TV Meet the new players of The Circle season 5 — including a Big Brother alum And they're all single and ready to hashtag mingle. By Lauren Huff Lauren Huff Lauren Huff is a writer at Entertainment Weekly with over a decade of experience covering all facets of the entertainment industry. After graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin (Hook 'em, Horns!), Lauren wrote about film, television, awards season, music, and more for the likes of The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline Hollywood, Us Weekly, Awards Circuit, and others before landing at EW in May 2019. EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 9, 2022 11:30AM EST Get ready to "send message" — a new season of The Circle is almost upon us. Netflix's social media competition is back for season 5, and the players are all single and ready to mingle. More flirting, more catfishing, more drama, and surprises await as a new set of contestants compete in challenges to earn the ultimate cash prize as top influencer. And yes, Michelle Buteau is back as the show's hilarious host and commentator. Starting Dec. 28, new episodes of The Circle will roll out each Wednesday, with different phases of the competition featured across 13 hour-long episodes: Week 1 (Wednesday, Dec. 28): Episodes 1-4Week 2 (Wednesday, Jan. 4): Episodes 5-8Week 3 (Wednesday, Jan. 11): Episodes 9-12Week 4 (Wednesday, Jan. 18): Finale Episode Fans will recall that last season, Frank Grimsley won The Circle, walking away with a grand prize of $150,000, which was more than any previous winner. Below are the first players entering this season, including Brett Robinson, who was a contestant on Big Brother 20. Three contestants are also playing as a catfish, and therefore both their real and fake names are given below. Brett Robinson Brett Robinson. Courtesy of Netflix Brian Clark a.k.a. Brittney Courtesy of Netflix Billie-Jean Blackett a.k.a. Bruno Courtesy of Netflix Chaz Lawery Courtesy of Netflix Marvin Achi Courtesy of Netflix Oliver Twixt Courtesy of Netflix Raven Sutton Courtesy of Netflix Sam Carmona Courtesy of Netflix Tasia Lesley a.k.a. Tamira Courtesy of Netflix Tom Houghton Courtesy of Netflix Xanthi Perdikomatis Courtesy of Netflix Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more. Related content: The Circle player Trevor St. Agathe talks following in his wife's footsteps as a catfish The Circle season 4 winner reveals the 'cringey' flirting you didn't see The Circle boss explains how they got two Spice Girls to play as catfish