Shall we start with my unofficial table? Here’s the table with all contenders. Heat winners are in bold, everyone else is in italics.
|
David Ford |
11 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
|
Pete
Simmonds |
13 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
27 |
1 |
|
Diane Howe |
12 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
26 |
1 |
|
Carolyn
Rowe |
12 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
Dennis
Wang |
13 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
Paul
Robinson |
12 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
25 |
3 |
|
Danielle
Connolly |
11 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
Eric
Davies |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
Lorna
Frankel |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
Maurizio
Giacometto |
9 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
Paul Smith |
10 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
Milena Melcharek |
12 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
Miles
Searle |
9 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
Roger Easy |
10 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
22 |
2 |
|
Lucy
Fleming |
12 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
Nigel
Haynes |
10 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
Stuart
Beard |
10 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
Mark Pagan |
10 |
0 |
11 |
2 |
21 |
2 |
|
Elis
Matthews |
11 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
Ian
Walmsley |
9 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
Jonnie
Walker |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
Devon
Krohn |
11 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
Ben Abbott |
9 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
Keith Hickling |
11 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
Peter
Glanvill |
10 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
Robert
Cohen |
8 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
20 |
2 |
|
Beth
Leonard |
11 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
20 |
3 |
|
Jason Roberts |
11 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
3 |
|
Richard Carr |
11 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
20 |
6 |
|
Alan
Hotchkiss |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Alan
McDermaid |
11 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Catherine
Firth |
8 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Hannah
Mimiec |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Kim
Mackenzie |
12 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Kumaran
Sivathillainathan |
11 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Matthew
Patenall |
11 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Max
Bougeard |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Ross
Taylor |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Teddy
Fogel |
10 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Randall
Alleyne |
8 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
|
Meg Tapp |
8 |
2 |
11 |
0 |
19 |
2 |
|
Angus
Burns |
7 |
0 |
12 |
3 |
19 |
3 |
|
Omair Azam |
10 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
19 |
6 |
|
Gurpal
Cheema |
11 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Jane
Kendrick |
8 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Matthew
McStea |
7 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
18 |
0 |
|
Annette
Fenner |
9 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
|
Brian
Williams |
10 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
|
Emma
Reeves |
11 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
|
Julie Aris |
9 |
0 |
9 |
1 |
18 |
1 |
|
Ruaidhri
O’Donnell |
8 |
0 |
10 |
2 |
18 |
2 |
|
Eulalie
Burrows |
11 |
0 |
7 |
3 |
18 |
3 |
|
Paddy Moore |
6 |
2 |
12 |
1 |
18 |
3 |
|
Natalie
Abbott |
9 |
2 |
8 |
6 |
17 |
8 |
|
Naomi
Killen |
8 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
17 |
6 |
|
Susannah
Croft |
9 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
17 |
6 |
|
Jonathan
Wilkins |
8 |
0 |
9 |
5 |
17 |
5 |
|
Finn
Maxwell |
7 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
17 |
4 |
|
Jonathan
Wright |
5 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
17 |
3 |
|
Tomas
Stevenson |
8 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
17 |
3 |
|
Anjaneya Bapat |
9 |
0 |
8 |
2 |
17 |
2 |
|
Jonathan
Bartley |
10 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
17 |
2 |
|
Katherine
Rich |
8 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
|
Ryan
Lewendon |
7 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
17 |
2 |
|
Sam Schoen |
10 |
0 |
7 |
2 |
17 |
2 |
|
Sarah Skelton |
5 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
17 |
2 |
|
Sophie
Williamson |
7 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
17 |
2 |
|
Davina Kesby-Beck |
10 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
|
Kate Dapré |
9 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
|
Meg
Stapleton |
10 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
|
Andrew
McKenzie |
6 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
|
Courtney
Campbell |
8 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
16 |
1 |
|
William
Tams |
5 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
Katie
Stoyle |
8 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
Basab
Majumdar |
10 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
15 |
1 |
|
David Slater |
6 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
|
Elizabeth
Rounding |
9 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
|
Meena
Heath |
9 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
15 |
2 |
|
Atyab
Rashid |
6 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
15 |
3 |
|
Elizabeth
Howard |
6 |
2 |
9 |
1 |
15 |
3 |
|
Terry
Edwards |
8 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
15 |
5 |
|
Helen Woolston |
7 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
Rachel
Sambrooks |
5 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
Beth
Younge |
5 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
13 |
2 |
|
Carter Latif |
8 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
13 |
3 |
|
Ellen
Salkeld |
5 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
13 |
4 |
|
Marcus
Welsh |
9 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
13 |
4 |
|
Maxim
Sinclair |
7 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
13 |
4 |
|
Farrah
Sheikh |
6 |
2 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
|
Phyllis
Ramage |
4 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
|
Savannah
Phillips |
5 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
12 |
3 |
|
Tom
McAndrew |
4 |
0 |
7 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
|
Bella
Burgess |
6 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
|
Melissa Hewitt |
5 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
11 |
2 |
|
Liz Bain |
4 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
|
Ffion
Rowlands |
3 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
5 |
Okay – a few
observations. Firstly, I do hope that Dennis Wang gets his chance. In the last
couple of series we’ve seen Grand Final podium places going to contenders who
didn’t actually win their heats. I’ll be honest, where you have a series where
a heat winner who scores 15 goes through to the semis, but a runner up who
scores 25 doesn’t, is not great. Here’s a suggestion. Cut two shows from the
first round and have two wild cards for the two highest scoring runners up. The
talent is too thinly spread as it is – we won’t miss two heats.
Let’s look at the semi
finalists:-
|
1 |
David Ford |
11 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
|
2 |
Pete
Simmonds |
13 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
27 |
1 |
|
3 |
Diane Howe |
12 |
0 |
14 |
1 |
26 |
1 |
|
4 |
Carolyn
Rowe |
12 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
5 |
Paul
Robinson |
12 |
0 |
13 |
3 |
25 |
3 |
|
=6 |
Danielle
Connolly |
11 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
=6 |
Lorna
Frankel |
12 |
0 |
12 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
|
7 |
Paul Smith |
10 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
23 |
0 |
|
=8 |
Milena Melcharek |
12 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
=8 |
Miles
Searle |
9 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
|
9 |
Roger Easy |
10 |
0 |
12 |
2 |
22 |
2 |
|
10 |
Nigel
Haynes |
10 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
21 |
0 |
|
11 |
Elis
Matthews |
11 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
20 |
0 |
|
=12 |
Ben Abbott |
9 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
=12 |
Peter
Glanvill |
10 |
0 |
10 |
1 |
20 |
1 |
|
13 |
Robert
Cohen |
8 |
1 |
12 |
1 |
20 |
2 |
|
14 |
Richard Carr |
11 |
0 |
9 |
6 |
20 |
6 |
|
=15 |
Alan
Hotchkiss |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
=15 |
Matthew
Patenall |
11 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
=15 |
Max
Bougeard |
9 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
=15 |
Ross
Taylor |
10 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
=15 |
Teddy
Fogel |
10 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
16 |
Tomas
Stevenson |
8 |
0 |
9 |
3 |
17 |
3 |
|
17 |
David Slater |
6 |
1 |
9 |
1 |
15 |
2 |
The temptation is
always to look at the top 6 and say – there’s our finalists. And it never
actually works out like that. For one thing it’s likely that there will be at
least one top heavy semi with more than one of our top 6 in it. For another
thing, there’s always the possibility that our highest scoring runner up will
be drafted in. As likely as a top heavy semi, is the chance of a bottom heavy
semi too, whereby someone from the bottom half of the table has a famous win to
reach the final.
One observation we
might make is that whoever wins the Grand Final is going to have to have a very
good general knowledge. I personally would not be looking for a winner from
anyone who scored less than 12 in the GK round in the heat.
Whatever the case, I
wish all of our semi finalists the best of luck.
1 comment:
Excellent summary!
I'd suggest one possible tweak to your idea for wildcards: Do a UC and have 23 or 22 heats then invite back the top 4 or 8 losers to repechage for the final 1 or 2 places. That way the episode count stays the same.
I guess the only disadvantage would be that these contenders would have another specialist round. Maybe allow them to repeat their subject from the first round? Or just accept that a repechage place in the semi final comes at a cost of an extra specialist round
Every option is a compromise but the current situation is so unfair.
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