The fifth season of the American reality competition streaming series The Circle premiered on Netflix on December 28, 2022.

Players compete without ever actually meeting in person; they communicate through a simulated social media interface, portraying themselves in any way they choose.

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.

Then, the day after a blocking, a video message is shown to the remaining players to reveal if they were real or fake.

[11] Among the cast is Brett Robinson, a contestant from Big Brother 20, the first deaf contestant Raven Sutton and her interpreter Paris McTizic[12] and the first returning player, with season one runner-up Shubham Goel.