The Circle

gmisk · 08-10-2018 11:06pm

Kate/Alex won 50k amazing lol well played! And the 25k hurrah

So delighted that screaming tit freddie didn't win

dastardly00 · 08-10-2018 11:12pm

Jaysus

recyclebin · 08-10-2018 11:15pm

Why didn't they show how they rated for the final? Did Dan's ratings win it for Kate/Alex?

Already exists · 08-10-2018 11:18pm

I would say it was a combination of Dan staying loyal to Kate and Freddie and Sian turning on each for the final rating. Would love if they'd showed the ratings.

Ghost Train · 08-10-2018 11:19pm

Might have been better if they gave the 25k to one of the non winners. I guess Dan won it for Kate

Good result, although did feel a bit bad for Dan but I'd say he'll be okay with it

Scott Tenorman · 08-10-2018 11:20pm

I think Dans honest ratings defo won it for Kate.

Glad he/she won.

recyclebin · 08-10-2018 11:20pm

Alex said he gave one star to two people and two stars to one person. So I'd say he gave Dan two stars. Dan must have given Kate at least three stars.

crisco10 · 08-10-2018 11:22pm

recyclebin wrote: »

Alex said he gave one star to two people and two stars to one person. So I'd say he gave Dan two stars. Dan must have given Kate at least three stars.

Didn't we see Dan say 5 stars in the voting montage?? Which would have to be Kate..

Pretzill · 08-10-2018 11:24pm

Feel for Dan too - such a nice handsome guy. I don't know why they didn't show the ratings - I'd say they all rated each other low - except Dan must have given Ka...lex the most stars. It was a bit of an anticlimax in the end with them all meeting up but I suppose they needed to give Dan time to take it in...at one point after Freddie burst into the room you could see the expression on dan's face looked a little lost.

gmisk · 08-10-2018 11:41pm

Yeah I think dans ratings for alex/Kate won it.
He prob only needed to give him a fairly low star rating to win tbh.

Alex/Kate said he gave everyone 1 bar Dan who he gave 2.

Sian likely gave everyone a low score bar maybe Freddie.

Freddie probably gave everyone one... Even his 'bestie' possibly... So scuppered her chances.

I think getting them to rank everyone else would have been fairer like someone else suggested here.

BarryD2 · 08-10-2018 11:43pm

Scott Tenorman wrote: »

I think Dans honest ratings defo won it for Kate.

Glad he/she won.

Don’t think Kate expected or even wanted to win. All others thought they had a chance. Def the case that Dan swung it by voting along same lines but then he never seemed to figure that bit out! Sorry that Dan came away empty handed but not the other two particularly.

Ghost Train · 09-10-2018 12:13am

I’d say they didn’t show the voting because it would have made Freddie and Sian or even Alex look bad, just before or after the winner is announced.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 09-10-2018 1:07am

Delighted that Kate/Alex won. Would've been nice for Sian or Dan to have gotten something too, but the show wouldn't have been so compelling in the first week or so if it wasn't for Alex going in as a Catfish, so in a way I think the show was initially only successful because of Kate/Alex, so he deserved the win.

Hope it comes back again next year, with some of the kinks (like the final rating) worked out.

S.M.B. · 09-10-2018 8:35am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Delighted that Kate/Alex won. Would've been nice for Sian or Dan to have gotten something too, but the show wouldn't have been so compelling in the first week or so if it wasn't for Alex going in as a Catfish, so in a way I think the show was initially only successful because of Kate/Alex, so he deserved the win.

Hope it comes back again next year, with some of the kinks (like the final rating) worked out.

They really struck gold in terms of the 4 from the original cast reaching the final 4. I don't think they could have scripted it any better. It would be interesting to see it return and whether it becomes more of a strategic game than a social experiment though.

BarryD2 · 09-10-2018 9:35am

S.M.B. wrote: »

They really struck gold in terms of the 4 from the original cast reaching the final 4. I don't think they could have scripted it any better. It would be interesting to see it return and whether it becomes more of a strategic game than a social experiment though.

Yep, not sure if it's repeatable though - would certainly change the nature as everyone would immediately be suspicious of everyone else. I suppose the creators could tell all that a certain percentage, say 2/3rds would be genuine at least.

If Alex has a bit of decency, he'll split the 50K first prize with Dan as a goodwill gesture. Dan came across as a decent chap but a bit of a dope in terms of figuring out how others were voting. He rated Freddie fairly highly a few times whilst only getting 1 back from him and if he had rated the others with 1s at the end, he might have won himself as Alex had given him 2. Poetic justice in the end that Freddie's deviousness wasn't rewarded anyway.

Loughc · 09-10-2018 9:49am

Why would Alex split it with Dan? It’s a gameshow? He played the game very well. He should have to give half of his €50k just cause Dan was too nice to play the game.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 09-10-2018 2:48pm

No way should Alex share that prize money with anyone else - he won it fair and square. Buy them all a couple of pints sure, but he owes them nothing.

S.M.B. · 09-10-2018 3:01pm

Dan will earn plenty of £'s over the next few weeks and you could argue that his rate will go up as a result of the whole Alex / Kate thing. Consider that payment!!

Scott Tenorman · 09-10-2018 3:07pm

Hopefully Dan will watch it back and realise that his Alex friendship was genuine and they become good friends IRL. (it's a bit awks when he fancies Alex's girlfriend though! :pac: )

yerwanthere123 · 10-10-2018 3:31am

Highly enjoyable final, the meet between Dan and Alex was worth the wait :pac: I wasn't expecting such a hostile reaction from Dan. Whilst I can sympathise somewhat, he's been incredibly naive.

Very happy to see Alex take home the prize, Dan foolishly giving him a 5 was obviously what did it. Not only that, but Dan's negative reaction is probably what gave Alex the extra £25,000. And not only that, the girl he fancied throughout the show is in fact going out with the guy who's catfished him and who he gifted £75,000 to. Bad times!

I feel bad for Sian going home empty-handed though, she certainly deserved something, she's been lovely throughout. I had feared Freddie's tactical voting would win it for him, but thankfully the others (bar Dan, of course) had a bit more sense. Freddie grew on me a lot, but difficult to forget his terrible behaviour at the beginning of the series.

I'm reasonably confident there will be a second series so there's certainly some kinks they'll have to work through. Particularly the late addition of contestants, as I've already said they have no chance of winning and, as we've already seen, they're rounded on by the originals and blocked at the first chance. It's a real shame we didn't see more of Harry, he sussed out Freddie straight away and was highly suspicious of Kate, he'd have been great to have from the beginning.

All in all The Circle was, completely unexpectedly, a brilliant series and one of my favourite shows of the year. Has it already been posted that Netflix are gonna be making their own versions? So the format will be going international, which makes it highly likely that the British version will return.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 10-10-2018 3:38am

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

All in all The Circle was, completely unexpectedly, a brilliant series and one of my favourite shows of the year. Has it already been posted that Netflix are gonna be making their own versions? So the format will be going international, which makes it highly likely that the British version will return.

Oh sweet, didn't know about that. Something to look forward to, and seeing how different nations deal with the game should be very interesting. Also, maybe with Netflix on board the kinks might get worked out early on, so by the time Season 2 of the UK one rolls around it will be like a well oiled machine.

yerwanthere123 · 10-10-2018 4:28am

I can see an American version being completely OTT and ruining what made the UK one great, but I'd give it a chance anyway.

S.M.B. · 10-10-2018 8:28am

I can see the "American" version being an improvement on the UK version although it all depends on who's producing it. Hopefully someone with a good track record.

BarryD2 · 10-10-2018 2:27pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

I can see an American version being completely OTT and ruining what made the UK one great, but I'd give it a chance anyway.

Agreed, it could all too easily become staid and predictable. The producers would be trying to jazz it up, put in bigger egos, clashing personalities, the usual old rubbish.

sammyjo90 · 10-10-2018 6:54pm

Just watched the final, took a lot for me to not click into this thread and keep it unread on my thread page!!!

Winner is deserved i think and it does send a message to all about stranger danger.
I do wish dan or sian got the peoples vote they did do themselves justice.

I will be glad that i dont have to listen to the likes of "oh he's a sort" "she's a bit of me" anymore!! I did not realise thats how londoners talk now!!!

Scott Tenorman · 16-10-2018 7:14pm

The wrap up show type thing is on Channel 4 at 10.25 tonight.

Will be interesting to see how they all got on afterwards

2nd Row Donkey · 16-10-2018 8:43pm

Thanks for the reminder. Thumbs up emoji. Send message.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 16-10-2018 9:46pm

I usually don't bother with these wrap up shows, but will check in here later to see if it's worth checking out or not.

batistuta9 · 16-10-2018 10:13pm

they said on the final it'll have a psychologist on. one thing i noticed was even when some were sure kate wasn't real, they didn't care. scotty even said he liked the person. not sure if they'd have the same reaction if kate wasn't as nice towards them/the group

hopefully it shows the final votes too. this is what the last ep. showed on how they voted
alex - 2, 1, 1. the 2 for dan
dan - 5, ?, ?
freddie - 2, 1, ?
sian - 3, 2, ?

dan says 5 twice in the clips but i'm not sure is that two separate votes. i couldn't see him giving sian lower than 3 though
it's not really right to say he won it for kate. all the votes would've affected it. freddie lost it for sian, kate won it for her/himself, etc.

Scott Tenorman · 16-10-2018 11:32pm

Felt sorry for Dan watching Kate’s rating. Can’t blame him for being pissed off with that

Ghost Train · 21-10-2018 11:31pm

something from youtube, looks like they're on better terms now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9sYTFtOjN4

yerwanthere123 · 20-01-2019 10:12pm

Renewed for a second series!

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-logs-circle-second-season

JP Liz V1 · 19-09-2019 4:26pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Renewed for a second series!

https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-logs-circle-second-season

Looks to be on soon

Loughc · 20-09-2019 8:37pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Looks to be on soon

Starts back Tuesday 9.15pm

Toto Wolfcastle · 20-09-2019 8:41pm

This was really excellent last year. Loved that the audience could get involved via the app. Can’t wait for the new series.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 23-09-2019 3:15pm

Can't wait for this - hopefully they've improved on the initial format and not butchered it completely, as I know there's meant to be quite a few changes.

Toto Wolfcastle · 23-09-2019 3:25pm

They’re started introducing the players on social media and the app. Couple of proper catfishes so far, including one woman pretending to be her son.

Toto Wolfcastle · 24-09-2019 7:52am

Richard Madeley is going in as a player and the audience will be deciding who he’ll be playing. Not sure I’m into this, but that might be because I can’t stand him.

skittles8710 · 24-09-2019 7:57pm

Not a fan of Emma Willis or her addition to this but hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised !!

yerwanthere123 · 24-09-2019 8:09pm

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Richard Madeley is going in as a player and the audience will be deciding who he’ll be playing. Not sure I’m into this, but that might be because I can’t stand him.

Yeah I'm not sure how I feel about this, there shouldn't be 'celebrity' players. I know the format will need tweaks to keep it interesting but this just smacks of trying to fix something that isn't broken.

neonsofa · 24-09-2019 8:29pm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Toto Wolfcastle wrote: »

Richard Madeley is going in as a player and the audience will be deciding who he’ll be playing. Not sure I’m into this, but that might be because I can’t stand him.

Yeah I'm not sure how I feel about this, there shouldn't be 'celebrity' players. I know the format will need tweaks to keep it interesting but this just smacks of trying to fix something that isn't broken.

I felt the same way. I didnt watch series one but introducing one "celeb" already just seems unnecessary. Wouldnt even mind if it was a celeb version, but having just one celeb is silly imo, too much interferring.

Loughc · 24-09-2019 10:55pm

Why Is Robin Williams in this and why is he called Tim? Uncanny similarities.

Loughc · 24-09-2019 10:56pm

neonsofa wrote: »

I felt the same way. I didnt watch series one but introducing one "celeb" already just seems unnecessary. Wouldnt even mind if it was a celeb version, but having just one celeb is silly imo, too much interferring.

It seems he will have very little impact.

Toto Wolfcastle · 24-09-2019 10:58pm

Really enjoyed it tonight. So far it’s not too different from last year! A little more game play from the off, but that’s to be expected.

yerwanthere123 · 24-09-2019 11:13pm

Good launch tonight, pretty much answers the question straight away about whether or not it could work for a second series. Still think Madeley's inclusion isn't necessary, but at least it's only for a week.

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 24-09-2019 11:53pm

So, I assume everyone is rooting for Tim to win (based on first impressions anyway)...

Loughc · 25-09-2019 12:03am

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

So, I assume everyone is rooting for Tim to win (based on first impressions anyway)...

Yep I am. Love him already

Posy · 25-09-2019 1:03pm

I am!

And yes, he's the SPIT of Robin Williams!!

2nd Row Donkey · 25-09-2019 8:22pm

Looking forward to the show starting properly tonight.

gmisk · 25-09-2019 9:14pm

Watching episode 1 pretty similar to last year with Emma Willis and more of a budget and audience.
Tim ftw I would think.

Least favourite Georgina..or Emelle.... painful

Loved series 1, hopefully this series isn't full of eejits.

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