At the beginning of the final episode of The Celebrity Circle, we knew that both Denise and Rachel were off to block 2 celebrities face to face, before we found out who made it to the final 5. Denise went to block Kim a.k.a Baga Chipz face to face, and Rachel blocked Peter a.k.a Charlotte Crosby face to face, which meant that Big Narstie, Will, Saffron, Rachel and Denise all made it to the final 5!
When Pete & Sam went to visit Charlotte, she asked whether she played a good Peter, and Pete told her that he 'genuinely thought it was him' with Sam adding that they thought she was in an alliance with Denise, and that's why they got her out! Denise spoke with Baga Chipz, admitting that the banter was flowing, with Baga explaining that Kim is somebody you can have fun with, admitting that they are really good friends on the outside anyways! Denise explained that the reason Baga was blocked, was because she wasn't sure if it was somebody being a caricature of Kim, explaining that she kept signing off with kisses and 'love Kim' which made her realise that it wasn't Kim...and that's not how you would communicate in an ordinary conversation!
Charlotte wanted to know who the boys thought was fake, ith the boys revealing that Kim was fake! Peter said that 'everyone's real apart from us' with Charlotte quickly stating that Will is fake, but Big Narstie is real as he was able to get a question right about Celebrity Coach Trip, an answer which nobody else would know apart from Big! Rickie & Melvin a.k.a Will said 'we made it, no one came in' as they realised they weren't going to be blocked in the double blocking! Baga Chipz wanted to know if Peter was real, and Denise replied that she's known Peter for years...but Rachel has gone to see him, revealing that he'd been blocked from the game. Baga said that she 'thought you were gonna go after Big Narstie' adding that he might put Denise at the bottom of the ratings board!
The final 5 were told that they had all made it to the final, and they were all reminiscing on the journey that they had so far! Will explained that 'yesterday was a rollercoaster of a day' and Denise revealed that she couldn't believe Kim was actually Baga Chipz! Big Narstie also said that he has 'no idea why they kept me here', adding that it might all be part of the gameplan. Before the 2 recently blocked celebrities were revealed to the celebrities, Saffron said that she was 'pretty confident it's Will and Big Narstie' with Will thinking it was Big Narstie end either Kim or Peter. The newsfeed was updated, and the celebrities were seconds away from finding out who was the first player blocked, with Denise saying 'I think it is Peter, but I could be surprised' and Big Narstie asking 'is it Peter?'. Peter was revealed as the first celebrity blocked from the game, and 'Peter' was in fact Geordie Shore's Charlotte Crosby! She admitted that it was a 'kick in Peter Andre's balls that I've left, before the final. there's a lot of genuine people left in here, but there might be one more catfish' to which Will replied it blow his mind. Rachel admitted that Charlotte did them a favour, because people could now believe that Rachel is one of the genuine players left and Denise said that she was 'completely fooled' and it now re confirms the fact that Rachel is th real deal because they've both been themselves in the game. The second player that got blocked from The Celebrity Circle was Kim a.k.a Baga Chipz, who managed to pull off a really good Kim Woodburn accent to which Will believed, and after it was revealed that Baga Chipz was playing as Kim, Saffron said 'I literally think I'm in a different game to everyone else' as she didn't realise that Peter and Kim would have been blocked! Baga's video included the fact that 'some of you thought I was Kim...I wish you all the best, but just be careful and watch out for those catfishes'. Big Narstie stated that Baga deserves an oscar or an award for the performance in the game. The Circle revealed that there would now be no more blockings, and told the final 5 that they are the finalists in The Celebrity Circle!
Rachel was incredibly excited that she got to the fina, Big Narstie said 'base, we made it!' and Saffron said 'I don't even think I can do my makeup!'...well you need to look presentable when you go and meet the other celebrities! Pete, 1/2 of Rachel Riley admitted that he felt that he, Sam and the framed image of Rachel were a family, and then The Circle chat opened! Big Narstie said that he definitely didn't want to speak first, and after Saffron's quite excitable message saying she was feeling so happy to have made the final, Big Narstie added that he thought she was too perfect, but 'maybe she is perfect!'. Pete, 1/2 of Rachel also said that he is going to find it hard being a man again, with Sam, the other 1/2 saying he's never been a man...and then we saw Rickie & Melvin a.k.a Will playing an incredibly tense game of chess!
Rachel started a private chat with Big Narstie to which Big Narstie's initial reaction was 'now I'm nervous' and Rachel revealed that Charlotte had spoken about the show that she and Big Narstie were in today. Big Narstie said 'thank you Charlotte, you put in a good word for me!' and Rachel's plan was to just continue being nice to everyone until the end...but in the final message to Big Narstie Sam suggested they send something underneath, maybe a question, which Pete agreed on, and they sent a message along the lines of 'we still need to find one more catfish...all this makes my head hurt'. Sam added that they wanted Big Narstie to tell them what he thought, rather than giving out too much information!
The final game which the celebrities played was called 'The Golden Circle' which was almost like the Golden Globes, as correctly pointed out by Pete, but The Circle's edition! Big Narstie read out that the ceremony awards were about to begin but stated he was underdressed. The first category was 'best performance' with Big Narstie thinking it was him as he was playing as a catfish, Denise added that she thought she should win as she was dressed as a massive c*ck and ended up getting out of breath. Will voted for Denise, Saffron voted for Big, but with Denise, Rachel and Big Narstie all voting for Will, he won the first round. In the second round, the celebrities were voting for who was 'most likely to be my friend after The Circle'. Will voted for Big Narstie, Saffron chose Rachel, Big Narstie chose Denise, Denise chose Rachel and Rachel chose Denise which meant that both Denise and Rachel won the second award! The final category was 'most genuine player'. Big Narstie voted for Saffron, and both Saffron and Rachel voted for eachother. Denise voted for Rachel and Will chose Denise, which meant that both Rachel and Saffron won the final award! Denise was shocked that both Rachel and Big Narstie had voted for Saffron, explaining that she thinks Rachel is playing a game, which she wasn't expecting, adding 'but if you wanna play a game, we'll play a game'. Pete, 1/2 of Rachel Riley said that he felt like the ceremony was a 'bi test, and we might have failed a little bit!'.
The game was nearl up, and it was the final time for the celebrities in The Celebrity Circle to make their ratings, to decide who was going to be the first winner of the game! Will questioned whether he should rate strategically. We heard some of the comments that the celebrities made, but we didn't know which player they were talking about. Some of Big Narstie's anonymous comments included that he was funny, strong, always had a part to play and also played a good game. Will was described by the other players as not beign real from the beginning, too much space talk and one of the players decided to put him in 1st place as they know the other's wouldn't. Denise's comments included that she had been true to herself, people will think she deserves to win...but she's also seen as a threat! The other players described Saffron as being the player one of them got to know the least, she played too many safe cards and she was a strong player as she held power. Rachel was described as not making any enemies in the game, but she's also played a bit of a game. She also hasn't had any fingers pointed at her or her game, and one of the players said it would be amazing for her to win as she's more real than fake.
Rickie & Melvin a.k.a Will decided that they would 'take our favourites list and we turn it upside down' with Denise adding that she 'could play this with m heart...but I won't because I would quite like to win'. Some of the final comments from the celebrity players included Will admitting that one player was the most fun, but also had the most conflicts, Rachel said out of everyone, somebody deserved to win...but she didn't want to put somebody at the top because they were a threat, and Big Narstie explained that one of the players ticked all the boxes, but he couldn't suss things about her! Saffron explained that one of the decisions she made would not be to make her popular, but that it might help her odds of winning. Denise's final comment was 'I thought we were friends' with Saffron admitting that she felt bad, and Denise wishing her luck to all of the players! They were told that 'it's time to get ready to meet eachother face to face at the final dinner' and Denise explained that she didn't know what to wear, Saffron admitted she was nervous and Big Narstie stated that time is up, and it was time to go to the last supper! The final thoughts from Saffron was that she thought 'Rachel seems to be the most genuine compared to every other person', Will said it will be nice to see Denise and say hi, as she knows them, and Pete made a deal with Sam, saying 'If Will is fake, you give SU2C£500, and if he is real, I will! Big Narstie also said 'I think I'm the only catfish, and everyone really believes it's me now!'
Denise was the first player to go to the dinner, admitting that is was posh and exciting, but she said 'I feel like I've been stood up on a date'. She was sooned joined by Rachel a.k.a Pete & Sam who she immediately questioned who have you been pretending to be?', with both of the boys admitting that they felt terrible because Denise was actually real. Denise admitted to the boys that she knws Rachel really well, and she was so convinced that it was really her. Denise said that Big Narstie could potentially be Rickie & Melvin as they're both into grime music, and when they entered the room next, Denise said 'I told you so!', with both of the boys shocked that they were playing as Big Narstie...but Melvin quickly said 'Wait no, we're Will!' and they were all completely baffled. Both Rickie & Melvin and Pete & Sam admitted that from the offset, Denise was a good player, and both admitted that they tried to get her out, but also said that she was really good at working out the catfishes.
Up next to enter the dinner was Saffron, with Rickie & Melvin saying that they were on her side from the very beginning, adding that she played a great game, but the fact they had their suspicions on whether she was real. Saffron said that she thought Rachel was Rachel. She also revealed that she decided to keep Denise at the beginning because she didn't think Denise was actually Denise, and that it would benefit her game to have a girl by her side! Denise, Pete & Sam, Rickie & Melvin and Saffron were all patiently waiting to see if Big Narstie was in fact Big Narstie, and when Lady Leshurr entered, Rickie & Melvin jumped in shock, with the rest of the players joining in by hugging and congratulating eachother for making it this far! Lady Leshurr said she was most shocked by Rachel not being real, admitting that she was easily persuaded and also played the game very safe from the beginning. She also said she had her doubts about Will as there was too much galaxy talk. She also addressed the 'elephant in the room' of why she had her suspicions about Saffron, and repeatedly voted to block Saffron when nobody else did. She said that she thought Saffron was fake, because if Duncan was real and Saffron put him up, that he would have gone to see her, and from that point on, Saffron agreed that everyone thought she would have been a catfish. Saffron added 'I'm terrible at working our catfish' with Pete adding, 'whatever happens tonight, we thought we were going to go first'. Denise said 'If I don't win, I'm going to be fuming!'.
Each of the 5 players walked to the studio where they met the host Emma Willis who had a short interview with all the players, including those who had already been blocked from The Celebrity Circle. She asked Nadia, 1/2 of Gemma Collins what she loved the most about the show, and Nadia replied that she and Kaye had lived in a flat together many years ago, so it brought back the memories of that. Duncan James said it was the most fun thing he had ever done, but there were so many mind games, including your own mind playing tricks on you, as you're questioning everything that you're doing. Emma asked 'who do you think will be triumphant?' adding that the only thing with the show is that it wasn't long enough, which Pete quickly replied to saying 'it was long enough for me!'. Sam said that if he and Pete win, they're getting matching Rachel Riley tattoos! Rickie & Melvin a.k.a Will admitted that the show had been phenomenal, especially as they were allowed to be absolutely random and crazy. They added that they spoke to Will before the show to try and help them through the process, and that his advice was to play on anything thrat people said, and make it bigger or go a step further.
The boys admitted that they were proud of the rap battle that they competed in with Lady Leshurr, as they had to prepare lyrics in such a short amount of time, stating that they aren't officially rappers. Emma asked the boys whether their hats and glasses were to help them channel their inner Will or if it was just their clothes, and Rickie admitted that the props did help. Emma also gave her opinion that Denise was literally like Sherlock Holmes as she was easily able to identify the catfish, especially Gemma Collins being fake. Emma asked Lady Leshurr about why she thought Denise was fake, admitting that Lady Leshurr said she watched Denise growing up but that it didn't sound like her, adding 'what Denise have you grown up with?'. Lady Leshurr also revealed that she thought Gemma was Gemma, and she would have loved it to be her because of her character, her ora and she says things how they are. Saffron described her type of playing style as wanting to be like the girl next door, adding that 'If I don't lie, there's nothing to slip up on'. She also said she didn't want to get involved with any drama although she did sometimes get dragged into it, and she also said that she will have this experience for the rest of her life!
Emma's final little chat was with Pete & Sam, a.k.a Rachel Riley and Emma Willis revealed that 'when I heard you 2 were going in to be Rachel Riley, I thought you would only last 5 minutes' with Rickie & Melvin adding that they played really well. Pete said that he's serious and also quite competitive and said that Sam's just a nice person adding the flavour or seasoning. He added that anything funy was Sam, and anything intelligent was probably him - even with they did sometimes slip up accidentally typing 'our' and 'we' rather than 'I' as pointed out by Emma! Sam also added that Pete got his whiteboard out on Day 2! Emma asked whether Rickie & Melvin struggled at any point, and Melvin replied saing he couldn't have done it without Rickie' He added that he'd do the cleaning and Rickie would clean, and Emma also revealed to the rest of the celebrities that Melvin would clean the flat before every blocking just to make sure that whoever came to visit, didn't think that they were messy...and then nobody came to see them! There was one final alert on the screen which read that 'it's time to announce the first winner of The Celebrity Circle' with Lady Leshurr saying 'I need the toilet, but I'm going to try and hold it'.
In 5th place was Will, a.k.a Rickie & Melvin...
In joint 3rd place was Rachel Riley , a.k.a Pete & Sam and Denise Van Outen!
This meant either Saffron Barker or Big Narstie, a.k.a Lady Leshurr were going to be crowned the first winner of The Celebrity Circle!
Pictured Above: Lady Leshurr who played the game as 'Big Narstie' and Saffron Barker who played the game as herself
It was Big Narstie who won, with Rickie & Melvin asking 'how would Big Narstie celebrate?' with Lady Leshurr replying 'Base!'. It was a great 6 part series and I'm so happy I was able to watch it from start to finish, write my daily reviews on the show and see such amazing celebrities raising so much money for such an important cause...Stand Up 2 Cancer! Until the 2nd series of The Celebrity Circle, thank you for watching, and I *should* be back tomorrow night with a review of the first day in The Circle UK, Series 3!
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