[Will.]

Big Blagger tweeted:

@bigblaggeruk: Test run "Guinea Pig" housemates are due to enter the house at the end of April #bbuk

This confirms May launch, probably around the 10th if test HM are entering late April.

We must be getting news next week about the series of GP HM are entering in a couple if weeks.

[MB.]

...how long is the gap between the guinea pig run and the series normally?

[Jay.]

*imagined that there would be pet guinea pigs this year*

[Will.]

Originally Posted by MB.

...how long is the gap between the guinea pig run and the series normally?

Normally a matter of a few days, maybe a week or 10 days top I think. Think last year they entered a week before?

[ruiphillips]

wtf is a guinea pig run?

[Will.]

Originally Posted by ruiphillips

wtf is a guinea pig run?

Basically just test HM to make sure the house works and test the cameras I think, to make sure it's all ready for the actual series.

[ruiphillips]

Originally Posted by Willbrick1999

Basically just test HM to make sure the house works and test the cameras I think, to make sure it's all ready for the actual series.

Have they done this every year?

[Will.]

Originally Posted by ruiphillips

Have they done this every year?

Yes every year, Katie Hopkins was a guinea pig for first series I believe, 15 years ago!

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Willbrick1999

Yes every year, Katie Hopkins was a guinea pig for first series I believe, 15 years ago!

With that nose, I can believe.

[Jason.]

Originally Posted by Jay.

*imagined that there would be pet guinea pigs this year*

Wouldn't that be animal cruelty?

Poor pigs spending ten weeks in the same house that Steverly shagged in, last summer.

*shudder*