The Circle is back on Channel 4 for its second season. The Circle started out as a social experiment for its first season but everyone was hooked to the show so they decided to bring it back again this year.
We’ve moved! 📦 Haters said we wouldn’t find another building with a circle on it. They were wrong. #TheCircle
Tues 24th | 9:15pm | @Channel4 pic.twitter.com/3a4qc016su
— The Circle (@C4TheCircle) September 17, 2019
The show is like Big Brother with a twist, each contestant has their own apartment in a block of flats and none of them have met before. They will never get the opportunity to meet each other until they are blocked from the show. The only way they can communicate to each other via a social media app and they can be themselves or a catfish (pretend to be someone they are not).
The social media platform is voice activated and contestants can upload photos from before the show, make statuses, check the news and message someone individually or in a group chat.
The contestants will rank their fellow players from who they like most to who they do not like the most. The player with the most top scores will be placed influencer and will have the power to block players when asked and can be rewarded.
At the end of the season whoever is the most popular player could win £100,000.
The Circle is on every weeknight at 10pm.
The players
JAMES
*CATFISH*
AGE: 26
Occupation: Recruitment consultant
From: Liverpool
James is becoming single mum Sammie and hopes he will not be found to be a catfish by other players.
SY
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AGE: 35
Occupation: Farmer
From: Somerset
Sy is going into the circle as himself, he is a fourth-generation farmer who loves the country.
KATIE
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*CATFISH*
AGE: 43
Occupation: Tanning salon owner
From: Fleet, Hampshire
Katie is going into the circle as her son, Jay, who is 25-years-old. She hopes that she can find him a girlfriend.
BROOKE
AGE: 24
Occupation: Disclosure Officer
From: Buckinghamshire
Brooke works for The Home Office and she loves to travel, she is going into the show as herself and hopes she stays in it until the end.
WOODY
AGE: 18
Occupation: Works in a pub
From: Brighton
Zoe Ball and Fat Boy Slim’s son Woody is going on the show to see if he liked without people knowing about his celebrity parents.
GEORGINA
AGE: 21
Occupation: Tailoring industry
From: Nottingham
Georgina is a fighter of Crohn’s disease which is a lifelong condition in which the digestive system becomes inflamed. She is playing the game as herself.
TIM
AGE: 58
Occupation: University academic and animator
From: Rugby
Tim jokes about being a cross between “Mrs Doubtfire and Santa”. Tim is going in to the show with his cat and hopes he will be liked for himself.
RICHARD
*CATFISH*
AGE: 63
Occupation: TV presenter
From: London
Celebrity Richard Madeley joins the players and he will be catfishing. The former This Morning presenter explained: “It’s not your normal reality show. It’s got quite a lot going for it intellectually as well as being a lot of fun.”
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