Mastermind 2012/2013 Heat 3
This weeks contestants.....
Roland Mcfall
Graeme Marley
Sarah Le Fevre
Aidan Mccquade
And we got underway with a subject about the band, one of my favourites actually, Radiohead. Roland Mcfall started well and made it clear he was not going to guess and was passing anything he did not now very quickly. A tactic that has both its upsides and downsides. Throwing a few wrong answers in there cost a few points which Roland looked disappointed to get wrong and his score of 10 set him up for a chance of progression.
Graeme Marley next on Sherlock Holmes and he made a solid start too but fell into a pass cycle on three very long questions, taking a heck of a lot of time from the round. The questions here were very long and if anyone has the stats about amount of questions face I would love to know. A mixture of long questions and a handful of passes though did not stop Graeme taking a score of 10 into the GK round. A tough round I felt but then again I am by no means a Holmes expert.
With two contestants on 10 there was a chance for Sarah Le Fevre to gain a lead with her subject of The Goodies. Despite a nervy start Sarah settled into well, got a good pace of answering going and managed to give herself a good score of 13 moving into a lead.
Aidan Mccquade on Michael Collins rounded off the Mastermind SS round for this week and it didnt take him long to get going. I always think going last would be more nerve racking but I suppose at least there was a target to aim for. Indeed it did not seem like Aidan would take long to get there as he raced to double figures. Very calm and confident and my pick for the win after the first round, helped of course by the score of 15. This know seemed to make it a two way battle between himself and Sarah Le Fevre but you never know. Roland and Graeme would need something special in GK to get the win!
So, the standings after the Mastermind Specialist Subject round...
Aidan Mccquade - 15
Sarah Le Fevre - 13
Graeme Marley - 10
Roland Mcfall - 10
First out then was Roland Mcfall, the youngest of the contestants I would have thought, to tackle GK and scored 13 on what I thought was the easiest set of the night. This is by now means to be disrespectful to Roland as a score of 23 is always good, but I just thought there were a lot of "gimmies" in here. Still you can only answer what you are given and Roland coped well and set the bar for the others.
Graeme Marley next knowing at least 13 was needed but he had a rough start. Definitely a tougher set here for Graeme but towards the end a rush of correct answers managed to take him over the 20-point mark and ending with a score of 22 meant Roland still had the lead.
Sarah Le Fevre next and a bad start for her answering only 1 of the first 9-10 questions. This combined with the taking of time answering some questions but her out of contention by the time the half way point of the round was reached. In a normal quiz Sarah may well have done better with this set but perhaps it was the pressure of the chair. She clearly knew some of the answers she did not get right and I suppose once the confidence goes it is tough to recover. She finished with 19 points gaining 6 in her GK round.
So Aidan needed at least at 8 to have a chance of winning. A couple of passes early on could not distract from the path to the next round just pipping out Roland by the looks of things but a late round struggle. Have to feel a bit sorry for Roland as loosing by only a point is a shame and 23 is unlikely to be enough to progress. 24-23-22 as the top three scores makes it one of the closest episodes of the series but the lowest scoring one so far with the winners score being (I think also based on passes) only the 7th highest of the series (I may be wrong). But then again the object is the win the heat and that is what Aidan Mcquade did. Of course I mean no offence here in case anyone of the contestants is reading this.
The finals standings of this weeks Mastermind as follows...
Aidan Mccquade - 24
Roland Mcfall - 23
Graeme Marley -22
Sarah Le Fevre - 19
Congratulations to Aidan Mcquade and the best of luck for the next round! So after that episode we have the table so far looking like this...
Qualified
Gregory Spiller - 32
Sian West - 26
Aidan Mccquade - 24
Runners up
Chris Cann - 29
Nathan Joss - 26
Rosalind Winter - 24
Andrew Granath - 24
Roland Mcfall - 23
Graeme Marley -22
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Sarah Le Fevre - 19
Matthew Clarke - 18
Nathan Scott - 18
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