Like the previous seasons, players compete against each other to become the most popular, but do not actually meet their competitors.

Keisha "Kai" Ghost won the Fan Favorite award and US$10,000.

However, the contestants do not meet face-to-face during the course of the competition, as they each live in their own individual apartment.

They communicate solely using their profiles on a specially-designed social media app that gives them the ability to portray themselves in any way they choose.

A video message is shown to the remaining players to reveal if they were real or fake the day after.

The first eight players (Matt, Calvin, Nick, Kai, Ruksana, Michelle, Daniel & Ava & Chanel) enter the apartment building and create their profiles.

Nick confides with Rachel that "Vince" is his burner profile, received as a parting gift from Calvin.

James brings Jacki up to speed on what has happened in The Circle in the time he has been there.

The two main alliances left in The Circle (James, Kai and Daniel on one side; Nick, Ashley and Isabella on the other) each try to bring Jacki to their side before the other alliance does, resulting in her receiving simultaneous group chat invites from the two trios and choosing James's group over Nick's.

When Daniel is allowed to visit a player, he chooses Isabella (Sophia) who shares her story with him.