According to The Sun online today, producers of Big Brother have used mock contestants to try out the new £500,000 house before the show begins. The 11 guinea pigs spent a week in the custom-built set at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire.
According to reports, the contestants spent most of the week arguing.
Within hours of entering the house two of the female stand-ins began a row in the jacuzzi, while others threatened to wreck the set with a rice fight.
Big Brother was forced to issue three official warnings to the contestants during the trial. See
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