Phillips and her husband, John, suspected the show might be an interesting way to give their twin daughters — Winston Churchill High School students Raquel and Marlena, 16 — a first-hand look at the entertainment industry.

And that they got. When the cameras started rolling, nine members of a television crew filmed their lives from 6 in the morning until 10 at night.

Phillips leads a busy life as a nurse practitioner and co-owner of a software company. She and her husband also run a traveling petting zoo, carting around in a large camper the nearly 45 animals they keep in their home and backyard. The family owns alpacas, sheep, rabbits, pigs, a llama, a hedgehog, a tarantula and a 24-inch miniature horse named ‘‘Lucky.”

The Phillips weren’t quite sure what to expect when Glori Blankenship arrived — a tall, blonde former Hooters girl from South Carolina who enjoys hanging out at biker bars with her husband, Tim, an electrical engineer who plays in a rock band on the side.

Blankenship seemed a bit uncomfortable around the animals, the family said.

‘‘She put glitter on with her eye shadow to go feed the pig,” John Phillips said.

In South Carolina, Jill Phillips said she first got a glimpse of the Blankenships’ lifestyle when she pulled up to the house. ‘‘There was a motorcycle parked in the driveway and there were cigarette butts everywhere,” she said.

While living under Tim Blankenship’s house rules, Phillips took on Glori Blankenship’s wardrobe as well as her lifestyle — dressing in provocative clothing while holding a sign reading ‘‘Best Bikes in Town” outside a local motorcycle shop. Phillips had taken on Glori Blankenship’s part-time job as a promotional model.

But Phillips turned the tables on the family. She laid down the law for the Blankenships’ son Justin, 12. She locked up his video games — inciting the nickname ‘‘Spawn of Satan” — and forced Tim Blankenship to dress up in tight clothing and act as a maid for a sorority house.

‘‘Now you can see what it’s like to be a sex object,” Phillips said she told her temporary husband.

Back in Potomac, Glori Blankenship tried to add a little spice into the Phillip’s lifestyle. She took John Phillips to Union Jack’s, a pub in Bethesda, and the producers invited local motorcycle groups to tag along. She also took him shopping at a local sex store to buy an outfit for his wife.

Meanwhile the girls, who both play sports at Churchill, underwent a modeling session after Blankenship said they needed to learn more about beauty. She also tagged along with girls on the street in Georgetown, asking men for their phone numbers, and decided that the family should host a party in their camper.

The Phillips family hasn’t changed their lifestyle since Blankenship’s departure. But Jill Phillips feels she may have had on impact on the Blankenship family by introducing Justin to the local bookstore. ‘‘He doesn’t play video games as much anymore,” Jill Phillips said. ‘‘Now, he reads.”

And both Jill and John Phillips agreed that they were never worried that Blankenship’s wild lifestyle would have a negative influence on the girls. ‘‘By the time they’re 16, they’ve already been faced with situations that would test their moral fiber, and they’ve been fine,” Jill Phillips said. ‘‘They had a proven record before ‘Wife Swap.’”