Countdown (game show) Stelling was confirmed as the new host, with Oxford graduate Rachel Riley in the Vorderman role. It was announced on 24 May 2011 that Stelling would be leaving the programme, and he presented his final show on 16 December 2011. On 16 November 2011, it was announced that Nick Hewer would be taking over as host, with his first show broadcast on 9 January 2012. "Countdown" quickly established cult status within British television – an image which it maintains today, despite numerous changes of rules and personnel. The programme's audience comprises mainly students, homemakers and pensioners, owing to the "teatime"
Lance Smith (television host) Lance Smith (television host) Lance Smith is an American actor and media personality, who, for eight years, was the host of CMT's Top Twenty Countdown. He is also the author of the children's book, "The Old Man and the Cat." Smith had also hosted CMT's short-lived series "Got Me In With The Band," and a plethora of other various CMT specials, including award pre-shows and CMT's Spring Break concert specials. Lance Smith was born David Lance Smith in Alabama on September 27, 1978. He moved all over as a child, but settled in Franklin, Tennessee. Smith's interest in acting was