The Highlights

January 10th, 18:50PM

After a gruelling seven days in the Shattered household, we look back on the best bits from the show.

The most surreal moments came from Chris who chatted calming about being the Prime Minister of Australia. Jimmy came a close second, getting angry when his labmates refused to put on their feudal Japanese armour and play ball in his hallucinatory awake dream!

Both Dean and Jonathan were adamant that all their clothes were stolen by the production team. Clare S wasn't prone to weird thoughts and even when her mind did wander, it was only to imagine she was in a very nice tube station.

Tempers were surprisingly calm and there were no big bust-ups, apart from Claire M and Dean's humdinger. As arguments do, things kicked off over the seemingly trivial complaint of queuing for the shower.

Dean erupted, calling Claire M a "moany, stupid cow", saying all she'd done was "whinge and moan." The Cardiff mum shot back: "And none of us are tired, are we Dean?" But as quickly as it erupted, the two sparring partners eventually kissed and made up.

You Snooze You Lose
Not content with the arduous task of staying awake for hours on end, the participants faced some extremely tough challenges. In the early hours of Monday morning, Lucy volunteered for the first You Snooze You Lose test of staying awake during a relaxing massage, which she passed with flying colours.

Next up was Clare S, who faced Tuesday's challenge of cuddling Mr Snuggles, a giant teddy bear. The determined trainee copper talked continuously at the cuddly toy for an hour, and emerged triumphant.

Chris had to endure the cruel and unusual ordeal of listening to Granny's bedtime story on Wednesday. Our man in pyjamas suffered an attack of the giggles but that couldn't keep him awake as he had a 10-second catnap 38 minutes into the lilting tale, losing £1,000 from the prize fund.

Thursday's task of watching paint dry caused Jonathan's eyes to cross in an effort to beat the zzz's. But whistling was his trump card and he managed to fight off the temptation to slumber.

Jimmy said his challenge of counting sheep on Friday was "the most boring thing I've ever seen in my life." He mis-counted a few times but after much scratching of his head, the Brighton-based youth counsellor pulled through.

Surprise Guests
To keep the contestants' spirits up, every day a visitor would drop in. On Thursday morning, a mime artist taught the group the basics of the performance art. Covered in white greasepaint, Jimmy in particular showed an aptitude, picking up a passable miming walk. Well, it's something to add to the CV.

That night, the gang was greeted by the unexpected sight of a Maori, complete with face tattoo, who then treated the awestruck group to an eye-opening limb-shaking display of the Huka.

The war dance, performed with rolling eyes and flicking tongue, was originally used to intimidate people from other tribes. For the remaining days, whenever tiredness threatened to overwhelm the contestants, they struck up a terrifying rendition of the Huka.

On Friday, as all the participants were missing out on their beauty sleep, they were given the next best thing. Sarah, the beauty guru from The Salon popped in to give our sleep-deprived stalwarts advice about skin care, and to administer some rejuvenating facials.

To Sleep, Perchance To Dream
Amazingly, only one participant found the experience of sleep deprivation too much to handle. On Tuesday, Lucy decided she'd had enough after managing over 75 hours in The Lab. After extensive talks with the production team and Shattered psychiatrist Dr Gareth Smith, she decided to leave.

None of the girls were guilty of illegal sleeps - but the same couldn't be said of the boys. Chris, Jimmy and Dean couldn't resist the temptation of closing their eyes for over ten seconds.

Their excuses were laughable, with Chris claiming his eyes were downcast as he was picking skin off his arm and "I forgot to keep my eyes open." But as the prize money stands at a very respectable £97,000, let's hear it for the stalwart efforts of the participants!