this is a very basic maths trick. You see the minimum number he could get is 11, and the maximum is 66. Now, following the Einstein f-proximity equation it shows that i have no idea what im saying and im hella impressed

I love how he fakes doubting himself throughout the video. This makes it more believable that he's doing it all from his head. Also makes you want him to succeed, making you more suggestible.

To be fair, you could blow Corden’s mind holding a sparkler.

Amazing how entertaining Derren is, he got a crowd to cheer after counting 45 grains of rice.

I love Derren Brown - so inspiring and to also hear his story of how he wasn't one of the "cool kids" in school, is just even more inspiring because look at how successful he is now!

45 is also the number of hours I've played red dead redemption 2 in 1 day

Incredible! I've admired Derren for years..

Great trick, but you can see the dice attract once the magnet is turned on at 3:29-3:30. Also, prior to picking out the rice his hand is in a fist where he is already holding the rice amount. It's still a really fun trick and I absolutely love DB!!!

Why am I watching two men count grains of rice before 8am this morning 😂

I've seen Derren live a number of times, i've gone to the same show more than once just to see him do the same tricks but with different outcomes. The man is phenomenal at manipulating and deceiving the way the human mind works. He's one step ahead of everyone, and what's more amazing, is he does it for our entertainment. He could probably rule the world if he wanted too, but no, he just wants us to watch him count rice, what a guy

this is soo weird! i lost my virginity at 45!

Even after learning about the secret in the comments, this is still a very strong trick and very strong performance and he must've made it around James birthday with is such a great touch

Daren Brown's specials are so entertaining. I love how he makes stories and weaves magic, illusion, and psychology together.

Checked the time when I watched it. 10:35. Of course 10+35=45.

Just saw his first show in 6 years in Bristol. He asked us to say nothing about what happened in it but I will say it was absolutely incredible and is really making me think about life lmao.

I've been watching this Derren Brown guy for a long time now(like a few years), even his old stage presentations but for some reason this is the first time me seeing him this happy.

*don’t eat another light bulb don’t eat another light bulb don’t eat another light bulb*

(SPOILERS) 45 is forced. Magnet under corner of the table. He only sets the bowl over it on the 3rd toss. Rice is counted and palmed beforehand. Board was created and memorized beforehand as well.

These die are magnetic, and there's a magnet on the corner of the white table as well. On the third throw he moves the bowl to the corner, and if you look closely you will see that the die roll unnaturaly and land on 45. (3:23)

I watched 4 videos of this guy and I already love him

The grains of rice come from within his sleeve at 6:37. Clearly 45 was a prearranged number and the dice were rigged. Still very impressive trick though.

i think all the magicians would agree that one of the reasons why Derren is so awesome is that he could pick a few simple tricks, put them together, and perform them to perfection. sometimes really it's not just about the secrets, but the showmanship. really appreciate that guy, I once flew all the way from hong kong to england just to see his show, he is pure gold.

Love Derren Brown but could see clearly the dice were loaded as he placed the bowl in the very corner on the last throw..... 3:30 you can see them spring to the centre (magnets). Was always going to be 45. Rice was sleeved, not very slick on that one but still pulled off well

About the rice, after multiple replays and slow motions I see that he never picked any rice from the bowl, he already had 45 grains in his hands. Must have got it from his pocket or something while he was doing the numbers-had enough time to count. CANNOT TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM HIM THOUGH. GREAT TRICK!!!

"I used to be a nerd" Does a magic trick and maths at the same time.

If you look at the third throw of the dice, 1st one at 3:03 (falls normal and the bowl is in the middle of the white pad) - 2nd roll 3:09 (falls normal and the bowl is in the middle of the white pad) 3rd roll at 3:25 (Derren put the bowl on the top right of the pad, it clearly has a magnet under it) and when the dice fall, watch how they stick to the ground. There is a magnet under the right side of the white pad. These are loaded dice, set to roll 45 *The number 45 was pre-chosen* Derren probably pre-chose this number in relation to the hosts date of birth first. So he had the number 45... and he chose a mathematical oddity surrounding the number 45. So how does he get 45 rice? It was palmed. At 6:26 he doesn't have the rice in his right hand (this is 100%) the camera cuts away at 6:30. You see his right hand at 6:32 and it becomes clenched. I think he has some type of delivery system up his sleeve and the rice just dropped in to his hand. At 6:36 his right hand is closed. At 6:38 he opens up his hand but only opens his first two fingers. The 45 rice is cupped in his last two fingers. When he grabs the rice, he doesn't pick any of it up and when he pours the rice out at 6:40 he is pouring out the 45 rice that he has already cupped in his right hand. Pretty dam tricky and hardly noticeable.

Derren's recent(ish) TED talk is amazing. This guy is so impressive.

I honestly love Derren Brown with all my heart.

The 45 grains of rice were in the lower section of his hand. He appears to pick up the rics from the upper section of his hand (but he releases them back into the bowl)...and releases the 45 grains that were in his hands already. But Derren Brown is a good illusionist.

Getting him and the audience to believe that 45 was random was the real trick

Saw him live he's amazing.

Uh oh, he's talking about the audience when he talks about all of the bullies from school.

To the people saying the magic trick was too obvious; you've missed the true important part of the show, which happens before the counting. I came here for exactly that bit of derren where he convinces you that everything is always going to be alright. You can really feel that this man wants to change lives, cure them. So glad this man gets an audience to do that. We need more of that.

James looks like a shy highschool student 😂😂

June 2019, the time of me watching this: 20+19+6 = 45

I actually thought 62 before he rolled 62... just pure coincidence but a fucking weird moment in my life lol

i almost believed he was some sorta genius until i saw how he picked the rice grains and dropped them on the table 😅

"Now..." - James Corden

Am i the only one who can never unsee the little head twitch he does every like 5 seconds. I cant stop finding it in every video.

I would propose that these were in fact loaded/magnetic dice. He placed the bowl in a different spot the third time and the dice stabilised very quickly compared to the first two throws.. the numbers are actually based on the magic square principle. [row1: C+3, D-5,A+5,B-3 // row2: B-5, A+7,D+5,C-7 //row3: D+2,C-2,B-10,A+10 //row4: A,B,C,D ... .where A=8,B=22,C=7,D=8]. You're welcome ;-)

Lol, the audience member: "IT'S 45 !!!" 5:30

Derren is amazing, if you get the chance to watch him live, do so. seen him 3 times in the UK and it's mind blowing every time

Just like me whistling whilst going through my retail store. This man has homed in the skills by realising how his chi and heart felt by repetition

I'm 45 next year!! AMAZING & I once had 45 songs on my iPod.

6:34 you can see he removes his thumb from an item called a “thumb tip” it’s a sleeve like, replica thumb that goes over the top of your real thumb and blends in with your skin complexion. Many magicians use this when it comes to sleight of hand. It’s a good way to present a trick and shock your audience. But if you know what you’re looking at, you can spot the way these tricks are done.

God I love a bit of Derren Brown, I’m obsessed with his work...and my boyfriend can vouch for me haha, every time I see he has new work out I get so giddy.

This is really strange. 45 is the number of daughters I had.

Blowing James Corden's mind... about as difficult as opening a packet of crisps

Lmfao that rice grab was so stupid

Stop at 6:39 he used the back side of his hand and never picked up the rice. He already had the rice in his hand but hey who is counting. ;)

6:59 I absolutely adore Derren Brown.

The magnet is in the note pad, that's why he had it in the table when James was spinning the dice. You'll see for the last spin (45) he moves the bowl to the corner of the pad and the dice are pulled to the middle of the bowl. The rice is obviously in his hand, not from the bowl, notice he turns his hand to pour the rice out, you can't pick up 45 rice grains with your fingers and have them in the palm of your hand with your hand closed.

6:35 he is already holding the rice in his hand

fairly easy trick but the presentation is key here, great performance 👍

The rice was already in his hands 😂 he didn't pick up the grains from bowl 6:38

trick with an important message. Love it

“Hey Derren how much rice do we need for dinner?”

Derren Brown is one of my favorite human beings.

look at the way the dice spin on the final throw when Derren places it in the corner of the table (vs other rolls when he places away from the corner)... it was always going to be 45 when landed on top of the magnet hidden under the corner of the table.

Beautiful switch on the rice also. Great entertainer

He didn't hide the slight of hand on the rice trick that well. You can tell he had the 45 grains in his hand before even picking up the bowl.

Loving how those magnetic dice roll nicely into place after he places the bowl over the corner of the table for third roll. Dick-brained indeed.

The quote from George Tsoukalos comes to mind: "I'm not saying it's aliens, but IT'S ALIENS!"

"I KNEW WHAT NUMBER IT WAS!!!" I DIED!!!

If the earth was flat, cats would have pushed everything off the edge. Are we together?

People picking it apart like they think we all expected it to just be magic. Clues in the job title. Illusionist... sometimes he even shows you how he did it. Nobody out here thinking he's Gandalf.

Love it.. He did this trick with Karl Pilkinton... Speaks about a number 42

No.45 is the dish on the menu which comes with boiled rice, amazing!🍚

6:38 watch his hands closely he never does take the rice from the bowl...watch it in super slow motion even you really will see he just dipped his hand in the bowl of rice, but his other 2 fingers and thumb is holding on to Rice that he most definitely had up his sleeve.

There has to be some way of loading the dice to show 45. James Corden's birth date can be seen on Wikipedia et al. The magic square is very cleverly done, adding to 45 in multiple directions and configurations. The 45 grains of rice were not taken from the bowl, but were prepared beforehand. Very professionally presented, and very entertaining. And finally, the numbers can be memorised using a trick from Derren's book, "Tricks of the Mind": Lice alight on the lace of my shoe, etc. Just can't resist the temptation to have go at explaining it..

"Shut the front door" - my new motto

6:39 the rice trick was the easiest to catch ;) i love deren

Derren is amazing, but he needs to work on his slight of hand. The rice grab was far too obvious

SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!

I remember watching Derren Brown doing Russian Roulette live on tv. That one was awesome

THAT. WAS. AMAZING!!!!

He switched the dice and produced the 45 grains of rice from his sleeve and made it seem he was taking them out of the bowl. He knew it was going to be 45 before he started because he had to use the birth date. He did however memorize all those numbers and that was pretty darn cool.

The rice was clearly already palmed before he stuck his hand in the bowl

yeh i see it now, first two rolls the bowl was further over near the clip, then the third roll he placed it down firmly on the far corner of the pad then you can see the dice jiggle and collide so was magnetized. very clever.

I love how animated derren gets

My mom ask me “What you watching hun?” Me:”A guy counting grains of rice.”😂😂😂😂😂

Im watching this at 11:34 which of course 11+34=45😭😑😑

I know a slightly different version of that magic square trick. Learned it from a book by the great Harry Lorayne. Blown a few minds with it myself.

Amazing as always but there's something about how he keeps lifting the bowl after the dice are rolled. ✌🏼

He has actually only done two little tricks that any decent magician could do: 1) Forced a "selection" (in this case a number) on someone & 2) Basic sleight of hand; the rest is window-dressing. He starts by knowing JC's birthday, adds the date together to get 45, build and memorises a number grid based on the number 45 of which one line is JC's birthday, all well in advance of the show, then it is simply a matter of convincing JC that they are randomly using the number 45. Pushing a number etc on someone, in this case 45, is bread and butter to magicians; the rest is memorised well before hand. The rice is a different trick, basic sleight of hand, and actually proves that Derren knew the number 45 was to be used before they started if that wasn't obvious enough already.

6:37 He clinches his fist before dipping into the bowl. Probably had 45 grains of rice stashed somewhere.

Just watched Sacrifice. Much more a lesson about humanity than just a trick. It's pretty amazing.

Absolutely unbelievable

I’ve seen a lot of Darren browns videos and this is the least brilliant.

I'm watching this @ 10:35. 10+35 = 45. mind blown!! 🤪🤯

What. The. Actual. This guy never ceases to amaze me. Wow.

In recreational mathematics that is called a magic square. At 6:36 you can see Darren is palming the 45 rice and only uses 2 fingers to pretend to get the rice out of the bowl then drops it back in and afterwards turns his hand sideways to drop the 45 grains out of his palm. The only hard part is to get the dice to roll the 45 in the first place. Each roll only has a 1/6 chance to get to 4 and also for the 5, so 1/6 x 1/6 = 1/36 chance. He got it on the 3rd roll so that was a 3/36 chance or 1/12th chance to get it....but he could have gone a few times to get a better chance, but that was pretty lucky. The greatest part is to take these to very basic things a magic square and a simple palm and turn it into this amazing trick. Love it!

Bet he had every possible way figured out but still mad

The rice trick sounded better than making a magic square

the THICK pad has magnets in it as do the dice, he places the bowl centre of the pad first two throws and then top right on the final throw .

Whilst everybody is reacting to the numbers, Derren puts the pencil in his pocket and fishes out 45 grains of rice in place. The camera cuts away, but you can see whilst he is placing the bowl on the table, he is rearranging the grains in his other hand. He then literally dips his fingertips in the bowl and flicks them towards his palm to make it look like he is picking the grains out. Serious props though, the guy is a genius when it comes to charisma and misdirection.

He ruined the conceled rice in the hand ✋

I’ve seen him live many times, he blows my mind every time. It’s all an illusion though, he’s a very clever man that tricks dumb people like me.

You could blow James Corden's mind by showing him how to tie his shoe laces 😂

Derren has so many levels of awesome. Still don't want to meet him though 👀🤣