The Circle

Mam of 4 · 25-09-2019 10:35pm

Have never watched this before , just turned it on fifteen minutes ago .
Tim , he's lovely !

2nd Row Donkey · 25-09-2019 11:16pm

Much better tonight.

The blocking/elimination is so tense. As is the meet up before the evictee leaves.

Jamie2k9 · 26-09-2019 12:41am

*Didn't watch last year but loving it, felt it was to soon to block someone.

Love Tim.

Hannibal_Smith · 26-09-2019 10:53pm

Can't wait for James to be knocked out.

An hour seems a bit long. Think they could do it happily in half an hour hashtag lols SEND

BarryD2 · 27-09-2019 3:44pm

I always put on my cynical filter with these shows and how they are filmed, edited/ presented. The way this one is put together, the chap playing the single mother is a right pratt, all he seems to do is take off his shirt and ponce about. Should be kicked out on his arse pronto but probably set up to last the series as is Tim the gay prof. At least the lad playing Kate last year was reasonably likable as a person. The way it worked last year though was that the people who got in first were harder to remove as the thing went on.

gmisk · 30-09-2019 8:57pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

Can't wait for James to be knocked out.

An hour seems a bit long. Think they could do it happily in half an hour hashtag lols SEND

James is horrible hopefully someone will catch him out.

If you think an hour is long...the Friday show was an hour and forth minutes!

Hannibal_Smith · 30-09-2019 9:01pm

gmisk wrote: »

James is horrible hopefully someone will catch him out.

If you think an hour is long...the Friday show was an hour and forth minutes!

I've actually settled into it now gmisk. I love it!

Loving Tim, but I fear he will crack and they'll block him eventually.

gmisk · 30-09-2019 10:18pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

I've actually settled into it now gmisk. I love it!

Loving Tim, but I fear he will crack and they'll block him eventually.

Oh I am watching it too I loved series 1, you could be right about Tim....he is hugely likeable so fingers crossed he wins it!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 01-10-2019 4:35pm

The live episodes and unnecessary studio audience aside, I'm loving this series. Tim, Georgina, and Woody are my favourites, so hope they're around until the end. I think the Richard Madeley thing has worked really well too, even though I was dubious about it to begin with.

Hannibal_Smith · 02-10-2019 10:53am

I thought it was really sweet that Richard went to see Georgina. It was nice that he thought that she may second guess their conversation if he hadn't.

Slightly gutted it wasn't Jay who left though :pac:

I'm completely hooked. How long does it go on for? How many more times will they add more people I wonder? Not that I mind, Ella was a great addition!

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 02-10-2019 2:56pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

I thought it was really sweet that Richard went to see Georgina. It was nice that he thought that she may second guess their conversation if he hadn't.

Slightly gutted it wasn't Jay who left though :pac:

I'm completely hooked. How long does it go on for? How many more times will they add more people I wonder? Not that I mind, Ella was a great addition!

Think it goes on for another 2 weeks or so (finale is probably Friday October 18th, but that's only an educated guess).

They'll continue to add people every few days, so plenty of time to change. Last season four of the original players made up the final four, so there's definitely an advantage being in there from the very start.

tedpan · 04-10-2019 10:48pm

Paddy's in!

Jamie2k9 · 04-10-2019 11:43pm

tedpan wrote: »

Paddy's in!

Such a dose...

Posy · 04-10-2019 11:49pm

Not sure about Paddy or this weird twist.

Martina1991 · 05-10-2019 12:11am

tedpan wrote:

Paddy's in!

What's a social media activist.

Does that pay the bills in Dublin I wonder.

BarryD2 · 05-10-2019 10:29am

Martina1991 wrote: »

What's a social media activist.

Does that pay the bills in Dublin I wonder.

Someone with time on their hands? The series is developing along, how much of that is natural and how much contrived is hard to know. They seem to have gone down the more balance route this year - people with disabilities, more different sexual preferences, older participants and so on. Which is fair enough as the whole point is that you don't really know who you are communicating with on chat forums like this most of the time. Just hope that the disability end is not exploitative.

As for contestants, not surprised to see Tim slipping down - there'd be a bit of resentment that he's been up near the top since the start. Think he'll survive to the end but won't win as most of the younger contestants would prefer someone younger to get the cash prize, not some old professor dude.

Sammie/ James living a charmed life, poser who likes to strut his stuff - had to laugh when he scrambled for a shirt when yer one came in on him! If the longer standing contestants get to be influencers, they'll kick him out as beginning to see through him. But takes a while for those coming in, so he may survive till the end.

Brooke - the sitting on the fence analogy is quite correct. She's done very little since the start, no real sense of character unlike the others. Could see her going.

Georgina - seems to have developed good connections and people take her at face value, probably to the end.

Woody - seems to be taken as is and developed good connections, likely stay till end.

Ella might end up pissing off enough of the others sooner or later and be kicked out. The people who are too quiet or too edgy tend to get booted.

No sure about the couple thing - who will speak for the character? Tricky if both do it, maybe one will just tell the other what to say?

As things stand at the moment, I'd have Georgina or Woody to win.

BarryD2 · 05-10-2019 10:33am

Oh and the Paddy lad from Dublin - hmm........ lot's of Oirish stereotyping there, with the disability twist thrown in. He also seems a bit abrasive. May not work out well.

Scott Tenorman · 07-10-2019 4:57pm

Kinda like them all apart from Beth (vain as f*ck & boring) and Paddy (a**hole).

Hope Tim or Georgina win though

Hannibal_Smith · 07-10-2019 6:10pm

I don't mind Paddy, though I haven't finished last nights show yet. He seems grand enough so far.

I didn't like Jack or Beth, would have been happy to see them go completely. Producers must have sensed a spark between them and are now hoping for a Big Brother moment, so they plonked them in together.

Still loving Tim and Georgina. Sammy/James has grown on me a lot. Don't mind him so much anymore.

I really look forward to this show every evening

BarryD2 · 08-10-2019 12:21pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

I really look forward to this show every evening

For this general sort of mindless TV genre, it's one of the more interesting shows in that it has the potential to reflect the modern social media world. Where things may often not be what they seem and people can masquerade or exaggerate a different character to what they are in real life.

Can't see 'Joyce' lasting. They are a pair of pretty hopeless airheads when it comes to developing a strategy. I suppose they've had little time to prepare. If they get kicked out soon enough, it won't have been a success, just a needless excursion.

Sunny Dayz · 08-10-2019 12:51pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

I didn't like Jack or Beth, would have been happy to see them go completely. Producers must have sensed a spark between them and are now hoping for a Big Brother moment, so they plonked them in together.

I'm not a fan of either of them and would have been happier to see them leave also. I thought Jack was a bit mean flirting with Paddy like that. And then he was flirting with Beth.

I was hoping the real life couple from the outside would be brought in - if you were stuck in a flat with your other half 24/7 with the added pressure of the game, I could only imagine you'd be snapping at each other by the end of the first day (I would anyway!)

Hannibal_Smith · 08-10-2019 1:06pm

Georgina and James seem to be sitting back a bit now. Or else they're not showing them. Jack and Beth are taking over the time, but they're completely uninteresting

Would love more Scholar Squad chats!

BarryD2 · 08-10-2019 1:47pm

Does anyone know that the show is actually filmed in 'real time'? i.e. are the contestants holed up in their apartments as we write?

Or was it all filmed and canned last summer? Obviously the public voting would indicate it's in real time but I don't think there's any verification process. Viewers that vote have to rely entirely on the show producers word that their votes are counted and/or that the results are correct. It's quite possible that the 'real couple' were voted in but that it may suited the show better to throw Jack & Beth together?

They have a Friday night audience show but that could be staged as well.. hard to know what to believe these days!

Hannibal_Smith · 08-10-2019 2:58pm

I dont know. I don't know whether I read it here, or whether it was said on one of the live shows, but there was a remark some where that the editors were playing a blinder and instrumental in how it all worked out.

There was a post on the Circle Facebook page where someone posted a pic of the building. Someone else replied that it wasn't actually filmed there. But I thi k they all have to be staying somewhere dont they?

So I don't really know how they're doing it and whether the public are having any true impact

Posy · 09-10-2019 12:39am

I didn't watch last year- how is the winner decided?

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 09-10-2019 2:48am

Paddy telling the group about his disability tonight had me in pieces. Really great moment. He mentioned the other night that he lives in Temple Bar - I think I've seen him a good few times around that part of town actually.

Posy wrote: »

I didn't watch last year- how is the winner decided?

The ratings system last year was different, and it didn't really work in terms of deciding a winner, even though the most deserving player did ultimatately win. There were a few teething problems in general with the first season that they've definitely improved upon, including the ratings system, which will hopefully fix how the finale plays out, it'll probably be fairly different to how Season 1 played out. Basically though they just stopped adding in new players at some point and when it gets down to the final 4 a final ratings will happen.

Walter E GO · 09-10-2019 3:38am

Anybody remember Paddy on 1st Dates Ireland before? As far as i can remember it didn't end well for him.

Badly Drunk Boy · 09-10-2019 9:50am

Walter E GO wrote: »

Anybody remember Paddy on 1st Dates Ireland before? As far as i can remember it didn't end well for him.

I was going to say that I remembered him from First Dates but then thought I'd imagined it.

Thanks for confirming that I'm not going mad!

BarryD2 · 09-10-2019 10:02am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Paddy telling the group about his disability tonight had me in pieces. Really great moment. He mentioned the other night that he lives in Temple Bar - I think I've seen him a good few times around that part of town actually.

Yes but also manipulative at the same time - he knows there's a ratings coming up and he'll be included this time, so timed playing the card well. No way he'll be kicked out in next couple of votes anyway.

'Sammie' varies between feeling guilty and then being extremely manipulative. I didn't like him at the start, warmed to him a bit but now just plainly dislike him. Different to 'Kate' last year in that the single mum line he's spinning is just downright deceitful and playing on the others better instincts. Hope himself and Tim don't meet up unexpectedly as dare say the latter will tell where to stick it. Actually wouldn't be surprised if 'Sammie' cracks up and retires if he goes on longer as no way he'll be able to face the others, probably thought he'd never get this far. Also surprising that the others haven't seen through him more and the supposed separation from her child.

Scott Tenorman · 09-10-2019 3:38pm

BarryD2 wrote: »

Yes but also manipulative at the same time - he knows there's a ratings coming up and he'll be included this time, so timed playing the card well. No way he'll be kicked out in next couple of votes anyway.

'Sammie' varies between feeling guilty and then being extremely manipulative. I didn't like him at the start, warmed to him a bit but now just plainly dislike him. Different to 'Kate' last year in that the single mum line he's spinning is just downright deceitful and playing on the others better instincts. Hope himself and Tim don't meet up unexpectedly as dare say the latter will tell where to stick it. Actually wouldn't be surprised if 'Sammie' cracks up and retires if he goes on longer as no way he'll be able to face the others, probably thought he'd never get this far. Also surprising that the others haven't seen through him more and the supposed separation from her child.

Exactly, he said he was going to do exactly that when he went in.

Toto Wolfcastle · 09-10-2019 10:28pm

Alex from last year shared some behind the scenes info.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEV19aKF6eo

gmisk · 09-10-2019 10:31pm

Posy wrote: »

I didn't watch last year- how is the winner decided?

I think the remaining people rated everyone out of 5....there were a lot of 1 stars...I'd say they might change it to a ranking from most to least favourite or something along those lines this year.

Hannibal_Smith · 10-10-2019 9:34am

That's a great video. Love the insight into it.

I think Brooke is gone. Ella never liked her and I would be surprised if they got rid of Joyce yet. But you never know, depends how clinical Tim is about it this time.

BarryD2 · 10-10-2019 1:35pm

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

I think Brooke is gone. Ella never liked her and I would be surprised if they got rid of Joyce yet. But you never know, depends how clinical Tim is about it this time.

Dunno, both Ella & Tim are suspicious of Joyce. But on rather dubious grounds, I doubt if many 60+ yr olds in UK know that much detail about Churchill, you'd want to be in your 90s, not your 60s - so Tim's logic is a bit off. As for expecting her to know or remember acts at a festival, that's also a bit thin. Sherry? - maybe but also quite plausible that a 60yr woman would not know what sherry is. They may keep her on basis that she's just in and unfair to judge too soon. Not even clear why she's being rated as she came in after the last blocking just like the new guy/gal. So 'Joyce' hasn't had the free pass yet. They seem to have forgotten why they're suspicious of 'Sammie'.

Posy · 10-10-2019 2:01pm

Is someone being blocked tonight?

BarryD2 · 10-10-2019 2:23pm

Posy wrote: »

Is someone being blocked tonight?

All set up for start this evening. They'd want to be getting a move on as I think it's due to wind up weekend after this. So they need to get rid of at least 5 characters between now & then probably?

Hannibal_Smith · 10-10-2019 8:14pm

I agree with their suspicions, they're way off. Because Joyce is a certain age there are giant assumptions being made.

Apparently tonight, the others have to offer a plea to stay to the influencers and the influencers pick one each. Don't know what that means for the rest of them?

I'm ashamed to say that the reason I know this, is because I downloaded the app and get a daily drop of clips to my phone. I need help

Mam of 4 · 10-10-2019 10:10pm

Ooh , this is a great twist imo !
Love the at risk people explaining why they should be saved .

In saying that , like Georgina and would like her to stay .

Posy · 10-10-2019 11:03pm

Right decision made tonight I think, but I don't think things will be the same between Georgina and Tim again.

Hannibal_Smith · 10-10-2019 11:13pm

What will Joyce do about josh :eek:

Man Vs ManUre · 10-10-2019 11:14pm

Paddy is part of the Instagram generation. Ok he may hold down a 9-5 job in a PR company or some other office job, but his main income would come from being one of these new celebrities around Dublin. And his USPis that he is disabled. They all are part of the same social scene as they all go along free to all these stupid marketing beauty/fashion events. And they all have mental health issues and like to talk openly and often about it. Paddy, Rob, Holly, Dosueme, Rosie, Roz, Pippa, Bressie, Eoghan, Doireann, Aoibhin. Fair play to them all they are making a lot of money but I’m not taken in my their positive preaching and urging us all to look out for each other. They are doing everything they do to put cash in their accounts.

BarryD2 · 11-10-2019 10:50am

Hannibal_Smith wrote: »

What will Joyce do about josh :eek:

I'd say she'll play on her assumed baking skills, open a few chats with others to discuss the cakes and slip the info into the discussion.

If this carries on as is, yer man Tim is going to get the biggest land at the end. He thinks he has a good feel for all the others but has been duped like a fool by 'Sammie'.

Wasn't overly impressed by Paddy playing on his disability issues to stay in. Don't think it'll continue to have the same effect going forward and he'll be gutted when he's chucked out.

Hannibal_Smith · 11-10-2019 11:06am

No I did t like that with Paddy either. I can understand he doesn't want his disability to be the first thing people see, but why does he then throw it in as a reason to stay in the competition?

tedpan · 11-10-2019 9:43pm

Hmmmm, he already went viral years ago!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liyFKUFCQno

BarryD2 · 12-10-2019 9:52am

So who will get voted in by the public as the next executioner? Assuming that is, that the producers go by the public vote. In theory the result should be close to who the public think should win at this stage, so I'd go for Woody or Georgina. But maybe Tim will get the gig again.

Hannibal_Smith · 12-10-2019 10:37am

I think Tim. If it ends up being Joyce, we'll definitely know there's something fishy going on and the public votes are irrelevant. :pac:

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 12-10-2019 4:21pm

Personally, I'd like to see Sammie/James get it. He's grown on me a lot over the past week, and maybe not necessarily who I'd like to see win the whole thing, but he's definitely up there.

Hannibal_Smith · 12-10-2019 9:11pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Personally, I'd like to see Sammie/James get it. He's grown on me a lot over the past week, and maybe not necessarily who I'd like to see win the whole thing, but he's definitely up there.

I wouldn't mind if Sammie won. I think he's played a really great game and been honest to the cameras about the fact that he's playing a game too.

Pretzill · 12-10-2019 9:40pm

I've been enjoying this. I think Tim is excellent and Woody is an intelligent young guy whom I'd say may have the public behind him, but like the others here I think Sammie (James) is playing it so well and I think him being a catfish will hit Tim the hardest - if he's voted to block someone to their face it will be the best twist.

BarryD2 · 12-10-2019 11:05pm

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Personally, I'd like to see Sammie/James get it. He's grown on me a lot over the past week, and maybe not necessarily who I'd like to see win the whole thing, but he's definitely up there.

Dunno, seems he’s justifying his manipulative strategy because his own mother was a single mother. But that seems a bit weak and self serving. What’s next, someone pretending to be a war veteran?

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