The Circle season 7 finale recap: And the winner is...
Season seven of The Circle has officially come to a close. We see the final episode pick up right where episode 12 left off, with Madelyn, the "Super Secret Influencer," going to block one last player face-to-face prior to the finale. It is revealed to us that the final player being blocked by Madelyn, is Jadejha.
Despite being upset at the realization that she will no longer have a shot at winning The Circle, Jadejha handles the news well and sits down to chat with Madelyn. Madelyn fills Jadejha in on her alliance with "Rachel" and their profile swap from when they both activated "disruptor mode" earlier in the season. Madelyn also tells Jadejha that she didn't fully trust her and "Tierra" based on their prior group chat conversation and that played a part in her decision to block Jadejha. Jadejha also tells Madelyn that she is certain that "Rachel" is a catfish, based on the information she's gathered from being in the game since day one.
We then cut to the final five players celebrating not being blocked and heading to sleep, awaiting their final day in The Circle. Upon waking, the remaining players learn of Jadejha's blocking. Jadejha's goodbye message for the final five players, showing she is exactly who she said she was the entire game. She also lets her fellow contestants know that she believes that the "Super Secret Influencer" will walk away with the $100,000 and the title of The Circle season seven champion.
The circle chat opens and the final five continue to celebrate together, "Tierra" aka Antonio starts digging for information about who the "Super Secret Influencer" could be, and Madelyn, not wanting anyone to know it was her, deflects. Kevin and Gianna begin to sus out that Madelyn was likely the "Super Secret Influencer" due to her responses.
ALERT! Players will now make their final ratings to decide who will walk away as the winner of The Circle. All of the player's profile photos flash across the screen and their circle mates discuss one another's games as they decide where they will rate each other.
Immediately following the ratings, the players are all invited to one final circle chat, face-to-face. The first to enter is Kevin, directly followed by Madelyn, both of whom are the only two remaining profiles portraying themselves, leaving the final three catfish to follow. "Tierra" aka Antonio is the first catfish to join the party, Kevin and Madelyn are surprised to see Antonio, but also inferred beforehand that "Tierra" was a catfish. The three discuss why Antonio decided to come in as a catfish and who the actual Tierra is in his life.
"Rachel" aka Deb is the next to enter. The other finalists already believe her to be a catfish, as most did from the early stages of the game. Deb discloses that she chose to come into The Circle as a catfish because she didn't want to be seen as the mom and wanted to come in and play the game as a younger version of herself, and feels she succeeded.
"Gianna" is the last to make the walk. Not a single one of the other finalist expect her to be a catfish, they are all certain she is real. In walk the Scarlotta twins, the room explodes. The twins explain that the real Gianna is JoJo's girlfriend and they didn't want to come into the game as young, loud, New York guys and that "Gianna" would be a bit more palpable to the others.
The final five are now all together, Kevin and the twins give each other their respect as game players and let the others know about their end-game alliance. The brothers also confess that they painted "the perm" picture of Kevin in one of the games and referred to him as "the perm" for the majority of the season. Madelyn then divulges what most had already suspected, that she was, in fact, the "Secret Super Influencer."
The blocked players now enter in the order they were blocked - Savannah, "Andy" aka Heather, Darian, Garrett, and Jadejha. They are all visibly confused upon meeting the catfish, having no clue who they are, especially "Gianna." With the entire cast in the room, we get a few final reveals.
The Scarlotta twins let Jadejha and Darian know that they tried to keep them safe and in the game, but Kevin was truly the one behind their blockings. Darian shocks everyone when he tells the group that he was the disruptor who chose Kevin as the second influencer, which ultimately ended his game. Kevin goes on to explain that Madelyn, who was his most trusted ally, had told him Darian was coming after him; Madelyn then confesses that she lied about the whole thing, and is the reason behind Kevin blocking Darian. Madelyn also reiterates to the entire cast that "Rachel" and herself had activated a disruptor power during the season and had switched profiles for a period of time.
Cut to the reveal of the final ratings, starting from fifth.
Fifth place: Tierra aka "Antonio"
Fourth place: Rachel aka "Deb"
Third place: Madelyn
Second place: Kevin
First place: Gianna aka "The Scarlotta Twins"
The winner of The Circle season seven is catfish "Gianna" played by social media influencers Nicky and JoJo Scarlotta!