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When the cat was finally out of the bag that Colin Murray was to be the permanent host of Countdown, colleague Susie Dent congratulated him for nabbing 'the best seat on TV' - and for a longtime fan such as himself, she was not wrong.
"I've signed a two-year contract so it is very strange but it never fully sinks in - well, it does and it doesn't. It feels normal to turn up to the Countdown dressing room, put my stuff down, look at my five jumpers for the week and get my notes ready and that's all very normal stuff. Colin was not joking when he said he too lives and breathes the show like his iconic predecessor, revealing he found himself playing Countdown after a busy week of recordings and hosting his radio show in bed at 2am.
"I think it has a real authenticity that people love and I think that is pretty special and I just think the format is pretty special because most quiz shows bank on people staying tuned because all the jeopardy is in the last round and that is not the case with us. "I don't think they think I am the best presenter that has ever been, I just think they have got a fan in the seat now which helps - that's a big part of it I think, I have that same love that they have."
"We haven't had many Octochamps this season and Cillian was right at the start of this series and equalled Tom Stevenson's all-time record for a single show score," Colin commented.
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