The Circle

The Circle is back, and this time,

it's more strategic than ever.

This is the ultimate game in social media,

and with $100,000 at stake, how you play, it's everything.

Just don't get blocked and replaced by someone new.

Get ready, 'cause this is The Circle.

Let's do this.

To stay in the game, Players must become popular.

To do that, they can be real

or try to fool everyone with a fake profile.

Just 'cause it's lying, don't make it cheating.

Let's meet the first Player hoping to go all the way.

Honey, I'm home!

Oh, my gosh, this is so cute. Oh, my gosh!

Wow. Oh, my goodness.

Hi.

My name is Savannah. I'm 24, and I'm from Los Angeles, California.

My job is on Capitol Hill, where I do data research.

My job is a little lackluster, but my personality is quite opposite.

I'm fun. I'm social. I love glitz and glam.

I am choosing to enter The Circle as myself.

The people on The Circle are gonna see the nerdier side of me.

The girl who's at home with her glasses on,

gaming in front of her computer. You already know it.

I think making friends and building alliances

are of the utmost importance to me,

but I have no problem putting a bitch in check,

in the nicest way possible of course.

Am I looking for love?

Well, I'm single and ready to mingle,

so I'll let you do with that information what you may.

I was like, "Talk to you about love?"

We just met.

This is a game. I'm gonna be tactical, strategic.

All I gotta say is get ready for a wild ride.

I gotta get myself ready for a wild ride. What am I telling you guys for?

Okay, okay, time to set up my profile. Okay.

Circle, take me to my private albums.

Oo, it's all so exciting. Okay, open the selfies album.

Oo, what do we want to look at first?

Circle, can you open the photo of me sitting down at a café?

I really love how genuine this photo is.

There's nothing too glitz and glam about it,

and it really is me just on your average morning.

So, aah, okay, Circle,

set this photo as my profile photo.

All right. Any type of information I give them,

they can always use against me, and I'm here to win.

So, let's not say too much too fast.

"Half Mexican, half Filipino,

who always gives 100 percent.

California-grown and rooted in family.

Self-proclaimed Sudoku queen who still loves dancing to 2000s' R&B."

Oh, my gosh. This is crazy.

What did I get myself into?

Time to meet her new neighbor, our next Player.

While Players are in the game,

they will not be able to see or hear one another.

They can only interact via The Circle.

I'm in like the Barbie... The damn DreamHouse.

I'm like Walmart version of Ken

in the DreamHouse with no Barbie.

I feel beautiful now.

Are we good to go?

Hey, I'm Jack.

I'm a 20-year-old astrophysics and economics student.

I'm a bit of a nerd. There's certain things I geek out about.

In The Circle, I wanna play a very strategic,

manipulative, cutthroat game.

And I'm worried they're gonna see my big goofy ass

and be, "That dude's strategic."

So I'm entering The Circle as my friend Emily.

She's a 21-year-old sorority girl.

She's cute, short, sweet,

easy to talk to. Everyone's gonna love her.

I think people will be like, "That's a face I can trust."

Secretly, what they don't know is I'm gonna be behind there

pulling the strings.

I might be the ultimate wolf in sheep's clothing.

So I have to embrace that sorority-girl role, conning people.

I've done extensive research

such as binge-watching chick flicks, Selling Sunset.

If Emily was actually here instead of me, it might be like:

When it comes to strategy, there's no fucks given.

Like, morals, get outta here. I don't wanna see ya.

I'm willing to lie, to manipulate,

to cheat, to steal.

I could be like, "I'm gonna get sneaky."

It's simply a game.

I'm down to go down as the biggest villain in Circle history.

I don't really care.

Mwa-ha-ha-ha.

For me, you could trust cute. You can't necessarily trust hot.

So I gotta find the right balance.

So, Circle, let's open up Nature Girl, have a look. See what's good.

And Circle, cue open that one on the left for me, please.

Yeah, this is like just a good photo.

A glass of rosé in the hand.

Circle, please set this as my profile photo.

Okay, so the bio.

I don't wanna be a basic, boring, cute girl.

I want some more layers to me.

So, "East Coast girl studying astronomy in the Windy City.

Love spending time with family, hot baths, and boozy brunches with the girls.

Here for a good time and hopefully a long time."

Uh, "Fingers crossed emoji. Crying laughing emoji."

Circle, make this my profile.

Let's check out the next Player to arrive.

And let me tell you, this guy is bad to the bone.

Bless this water.

Bring good energy into the body. Deeply nourish the soul.

Release all karma.

Activate enlightenment consciousness, send it to every cell.

Whoopsie. Did I say bad to the bone?

What I meant was bona fide grade-A hippie.

Let's take a big breath here.

Hi, my name is Bryant.

I'm 26 years old. I'm from Chico, California.

I teach breathwork.

Breathwork helps you become your own guru

where you can change stress into bliss,

anxiety into excitement.

Hmm. I've lived many lifetimes.

I was working a regular job,

and I was so stressed out, I would have my hair falling out.

I was extremely unhappy.

Through this spiritual awakening, I'm here to present Bryant 2.0.

Going into this game, I'm the weirdo. I'm the oddball.

This might be my last lifetime, so I'm gonna go for it.

So I have my golden bubble of love here. There's no bad juju allowed.

Big sigh here as a unit.

My game plan for The Circle,

be kind, spread a lot of love, create alliances.

That is gonna take me to the winning prize.

And I want you to whisper "love."

Love.

The light in me recognizes the light in you.

There we go. Yes.

It's actually pretty interesting having to put yourself out there like this

and be judged on a profile.

Only good vibes though, so...

I got high hopes.

Can't wait to meet the other contestants.

Bryant, I can tell we are vibing as one with the same spirit.

Let's meet the next one now.

Yeah.

Yeah...

Oh, my God!

Help us!

Whoa, sh...

My bad. Oops. Hold up. Oh, God.

Don't mess up the place yet.

What's good? My name is Deleesa. I am 23 backwards.

I am a stay-at-home mom, and I'm from the Boogie Down Bronx.

Bronx, New York all day, every day, baby. What's good? Ya heard?

On social media, people look at me, they think I'm cocky.

They probably think I'm full of myself, I mean...

On social media, men have it so easy.

So I decided on The Circle , I'm going to be playing

my husband Trevor.

He's handsome, but he's not considered like a threat.

He is going to be the nice-guy single father,

because single dads, they get all the ladies, all right?

Dad I like to...

He gonna let the ladies come to him, and he gonna be bros with the other guys.

And that's the game plan right there, like, I got this.

If I win this 100K,

we're buying a house to give our children what we never had.

So I need to win. I have to win.

I have to.

Baby, you got this.

With this face and your personality, the competition doesn't stand a chance.

I got this in the bag.

A Louis Vuitton though. Louis Vuitton bag.

No, Chanel. I got this in Chanel bag.

My Chanel. That I don't have. That I'm gonna get when I win.

Trevor's hometown. Let's just put the BX.

All right, about me.

"Left my hood for the best hood.

#fatherhood."

Everybody loves a father

who adores their child, who takes care of their child.

They gonna love, love Trevor.

You know what I would love love?

A Circle Chat. That's right. A chat with our first four new Players.

Circle, you know what to do.

Oh, my God. Oh.

- I almost spilled my tea. - Bryant, deep breath, honey.

Circle, my love, please open the chat.

I'm excited to meet my new friends.

Right now I'm seeing only four of us, which is crazy.

Two guys, two girls, technically. I mean, I'm a girl.

Yeah, I'm a guy, but I'm being a girl.

Who's Bryant? Who's Emily?

Who is Savannah? Oh, my God.