Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I
did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Anushan is back for his third night, and getting past that has been a bit of a problem for contestants recently. But before we find out about that, Richard notes that Anushan has "musical inclinations", as he puts it. Anushan explains that he plays the mridangam -- Richard asks for the name again, and fair enough, too (I'm glad I have transcripts to work from!) -- which is a kind of double-sided drum. It's a classical Indian instrument, and Anushan has been learning it for about ten years.
Tonight's challenger is Brydon Coverdale, a cricket journalist. Brydon has been on five tours around the world to watch and cover the cricket; he mentions in particular that he went to the 2011 World Cup earlier that year, which was in India and Sri Lanka. That was 7 or 8 week's worth, and great fun. He certainly enjoys his career!
The contestants were very closely matched tonight. They tied the first three letters rounds, and each one won of the others. The numbers were similarly close, and the small differences in their results shook out to give Brydon a slender two point lead going into the conundrum. It was anyone's game to win, but ultimately the conundrum was too difficult for both. Brydon becomes the new champion, winning 43 to 41.
I had a mental slip in round one that cost me the best answer, but otherwise did pretty well. The semi-highlight was finding a word (an hour or so after time, mind you) that David did not get. This week is definitely going much better than last week -- I hope the trend continues!
As usual, details after the jump.
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Tuesday, 24 February 2015
Monday, 23 February 2015
Ep 266: Anushan Jegatheeswaran, Kim Butcher (February 23, 2015; originally aired September 5, 2011)
Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
We start the week with Anushan in the champion's chair, after his victory over Rachel last week. Richard informs us that Anushan is able to walk on his hands and also manipulate things with his feet. He asks how that started, and Anushan says that it was when he was quite small. Initially he would lean against a wall, but then he tried pushing himself off it and just started walking around. Somewhere along the way he learned to turn off light switches with his feet.
Tonight's challenger is Kim Butcher, a music teacher and very keen op-shopper. She collects a lot of things from them, such as tourist scarves and vintage tablecloths. She tends to buy her clothes by the kilo; in fact she is wearing one of her op-shop finds tonight.
Kim took the early lead in the first letters round, but Anushan took it back in the first numbers round. The lead changed hands again in each of the next two rounds, partly due to an invalid word from Kim, and Anushan took advantage of that to move clear going into the second break. But he fell from grace by trying an invalid word himself afterwards, and with the final numbers round tied it was anyone's game going into the conundrum. It was Anushan who solved it first, getting his second win with a scoreline of 47 to 31.
I picked up a maximal game tonight, with the only way to improve it being to shave some seconds off the conundrum. A very happy start to the week for me!
As usual, details after the jump.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
We start the week with Anushan in the champion's chair, after his victory over Rachel last week. Richard informs us that Anushan is able to walk on his hands and also manipulate things with his feet. He asks how that started, and Anushan says that it was when he was quite small. Initially he would lean against a wall, but then he tried pushing himself off it and just started walking around. Somewhere along the way he learned to turn off light switches with his feet.
Tonight's challenger is Kim Butcher, a music teacher and very keen op-shopper. She collects a lot of things from them, such as tourist scarves and vintage tablecloths. She tends to buy her clothes by the kilo; in fact she is wearing one of her op-shop finds tonight.
Kim took the early lead in the first letters round, but Anushan took it back in the first numbers round. The lead changed hands again in each of the next two rounds, partly due to an invalid word from Kim, and Anushan took advantage of that to move clear going into the second break. But he fell from grace by trying an invalid word himself afterwards, and with the final numbers round tied it was anyone's game going into the conundrum. It was Anushan who solved it first, getting his second win with a scoreline of 47 to 31.
I picked up a maximal game tonight, with the only way to improve it being to shave some seconds off the conundrum. A very happy start to the week for me!
As usual, details after the jump.
Friday, 20 February 2015
Ep 265: Rachel Furness, Anushan Jegatheeswaran (February 20, 2015; originally aired September 2, 2011)
Rounds: Here.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Rachel returns for her third night, and Richard asks her about her job of child speech pathology; in particular, he asks what kind of things she helps children with. Rachel answers that the most common issue is "sounds, errors with their sounds and making them clearer". She also sees many children that are not using a lot of words or do not have a great grasp of expressive language. Richard asks how difficult improving a child's speech can be, and Rachel responds that it can sometimes be quite difficult, but the earlier they work with them the better the outcome. They can even usefully start as young as ten months old.
When we had the long shot of the set at the start of the episode I thought that SBS had messed up and shown yesterday's game again. The reason is that tonight's challenger looks fairly familiar; in fact, it's Ajanthan's brother Anushan Jegatheeswaran, an accounting and sports management student. Richard points out the family relation, as you would expect, and asks if their is any sibling rivalry over the show at home. Anushan agrees.
It's a very close game tonight, and there's very little to choose between the contestants. Anushan missed his chance to jump to an early lead when he overlooked a simple extension to his word in round one. He finally got that lead in the first numbers round when Rachel was surprisingly far away, but then an invalid word from him allowed Rachel to narrow the gap. Rachel took the lead with an excellent solution in the second numbers round, only for Anushan to ties the scores in the last numbers round. I thought we were going to go to a tiebreaker, but Anushan solved the conundrum in the last second to become the new champion, 50 points to 40.
I had a good game to finish off the week, and I am particularly happy with my round 4 answer. That was the one that made me think I might be in with a chance of matching David and Lily, and I was able to keep up that form to do so. I've struggled all week to do that, but this time was finally able to solve the conundrum and get that precious result.
Brief details after the jump.
Disclaimer: I watched this episode when it first aired, and although I did not recall any of it I cannot rule out memory being a factor.
Rachel returns for her third night, and Richard asks her about her job of child speech pathology; in particular, he asks what kind of things she helps children with. Rachel answers that the most common issue is "sounds, errors with their sounds and making them clearer". She also sees many children that are not using a lot of words or do not have a great grasp of expressive language. Richard asks how difficult improving a child's speech can be, and Rachel responds that it can sometimes be quite difficult, but the earlier they work with them the better the outcome. They can even usefully start as young as ten months old.
When we had the long shot of the set at the start of the episode I thought that SBS had messed up and shown yesterday's game again. The reason is that tonight's challenger looks fairly familiar; in fact, it's Ajanthan's brother Anushan Jegatheeswaran, an accounting and sports management student. Richard points out the family relation, as you would expect, and asks if their is any sibling rivalry over the show at home. Anushan agrees.
It's a very close game tonight, and there's very little to choose between the contestants. Anushan missed his chance to jump to an early lead when he overlooked a simple extension to his word in round one. He finally got that lead in the first numbers round when Rachel was surprisingly far away, but then an invalid word from him allowed Rachel to narrow the gap. Rachel took the lead with an excellent solution in the second numbers round, only for Anushan to ties the scores in the last numbers round. I thought we were going to go to a tiebreaker, but Anushan solved the conundrum in the last second to become the new champion, 50 points to 40.
I had a good game to finish off the week, and I am particularly happy with my round 4 answer. That was the one that made me think I might be in with a chance of matching David and Lily, and I was able to keep up that form to do so. I've struggled all week to do that, but this time was finally able to solve the conundrum and get that precious result.
Brief details after the jump.
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