'The Circle' Season 5 Is Coming Right Up — and Shubham Is Back, Baby!

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers for Season 4 of The Circle.

Netflix's addictive reality competition series The Circle is all about creating connections — real or fake. Contestants don't meet each other face-to-face, but they're tasked with putting their best face (or catfish identity) forward in a fun game of social media strategy.

Frank Grimsley chose to compete as his authentic self from the start of The Circle Season 4, and his plan paid off. He walked away with the victory and the $150,000 prize. It seems like just yesterday that we were meeting The Circle's Season 4 contestants for the first time!

Thankfully, Netflix has our backs and has already renewed The Circle for a fifth season — and this one has a fun twist! Read on to learn more.

Season 5 of The Circle is coming right up! Here are the dates you're gonna want to add to your calendar:

• Dec. 28, 2022 — Episodes 1–4
• Jan. 4, 2023 — Episodes 5–8
• Jan. 11, 2023 — Episodes 9–12
• Jan. 18, 2023 — Finale

As Distractify previously reported, the streaming platform renewed The Circle for Seasons 4 and 5 at the same time back in the fall of 2021.

There's another detail you should know: The Circle cast for Season 5 is all singles (and some people pretending to be singles)! OG fans will be especially excited to learn that Shubham from The Circle Season 1 is going to be on Season 5 as well. We're guessing the all-single twist for Season 5 will lead to some of the best flirting and drama we've seen yet.

Five seasons about contestants just trying to present their best social media selves? What's so fun about that, you ask? At the heart of The Circle are the contestants themselves. We can all relate to wanting to be liked and validated on social media, so it's always interesting to see that reflected with real people on-screen.

For example, the reason why Frank won our hearts was his genuine spirit. He told us exactly who he was from the second he introduced himself in The Circle Season 4, Episode 1, and he demonstrated the truth of his character throughout the whole season with his actions.

It wasn't a huge shocker in the slightest that he was declared the winner. Although it's a somewhat campy reality show, the core message is a positive one. Sometimes the best way to win is by being yourself.

Yes, Trevor St. Agathe almost won his bet with his wife DeLeesa that he could win as a catfish, just like she did in The Circle Season 2. However, Trevor did technically win as himself in Season 2, because DeLeesa catfished her fellow contestants as him!

So in a way, Trevor also won by being his authentic self.

You can stream all four seasons of The Circle now on Netflix.