Hypnotic housemates

Big Brother turned psychic on Sunday as each housemate pretended they had been hypnotised.

12:54 08 August 2005

Big Brother turned psychic on Sunday as each housemate pretended they had been hypnotised.

Their task was to convince each other that they had really been hypnotised, but if anyone suspected someone was a fake, they would have failed.

But they all performed convincingly to pass the task, with Eugene's impression of a chicken worryingly close to the real thing.

Anthony was told to pretend he found everyone extremely beautiful, and Craig was convinced he was really under a spell when the Geordie dancer called him "six foot three of burning love".

Craig himself had to pretend he thought he was naked at a wedding, but disappointed those who might have thought the hairdresser had a career in acting with the killer line: "I know I'm naked."

Somehow they managed to fool each other, so Big Brother rewarded them with ice cream and cocktails.