The Circle Game : Royaume-Uni

Thought I would hate this show, put it on for background noise on a snow day stuck inside. Ended up hooked after the first episode, watched the whole season in one sitting, and found myself smiling from ear to ear at the end geeking out when they announced the winner. Amazed that I found this so entertaining and it really shows the true meaning of making friends strictly online without face to face interaction which is something that I struggle to do. Loved it!

I rarely watch reality TV but was very easily hooked by this show. Then I asked my sister to watch it, so that I would have someone to talk about it with. We discussed the series VERY shortly after- she binged it, too. I expected to see horrible people being horrible and was very pleasantly surprised to be introduced to such a warm and engaging cast. By the satisfactory end, I want to be friends with them irl, too!

It's so good, I really love this social experiment! I haven't finished watching it yet but I want shooby to win

The show has a great premise and has some interesting ideas. But the editing, repetitive slow pacing, and absolutely grating personalities some of the people have makes it so cringey and unbearable. I was spent almost immediately and wanted to know who won the 100k after episode 3.

The addition of adding people during the game is a cool idea but it makes you really not want to care. It would of been far more tense if the seasons were faster and came down to a quicker elimination. I have a hard time wanting to learn new people who are trying to be fake and put on a facade when they can be eliminated just to be added back with another new person also being fake. Its too taxing on watching it.

But with that aside and speaking about fake. The show has a very filtered approach to it and makes me not think its of high quality. I really wish more shows like this had some high transparency. This one does not and you see nothing of interest besides them sitting on a bed or a couch "YELLING" at the Circle TV.

If you're getting bored with the typical reality TV formats of free-to-air, this one gets you thinking as it uncovers the psychology of who we think we are, how we post, when we filter images, what emojis to use to deliver the personna we are trying to create online.