[Glenn.]

aliacid. Your sig is fantastic. I love that eye!

[ElProximo]

Originally Posted by iRyan

Wait so some people that are guinea pigs before a season starts end up being on the actual show? So they already see the house and meet people who might be on it?

If I can remember back to last season it was... Charlie and Marcus who had been 'test-run' stand-ins or 'guinea pigs',
but,
it was the previous summer. So they were 'testers' for BB9.

(does anyone else remember this exactly?)

And then for some reason I think Bea said she had been a 'guinea pig' for the BB7 season.

I don't remember past that but yeah I think maybe Dale and Stewart in the previous.
Cant remember any others past that although I'm sure there has been.

I look at it this way:
- Yes, they are testing camera angles, mic checks, safety and practical use etc,
but,
no doubt they also use it for exactly what it became sometimes - a backup pool of already vetted HMs.

How the hell they missed the epic force of terror that was Bea I do not know. Goes to show the 'B Pool' may well have the truly awesome potential.

I think Charlie turned out alright too. Then again he needed a Rodrigo or else he may well have been a total dud.

[aliacid]

Originally Posted by Glenn

aliacid. Your sig is fantastic. I love that eye!

Thanks Glenn, it took me ages, its meant to have an extract of every eye so far, well every Daniel Eatock eye anyway, I thought it was crap personally, lolz.

I'm pretty sure Imogen was a guinea pig on a season before BB7, can't confirm this though, just have a recollection.

[eye sea]

Originally Posted by RemelC

I think its to get the camera angles right and stuff?

Yes, that's most probably the best answer. They want to see if there are any blind spots, and of course it's good camera training.