The first season of The Circle premiered on Channel 4 on the 18th of September 2018. It ran for 21 days, with the finale airing on the 8th of October 2018.
The winner of the series was 26-year old Alex Hobern. In doing so, he also £50,000. During the live final, it was revealed that The Circle would have a "Viewers Champion", decided by the viewing audience at home, and the winner of this would receive £25,000. Alex also won the "Viewers Champion", so had £25,000 added to his winnings, taking his final winnings to £75,000.
Production[]
The contestants taking part in the series were revealed on the 18th of September 2018.[1]
Contestants[]
Contestant | Playing as | Entered | Status | |
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Alex Hobern 26, London, England |
"Kate", a 25-year-old woman | Episode 1 | Winner (Episode 18) |
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Freddie Bentley 20, Essex, England |
Himself, but straight and older (24) | Episode 1 | Runner-up (Episode 18) |
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Sian Owen 20, London, England |
A “Plain Jane” version of herself | Episode 1 | Third place (Episode 18) |
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Dan Mosaku 28, London, England |
Himself | Episode 1 | Fourth place (Episode 18) |
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Harry Southern 22, South Shields, England |
Himself | Episode 12 | Blocked (Episode 17) |
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Scotty Forrester 36, London, England |
Himself, but younger (31) | Episode 7 | Blocked (Episode 16) |
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Precious Muir 34, London, England |
Herself, but younger (25) | Episode 12 | Blocked (Episode 15) |
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Mairead Martin 57, Cheshire, London |
Herself, but younger (32) | Episode 10 | Blocked (Episode 13) |
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Ryan Gooding 28, Ipswich, England |
Himself | Episode 6 | Blocked (Episode 12) |
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Hannah Rosie Steadman 27, London, England |
Herself | Episode 8 | Blocked (Episode 10) |
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Genelle Perkins 31, London, England |
Herself, but not revealing that she's a mother | Episode 1 | Withdrew (Episode 10) |
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Aiden Bradbury 19, Wakefield, England |
Herself | Episode 1 | Blocked (Episode 6) |
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Sinead Edwards 22, South Wales, Wales |
"Christopher", a 65-year-old retired antiques dealer | Episode 3 | Blocked (Episode 6) |
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Mitchell Palmer 22, Norfolk, England |
Himself | Episode 1 | Blocked (Episode 4) |
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Jennifer Freeman 40, Newcastle, England |
Herself, but a doctor and younger (34) | Episode 1 | Blocked (Episode 2) |
Results and Elimination[]
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Episode 2 | Episode 4 | Episode 6 | Episode 10 | Episode 12 | Episode 13 | Episode 15 | Episode 16 | Episode 17 | Episode 18 Final | |||
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Alex "Kate" |
3.28 |
3.41 |
2.86 |
2.71 |
2.50 |
2.71 |
3.50 |
Not published |
2.50 |
3.00 |
Winner (Episode 18) | |
Freddie | 2.71 |
2.43 |
3.14 |
2.86 |
2.83 |
3.14 |
3.33 |
Not published |
3.00 |
2.67 |
Runner-up (Episode 18) | |
Sian | 3.00 |
3.14 |
2.43 |
3.00 |
3.17 |
3.29 |
4.00 |
Not published |
4.25 |
2.33 |
Third place (Episode 18) | |
Dan | 3.14 |
2.86 |
3.71 |
2.86 |
2.83 |
3.43 |
3.83 |
Not published |
2.75 |
2.00 |
Fourth place (Episode 18) | |
Harry | Not in The Circle |
Exempt | 2.33 |
Not published |
1.50 |
Blocked (Episode 17) | ||||||
Scotty | Not in The Circle |
2.71 |
3.17 |
2.86 |
3.50 |
Not published |
Blocked (Episode 16) | |||||
Precious | Not in The Circle |
Exempt | 2.00 |
Blocked (Episode 15) | ||||||||
Mairead | Not in The Circle |
Exempt | 2.57 |
Blocked (Episode 13) | ||||||||
Ryan | Not in The Circle |
Exempt | 2.57 |
2.50 |
Blocked (Episode 12) | |||||||
Hannah | Not in The Circle |
2.29 |
Blocked (Episode 10) | |||||||||
Genelle | 3.00 |
2.71 |
3.14 |
N/A | Walked (Episode 10) | |||||||
Aiden | 2.86 |
2.57 |
2.57 |
Blocked (Episode 6) | ||||||||
Sinead "Christopher" |
Not in The Circle |
Exempt | 2.00 |
Blocked (Episode 6) | ||||||||
Mitchell | 2.43 |
2.86 |
Blocked (Episode 4) | |||||||||
Jennifer | 2.28 |
Blocked (Episode 2) | ||||||||||
Notes | none | 1 | 2 | none | 3 | 4 | none |
Notes[]
- ^Note 1: In Episode 6, as Freddie and Genelle tied on their ratings they both joined Dan as influencers, also that day there was the first ever double blocking.
- ^Note 2: In Episode 10, although they were new players Hannah and Scotty were eligible to be rated and ultimately blocked from the game. Genelle also received a rating however this was not revealed as she walked from The Circle before the ratings were announced, her ratings for the players were still counted. Also for the first time there was no influencers as the player with the lowest rating was automatically blocked from the game.
- ^Note 3: In Episode 15, the bottom two players were at risk with the remaining players deciding who would be blocked.
- ^Note 4: In Episode 16, the top player was a super influencer. The ratings were not revealed.