 with the lead but taking the contest on the fact he did not pass.
All in all this was a tightly fought episode of Mastermind. Both Gareth and Chris would have been very worthy winners and perhaps we will see Chris again. Gareth showed some nerves seemingly, more so in the GK round, but answered well and perhaps the few looks of disappointment on his face were because he knew he should have got some of the questions he answered wrongly. Either way, this performance will stand him in good stead and he certainly will be a contender for a place in the grand final. Good luck!
Final -
Chris Willis - 27
Sally Mabey - 20
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