Top 10 Funniest Countdown Fails

A letters round, a numbers round... and total chaos most of the time! For this list, WatchMojo UK counts down the funniest, most awkward and most unforgettable fails from the much-loved British quiz show, "Countdown". Featuring awkward innuendoes, unfortunate contestants, and red-faced presenters... there's Nick Hewer, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent and more!

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[CharlestonRat]

I think my fav Countdown blooper was when Carol had to do the letters round. The letters were P, O and O, and that already got her giggling. Then she was asked for a consonant that turned out to be an F. At that point, they all lost it and must have thought to themselves “screw this, we’ll start over” 😂

[India.H]

Yeah, Nick's "Poor old Rachel, she's gagging for a hard one." comment was intentionally rude and he knew exactly what he was saying. 😂 British sense of humour.

[kelhimacmillan]

..."Poor old Rachel, she's gagging for a hard one!".... Priceless! 🤣👌

[nielsleenknegt]

I love how in the comedy spin off "8 out of 10 cats does countdown" they actually got the conundrum scramble guessed correctly within like 3 seconds witch still is mind-blowing to me

[carlfigpucker]

I love how this show’s setting never changed over so many years

[petemarr]

7 mins 30... "Before we begin????"

[areasquirrel]

One of my favourites because it got worse as it went on: Vowel. A. Consonant. R. Consonant. S. Vowel. E. Cue laughter. Then they're told to keep going. Consonant. D. Never mind. 🤦‍♂️

[Stryder]

There was an episode that had someone spell out hentai and Susie said "Hentai is brilliant" how did that not make it?

[Coreyographed]

Now we need the 8 out of 10 cats version

[Medaumplay]

I can't believe the most outrageous thing ever said to rachel in countdown was not on the cats version

[Appel]

Love how they add "Countdown" (1982-) to every clip while the title is "Top 10 funniest Countdown fails"

[robhiggins]

An old mobile game from the late 00’s gave you the target of 100... with 100 being one of the big ones on the board

[nectafarious]

I love the numbers games. The 361 has a neat solution : 7 x 100 = 700, divide by 2 = 350 then add the 6 and 5.

[nonameneededd]

Hi WatchMojoUK, you need to do one on Big Brother UK as Nicky Graham has passed away after her long battle with anorexia, would love to see her BB bits again. RIP 🙏🏼

[damightyshabba]

Am I the only one that has noticed the Countdown clock.... counts up? Aside from that, I really think Rachel and Suzie should have their own show. They could easily carry a Russell Howard or Rob & Romesh style show.

[Marksith]

Shawn is my maths teacher.
He told us about this when we were discussing TV

[KT]

"It's written down!!"
I didn't write it down and I got it this way:
8x4=32
32+3=35
35x7=245
245+1=246

[JimTheRevelator]

R.I.P Richard Whiteley and Des O'Connor.

[DeClayz]

on "number 6: the worst numbers round"
you can spice it up a bit and use all numbers, but it's still painfully easy
8+2=10
10x10=100
3+7=10
50/10=5
5x100=500

[NickFieldMedia]

Once upon a time a letters game spelt out D-C-I-K which led to a lot of laughs, then the next two letters were E-Y which led to even more...