The seventh season of the American reality competition streaming series The Circle began on September 11, 2024, on Netflix, and concluded on October 2, 2024. This season was hosted by Michelle Buteau.
Format
Season seven of The Circle sees the players moving into the same apartment building in Atlanta, Georgia. Each player has their own individual apartment. The players do not meet face-to-face during the competition. Each player has to create their own profile on a specially designed social media app, and this gives them the ability to portray themselves in any way they choose, whether this be as themselves, or completely different personality to the other players, a tactic otherwise known as catfishing. This app is how the players communicate with each other throughout the competition.
Throughout the competition, the contestants "rate" one another from first to last place. The ratings are later revealed to the players with the average ratings going from lowest to highest. The two highest-rated players usually become "Influencers", and the remaining players are at risk of being "blocked" by them. The "Influencers" discuss through a private chat which player they think should be blocked. There can also be a potential twist when it comes to the blockings – varying from the lowest rating players being instantly blocked, the identity of the Influencers being a secret, or multiple players being blocked at one time. This season also featured the "Disrupter Mode", which was activated to cancel out a players blocking. A blocked player will be immediately eliminated from the game, but they get the opportunity to meet one player still in the game in-person. The day after a blocking, a video message is sent to the remaining players to reveal if their identity was real or fake.
During the finale, the contestants rate each other one final time, where the highest rated player wins the game and .
Players
Name Age Playing as Entered Exited StatusJojo Scarlotta24"Gianna", Jojo's girlfriendEpisode 1Episode 13 rowspan="2" Nicky Scarlotta Kevin Fernandez 23 Himself, but listing his occupation as a lifeguardEpisode 1Episode 13 Madelyn Rusinyak 25 HerselfEpisode 2Episode 13 Third place Deborah "Deb" Levy 54 "Rachel", a 26-year-oldEpisode 1Episode 13 Antonio Hayes 31 "Tierra", his best friendEpisode 6Episode 13 Fifth place Jadejha Edwards 24 HerselfEpisode 1Episode 13 Garret Caillouet 29 Himself Episode 2 Episode 11 Darian Holt 29 Himself Episode 1 Episode 9 Heather Richardson 26 "Andy", her bass player friend Episode 1 Episode 7 Savannah Miller 22 Herself Episode 1 Episode 4
Episodes
Results and elimination Color key This player was blocked. This player was an influencer. This player was immune from being blocked. Episodes Influencers HeatherSavannah Kevinnone Kevin Kevin Madelyn none "Gianna"7th 2nd5th1st1stNot publishedWinner Kevin 4th1st7th5th2ndNot publishedRunner-up(Episode 13) MadelynNot inThe CircleExempt1st6th6th Not publishedThird place(Episode 13) Deb"Rachel"6th=5th2nd2nd3rdNot published(Episode 13)Antonio"Tierra"Not inThe CircleExempt7th4thNot publishedFifth place(Episode 13) Jadejha 3rd 4th3rd=3rd5thNot publishedBlocked (Episode 13) GarretNot inThe CircleExempt4th=3rd7thBlocked (Episode 11) Darian 5th 3rd6th8thBlocked (Episode 9) Heather"Andy"1st =5th8thBlocked (Episode 7) Savannah2nd7thBlocked (Episode 4) Notes1none23none4 5 Blocked "Gianna"Influencers'choice to block SavannahInfluencers'choice to block Heather "Andy"Lowest rated player DarianInfluencers'choice to block GarretInfluencers'choice to block Jadejha Superinfluencer'schoice to blockAntonioLowestrated playerDebrated playerMadelynrated playerKevinrated playerHighestrated player
Notes : In Episode 1, Disrupter Mode is revealed, the first player to activate it gets either a huge advantage or disadvantage. "Gianna" is the first to activate it. In Episode 2, the influencers decide to block "Gianna" but it is revealed that the Disrupter advantage is blocking immunity and thus "Gianna" is immune from blocking. : There were no influencers, the lowest-rated player would be immediately blocked. : Darian is the Disrupter and gets to select one of the influencers and chooses Kevin. The other influencer is the highest-rated player, "Gianna". : The highest rated player becomes the sole secret superinfluencer. Madelyn is rated first. : The players submit their ratings and they are revealed in person one by one.
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