The Events
Back home now, 3 am. The Events are now over and I want to thank everyone who tuned in over the last few weeks. Along the way, 20 million viewers tuned in – far more than any of us ever imagined – and I hope most of you enjoyed the shows. It’s been a real ride: I’ve had loads of fun making them, though I’m still reeling from tonight’s escapade. I called Ben as soon as I could and he doesn’t hate me, so I can sleep tonight.
Thank you again, all of you who watched or even took part in the interactive elements. Loads of love, and sweet dreams.
Derren x
derren you are amazing, please never stop doing what you do! met you after watching enigma in blackpool, you seemed like such a lovely person, on top of being incredibly talented which is just… wow. well done with the events they have blown me away! i’ve managed to turn my cynical family into derren lovers, they have been glued to their seats (excuse the pun) for the last four weeks and keep going on about how good you are. after last nights event i admire you even more! it was brilliant and entertaining as usual, sorry about the end result but it didnt make a difference at all to me i still absolutely loved the show. much love always xxxxxx
if a person fails deliberately, is that not then a success? and if they thus succeed, is that success then not a failure?!?
you’re blowin’ my f*%#in’ mind. man…
I reckon the ‘loser’ matchbox girl was psychically getting revenge! Not to worry, you’re still fab.
Sx
Don’t worry about last night, you’re still a ledgend and the best thing on TV by a clear country mile!
Can’t wait for the new stuff!
Derren,
Please, please, please put me out of my misery – is there a bigger arc to the four events?
I’m not buying the lottery explanation and considering the high tech images/sound from hidden cameras we’ve seen on programmes like ‘The Real Hustle’, I’m not buying that dodgy grainy footage from your ‘sleeve cam’ either.
I’ve enjoyed the series, some really cool moments but I’m still waiting for the huge mindf**k. Where does all the backwards/reversed stuff come into it, what about the kids on the bus, what about Manchester United……Arrrrrrgh.
Still love ya and hoping to come and see you on tour next year.
Quote (paraphrased):
“that’s what tonight’s event is all about, that feeling of taking a risk, of gambling…”
He mentioned this a couple of times, but the end event made no direct reference.
An oblique [and partially obscured] reference, already alluded to in some other comments here is “You can’t beat the Casino” (even if you’re DB).
W
You’re such a genius Derren!!! – you’ve proved that by all the events including last nights. I just wanted to give you a hug when you kept apologizing – I don’t think anyone else in Britain could have got as close as you did the way you did it! If anyone says anything bad about you – majority rule and we think you’re absolutely ace!
I’m so excited about your 3D thing in November and my tickets arrived today to come and see you in Birmingham next April!!!
Take care:) xxxx
I loved the series, it was amazing from start to end, you don’t get that much on TV nowadays. You had a go, remember Derren, God loves a trier.
I was horrified at first, felt really sorry for Derren, but now it’s obvious…
All this confusion and conspiracy talk is what Derren wants! Have you SEEN how many more people are now following him on Twitter?! And look at all the comments on here! Why does the man have to toy with us like this?!
I’m hoping to go to Enigma next year. If I do go, then, for the sake of the nation, I will get hold of him and demand some answers! 😉
I actually despair of some of the replies on here that really don’t get it. It’s no wonder people get taken in by psychics and the like! The end result of being one number out was by design to add more realism to the lie of being able to predict the number through the wheels motion, it’s a trick nothing more. Get real people!
Hey Mr. Brown (the good one). Don’t worry about last night, one off is still amazing and the last 4 weeks have been immense. It’s called gambling for a reason, it’s never 100%.
Can’t wait to see you back on our screens soon, gonna try and catch you live too.
P.S. Remember, Jesus used to fuck up too.
Can’t wait to see you in 3D in November dude!!!!
Absolutely brilliant series of Events (as usual).. As a build up to the Science of Scams, a chap called James Randii had an excellent series and has great background into the same subject, if anyone wants to check him out on google etc. before the Master Derren brings it to his usual higher level…
Derrens a true Legend!!!!
Derren, I suspect you are not going to read all of these comments, let alone mine, yet there is still a part of me that hopes you read this.
I genuinely think you are amazing, I’ve loved your work for years, before “The Events”. (I have to say, my favourite thing I’ve seen by you is the real-life zombie computer game..it was just. Incredible.) Your latest series on Channel 4 also had me captivated, confused and just in absolute awe of you! Last night’s episode bewildered me the most though, you kept me guessing until the end, although I suspect that was not the end and you have some trick up your sleeve.
If not, to work out those calculations for the roulette game is still inhumanly great. 😀
Oh, how I wish you were coming to Newcastle. 🙁
Looking foward to November, you amazing man.
Good effort. Close but no cigar!
Hi Derren,
Congratulations on the events. I have really enjoyed the series. Good luck with the 3d thing.
All the best for the future.
ah 1 number off was still sooo close! you are amazing! xxx
Did anyone else think he was gonna pick 35? Anyway’s bad luck Derren, although very well done for getting so close :). Still am waiting for a twist, maybe there is one or maybe your just making me think that 🙂
D
I’ve just commented, but I thought I had to again! 800 letters is really not enough. 😛
I was quite amused by how many people call you “Darren” on here..
I wish you would come and hypnotise me. 🙁 (no euphemism intended!) I would gladly pay any amount just to meet you! Countless times when I’ve been out in Newcastle, I’ve hoped to bump into you, (not that I have any idea why you’d be there.)
I love the amount of controversy and conversation you’ve created, and the way you mess with all of our heads!
You should be a God. 🙂 xx
One out, I thought it was a Great series, i cannot get enough of it. an i shall be glued too my chair so to speak when ” the science of scams” start. I cannot wait. Good stuff! x
On face value you appeared to have lost to the roulette wheel but the truth is that had you decided to split the money three-ways and placed two bets next to the chosen number, you would have made a net profit. So I think you have demonstrated your ability to beat the casino 🙂
Scarlet: yeah, she should have come running through the door and informed him he was a loser, and that wasn’t going to change tonight. Not being mean, just pointing that it would have been a brilliant ending.
Oh Derren, you really really inspire me please do more telly 😀
love you loads
😀
personally i trust everything except the very first event. i’m guessing the very first event’s explanation couldn’t be released because it is something that is simple to do. either that or your actual method was just “magic” and if anyone knew, they would call you an ass and shun you, as i would.
seriously, do they monitor the comments on here or are you all just stupid? none of his events things worked! i know at least between 50 or 60 people who tried the chair thing and didn’t get stuck, the lottery was OBVIOUSLY faked, seeing as he showed it after they announced the numbers, and then he failed at winning on roulette! seriously, get some brains people.
I honestly have no idea what to make of this, I found the ending odd, yet so funny, the way the shot just panned out, showing the guy with the huge check, who knows.
Whatever happens, it was an amazing series, got my tickets for Enigma aswell,
Exciting times xo
Derren failed….
But Derren never fails…
D:
Awwww….
Haha. Off by one though – that is still so awesome. Well done Derren. You still rock. Can’t wait for whatever it is you’re gonna do next.
Can’t believe I fell for it! Sneaky shot of Derren standing behind the van at the end of the show holding up a MASSIVE cheque with a sum of money in the hundred thousands. That was very, very clever. Severe mindfuck.
In Derren’s own words… he is always honest about his dishonesty, “This show fuses magic, suggestion, psychology, mis-direction and showmanship”….
Very clever Mr Brown “Oh no I’m one out!” 😉
Yeh, I was still fully amazed with the off by one result. However I’m sure off by one was not a result for you Derren. Looking forward to future mischief! Ady
Yeh, I was still fully amazed with the off by one result. However I’m sure off by one was not a result for you Derren. Looking forward to future mischief! Ady
Derren – so, a highly intelligent, articulate and insightful man chooses to use the power that he has through the medium of television to stick people to sofas, and try to predict the lottery. Something deep inside grates with me, and it isn’t the cheese grater my wife used in an act of retirbution, it’s the fac that you are dumbing yourself down. Entertainment, fine – job done. Please – tackle things you know inside out and back to front head on. Challenge religion. Do it. Make a series about it. You came from a deeply religious and forgive me for saying, quite pious background, and you have unravelled the greatest mystery of all – that there is no mystery and life is life. You are a keen advocate of Dawkins – channel your intellect and challenge a nations beliefs. You were made for it.
– Have you seen Messiah? – Phillis
You knew it was going to the number 30, why else would you have put it on the side of the lorry as ben walked past, your still a great man and entertainer, love your work and loved your live shows iv seen.
Derren, you are an inspiration and officially – The Tits!!! Loved every episode, Going 2 see you live with a group of mates. Cannot wait for the new Series.
Was not expecting that. But at least it shows it wasn’t a set up.
Derren, I like your past efforts, but you’ve let yourself down with this series. Predicting the Lottery ? Not buying that one mate. Stuck on a sofa ? Didn’t work for me. Trying to break a casino ? The system of predicting the number by ball speed / wheel speed can be done, PROVIDING you place ‘neighbours’ bets on the predicted number. Thats what they did on the real hustle. Should of asked Paul. Oh, by the way Derren, are all casinos that quiet and empty on a Friday night ?
Derren you have amazing abilities, being just one number out was enough to leave us all in awe so please don’t feel downhearted! I saw your Enigma show in London and absolutely loved it, you are a genius. I can’t wait until your next appearance 🙂 x
I think I’ve sussed your mind games Derren. I had to type in ‘cgrf6ys’ to get this message on your board. Is this a secret subliminal coded message that is going to make me give you a fiver or five grand ? Or will it possibly allow me to predict next weeks lotto numbers ?
Or am I looking to hard into this and its simply an anti spam security type thing.
Me mind boggles …………………………………….
Chunkey.
What I don’t get is why are they speaking English in a European casino? Why does the croupier say red 6 on the second throw when 6 is black?
Anyway the whole series was about mis-direction, whilst we are all pondering on what was real and what was fake Derren has been secretly planning on taking over the world and he has managed to get 20 million people looking the other way whilst he does it!!
I like to try and analyse how he does things and the spy one was easy to work out. Through out the show you had views of the museum and the railings and exhibits all showed circles, then the close up of the eyes showed circles. The stuck to my sofa one I feel is very much like the old trick there you get four weedy looking people and a great big heffer, the heffer sits on a chair……tbc
and you tell the people to lift him only using 1 finger each, they can’t so you tell them all to press down on the heffers head and this will give them the power to lift and then they try again and lift him easily.
Derren is good at what he does but I feel some of his tricks are very obvious when you know what to look for, take his russian roullette trick he kept telling the guy to choose 1 chamber, and they guy put the bullet in chamber 1, the woman with the mouse in a box he kept telling her there was 1 in four.
It just goes to show how easily people are open to suggestion and what I love about Derren is the way he can tell people what to do without them realising he is doing it. Also one other thing that makes me think the reason the casino one was faked is he said he wasn’t allowed ..
to do the lotery as it was morally wrong, so surely it would be morally wrong to cheat a casino. And the bloke holding the cheque looked cannily like derren!!! Great shows and what a coup for channel 4 bringing in 20 million viewers, when shows like big brother dived in ratings.
Loved Fridays show Derren, however you meant it to be, it was great 🙂
Love Rosie x
Derren,
thanks for The Events. I really thoroughly enjoyed them and everything that went with them – debates, sceptics, critics, fans and of course your amazingly talented self. My friday nights have revolved round your shows over the last 4 weeks. i was rooting for you all the way and was astounded at some of the techniques you used.
really sad for you about the outcome of the final event, but one minor error isnt anything to worry about!
i love you and am amazed by you. keep up the great work and i’ll see you in Liverpool – cannot wait!
loads of love
hels
x
Ur a good showmen and entertainer but that show was disappointing especially when u promise so much more (how to beat the casino? :P). Clearly the names of the events are to get more viewers. Was a big fan but getting sick of ur fake explanations. The tricks are amazing, jus admit they are tricks and stop lyin to the poor thousands who think ur some real psychic.
Hey Derren, don’t sweat getting that wrong, happens to the best of us, and indeed, you are the best of us. And better be off by one on real roulette than russian roulette. Am I right?
I’m really sorry about the ending of the last show, Derren! But I hope there is a plan about it all; there has to be something wrong when you don’t nail it;-) Anyway, I loved the Events, and especially the last to shows:-) Hope that I will get to see you on your Enigma-tour!
As an ex-croupier who dealt roulette in Engalnd and Europe, why was the dealer speaking in English if the casino was in mainland Europe? Someone suggested you should have placed corner bets, obviously that wouldn’t have helped as the numbers are not consecutive on the wheel but are on the layout! As a croupier I was hopeless at mental maths and spent years trying to hit unpopular numbers, it is possible to do this or hit its neighbours. Either that or I was just lucky,. If you were expecting a win, why was there so little time left at the end of the show to celebrate this? The very quick ending proves you got exactly the result you were expecting! Trying to make the rest of your stuff look more genuine? Is Ben suing you for deception? It would cross my mind!
Derren Brown, what can one say? You have opened the eyes of millions of people and shown us some of the scrupulous ways in which people use us, the public.
The last shows you have done, are nothing short of Amazing and it just excites me to wonder what you have planned in the future.
My personal requests would be, for you to learn a language fluently in a day. I’ve been trying to learn a language for years, and I am not really that good.
Anyway, you have my greatest respect and admiration.
Enjoy your gedding and have a great time.
Scott
Derren huge congrats – I have just read some of the many comments above – to take in that many people with some of the most inplasible ‘events’ really is genius..
A man who can predict the lottery, impressive.
A man who (nearly) beat the roulette wheel, very impressive…
A man who can convince half of Britian that you can actually do this, PRICELESS!
Gullable Britian – wE love you..
Well done Derren, turly impressive…
I was interested in the fact that the Event about predicting the picture resulted in the picture being a Mandala….Is a Mandala easier for humans to sublimate?
Has Jung got a point after all?