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Originally Posted by Babayaro.

I’m sure they used to do that with ‘guinea pig’ housemates, but it would be the actual house they would stay in. I’m not sure for how long (maybe a few days to a week?) but it would be a couple of weeks before the series started

Yes I remember this! I’m sure there was some clips from one of the early channel 5 series that circulated around.

Although I think the guinea pigs were there to test the house out, make sure the cameras were set up in the right places.

I don’t think they were actual potential housemates. Just random people testing it out who wouldn’t be going onto the main series.