We don't know what we'd imagined – a group sing along by an open fire and lights out by 10? Or maybe even a Cava fuelled karaoke fest?
But what we didn't envisage of The X Factor welcome party is a MASSIVE DRUNKEN ORGY.
But this is, apparently, what happened.
The 'orgy' took place over five days at a London hotel while they were filming bootcamp.
And they apaz got completely mashed, hired strippers, and got saucy with each other.
"Some contestants went wild at boot camp treating it more like an 18-30s holiday.
"There were wild late night parties with contestants snogging and sleeping together.
"One girl in particular was all over the boys and slept with at least three different people," a source told the Daily Star.
"No drinking was allowed before 9pm but after that people were getting drunk."
The X Factor is literally MENTAL this year.
BUT a source for the show denied claims of a rampant sex-fest, saying: "A welcome party was thrown for contestants where anyone over 18 was allowed two drinks.
"No one was ever encouraged to misbehave and all acts are auditioned on the merit of their performances and nothing else."
But we all know everyone who's been to a school disco knows how to get around the old 'two drinks each' rule.
The X Factor is hit with a controversial news line more often than Louis Walsh has told someone they're like a young member of Westlife, and this is just the latest in a long string of them.
A major one involved that "living doll" contestant, who we admit we literally LOVED.
And it seems we aren't the only ones – as Sada Vidoo (great name) is apparently a platinum selling singer songwriter in Denmark.
Awks.
She wrote the song Infernal for dance act Ten Miles, that was nominated for a Danish Club Hit of the Year Award in 2007 and earned her her first platinum single.
It also topped the charts in Turkey, Spain, Poland and Scandinavia.
"Sada Vidoo is ambitious and wants to conquer the world with her music. She sees The UK as a platform to achieve her dream of becoming an international star," a source told the Daily Star.
Fair enough, we say.