He’d probably be the candidate the Dalai Lama least expected to reach enlightened status, but guru-in-training Brian seems to be showing some big signs of self improvement during this week’s task.

From his initial misunderstanding of the whole shebang – “It’s a cult!” he announced excitedly when the task was first launched – BB8’s most intellectually-challenged inhabitant actually seems to be making baby steps towards brain enlargement.

True, it was a shaky start. After a trip to the diary room he unwisely tried to convince housemates that Big Brother had just named him the most intelligent housemate. Only Samanda looked like they had fallen for his tricks.

He followed this up with a blinder during the IQ testing, announcing one of his answers was the word ‘tunip’. When asked what one of those was, he confidently replied: “It’s a flower, innit?” When informed the word he was groping blindly for was in fact tulip, a disheartened Brian muttered: “Oh sh*t. See? Even when I try I get it wrong.” Bless him.

But as the week progresses, there’s light at the end of Brian’s skull tunnel – and it’s not just a little fluffy creature with a torch searching for his brain. The first blinding moment of clarity came as he and Liam were having a fag, discussing the way Brian sometimes needs time alone to deal with his feelings.

After some reasonably inane banter from Liam, Brian replied, with what can only be described as wisdom: “Everyone deals with different things in different ways, that’s what I think you learn in this house.” Understandably, Liam was stunned into silence. Is the task really improving Brian’s mental capacity? Only time will tell.

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