Preliminaries have finally begun! Group E had to go through their preliminary round this last Sunday 2nd November 2008. The two Captains emerging from the Captain's Quiz were Sahan Fernando & Uthpala Perera. Sahan went on to pick Dinakshie, Anushka, Lehan & Pravin to be in his team. Uthpala picked a team consisting of Nishal, Iranga, Radhika & Fahmy. Both teams got one out of the 3 puzzles in the Team Challenge correct, therefore leading to a tie. Timing was taken into consideration and the tie was broken by Uthpala's team who had finished the team challenge faster than Sahan and team. A secret ballot was held within the losing team and all due to the highest number of votes, Dinakshie was chosen to be in the Top 6 to battle it down in the Weekly Showdown. From the Weekly Showdown, Radhika & Fahmy were the two lucky contestants through to the Final 10, having answered the most number of questions right. Congratulations Radhika & Fahmy-you are one step closer to being the next-PATHBREAKER.

GOOD LUCK CONTESTANTS!

Don't forget to watch Pathbreakers-The Aspirations Conquest at these times:

ETV: Sundays: 8pm
Repeated on Friday at 10pm & Saturday at 3pm
Derana: Sunday 9am

Group C had to go through their preliminary round this last Sunday 19th October 2008. The two Captains emerging from the Captain's Quiz were Kishan Goonewardene & Sajad Ghaffoor. Kishan went on to pick Thameena, Thivanka, Chamendra & Imasha to be in his team.

Sajad picked a team consisting of Fathin, Infaaz, Naresh & Siddharthan. Only Kishan's team got at least one out of the 3 puzzles in the Team Challenge correct. A secret ballot was held within the losing team and all due to the highest number of votes, Naresh was chosen to be in the Top 6 to battle in the Weekly Showdown. From the Weekly Showdown, Thameena was the first contestant through to the Final 10, having answered the most number of questions right. Kishan, Chamendra, Naresh & Imasha battled it down in a Tiebreaker and Kishan walked out with the most questions correct. Congratulations Thameena & Kishan-you are one step closer to being the next- PATHBREAKER.

Both teams only got one out of the 3 puzzles in the Team Challenge correct. Thus, the winning team, Thilaani's team, was chosen based on the fastest time.

A ballot was held within the losing team and all due to the highest number of votes, Deeptha, the team cptain, was chosen to be in the Top 6 to battle in the Weekly Showdown.

From the Weekly Showdown, Clyde was the first contestant through to the Final 10, having answered the most number of questions right. Thilaani, Anton & Vinura battled it down in a Tiebreaker and Vinura walked out with the most questions correct. Congratulations Clyde & Vinura-you are one step closer to being the next PATHBREAKER."