The Circle

Country

United Kingdom

How it feels

Contestants live in separate apartments in a building and communicate only through a social media platform. They try to form alliances and vote each other out to win a cash prize.

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What happens

The Circle is a reality competition television franchise, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 in 2018, and subsequently syndicated internationally by Netflix. Each version in the franchise features contestants who live in different apartments in a complex that is isolated from the outside world. The players are continuously monitored during their stay in the apartments by cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, they are eliminated, or "blocked", until only one remains and wins the cash prize. As of July 2026, four countries (United Kingdom, United States, Brazil and France) have launched their installments to the franchise with a total of five competitions in the countries aired. All versions of the show were initially filmed in an apartment block in Salford in the United Kingdom, with the American version moving to Atlanta, Georgia for later seasons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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