Celebrity Brain Crash was the Celebrity Segment introduced in the premiere of The Grand Tour during the show's first season. Celebrities were meant to arrive the show to be interviewed and tested on their mental agility, observational skills, and ability to multitask. Instead the segments never turned out that way as the Celebrity was always humourously and gruesomely killed before they could participate.
Casualties[]
| Celebrity | Cause of Death | Episode |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Renner | Failed Parachute | S1E1 |
| Armie Hammer | Killed by a Rattlesnake | S1E1 |
| Carol Vorderman | Found Dead | S1E1 |
| "Charlize Theron" | Mauled by a Lion | S1E2 |
| Simon Pegg | Attacked by Seagulls and Drowns in the Harbour | S1E3 |
| Jimmy Carr | Jet-ski crashes into a passing boat | S1E4 |
| Golden Earring | Electrocuted by Wires in the Docks | S1E5 |
| "Kimi Räikkönen" | Intoxication by Vodka and Hypothermia | S1E6 |
| "Nena" | Carried away by 99 red balloons | S1E9 |
| Brian Johnson | Trampled on by American football players | S1E10 |
| Chris Hoy | Underwater Mine detonates Boat | S1E11 |
| Tim Burton | Submarine Explodes | S1E12 |
| Daniel Ricciardo | Death by Hovercraft | S1E13 |
Trivia[]
- Celebrities in quotation marks were not actually seen but were still humorously killed.
- May would always end the segment by questioning "Does that mean, he/she's not coming on then?" to which Hammond would give a detailed description of the Celebrities Status.
- The trio would then replace the interview with a sketch or short film.
- The segment proved to be unpopular with viewers, their main criticism of the show, and was swiftly replaced by Celebrity Face Off in Series 2.