And they will be doing for six months as she obeys the 'house rules' at a secret location for the first interactive soap, Girls on Film.

Those logging on to the Internet can watch 23-year-old Aimee and her housemates 24 hours a day.

The girls have to sleep with the light on so that viewers in Australia always have something to watch.

But they are allowed to work in shifts so each one can 'escape' to reality.

For Aimee, that's her dad's home in Cranford Avenue, Knutsford.

"Most people would see it as an invasion of privacy and it can be a bit intense, but if we want something we have to make sacrifices," she said on Monday.

"However there is a blind spot in the hall where the cameras can not see us."

Aimee was signed up by Internet bosses after she spotted an advert in the window of Martin's newsagent in Canute Place.

"My determination surpassed any reservations I had," she said.

The six-month project - following the lives of four aspiring actresses - was broadcast via the Internet for the first time last week.

House rules include no sex, drugs, swearing or nudity.

"I think my parents would rather I was reading the news on the BBC, but they realise this is what I want to do," said Aimee, who graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a media studies degree.

"People struggle for years to get their break, but I see this as my chance."

Comparisons have been made between Girls On Film and the current craze sweeping the nation, Channel 4's Big Brother.

"It has been fortuitous because it has heightened people's awareness and interest in this sort of voyeurism," she said.

"But Big Brother is like a human lab experiment and about the last man standing whereas we all have a story to tell."

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