Are You an Egghead? 5–3 in the final round. Match One: David Rainford v. Barry Simmons: Barry came from behind after the head-to-head rounds to book his place in the final. Dave had won 3 to Barry's 2 but one slip up in the final round from David and with Barry going first saw him win 5–3. Match Two: Mark Kerr v. Shaun Wallace: Shaun eventually prevailed over Mark in the longest game of the competition before the final. Trailing 3–2 to Mark from the head-to-heads, the match went all the way to sudden death before Shaun finally won 8–7 to move into the
Make Me an Egghead for each of the first three rounds won. They then compete in the fifth round, a quickfire round for two minutes with a point for each correct answer. The leading four male and female contenders advance to the semi-final stage. The contestant in bold won and contested the quickfire round, while the contestant in normal fonts was eliminated. Men's leaderboard Women's leaderboard In the event of a tie, the leader was the contestant who answered their last correct answer earliest in the quickfire round. The format was the same as that used previously on "Are You an Egghead?", with the