We found out at the beginning of this episode that Gemma had less than 24 hours to complete her mission of trying to get Billy blocked from The Circle, which she said she was hoping to try and complete within 12 hours. She started a group chat with Manrika and Tally called '2 geezer birds and the blonde one' with Manrika instantly asking whether she would call herself a bird, adding that 'Gemma's a man!'. Gemma asked whether either of the girls had any catfish suspicions and Manrika shouted 'YOU!' at the screen. Tally admitted that she had her suspicions about Billy, saying that '#BillyAintBilly', with Manrika adding that only a mother would choose the picture that was chosen yesterday. Gemma went on to explain that she's spoken to Syed and Andy, and they all agreed that Billy is actually his mum, and Tally was glad that she saw a different side of Gemma as she was able to get involved with the banter. Felix said that his aim was to build more alliances, Syed admitted he was starting to feel calm and whether people think he is a catfish or not, people like him, and Vithun explained that he needs to have more conversations with people and then he'll be able to get others to open up a bit more. Gemma explained that she was focused on her goal, needed to get these people on board, explaining she had '12 hours and counting'.
Syed invited Felix to a group chat and Manrika seemed to be the topic of discussion. Felix asked if he had Syed's blessing, as the Circle Uncle, and Syed admitted that he was setting up a guy with a girl that he liked...but needed to ask some important questions including whether he had a stable income, his height, whether he has a degree and if he is a virgin. Syed added that he always gets asked these questions and it's so awkward to answer, admitting that he doesn't think Felix is a catfish and he seems like a really nice guy. Felix added that he's only been in the game for a few days, and he's already got a girlfriend, an arranged marriage and an Uncle! Billy invited Gemma to a private chat to ensure that he's secured Gemma as a friend and an ally, and Gemma wanted to see if Billy would go into 'mum mode' by explaining that she misses her mum, to which Billy replied 'you tried to put me on the pot Gemma', adding htat he knew exactly what she was trying to do. Billy opened up and said that he's close with Vithun, which led to Gemma admitting that she thinks Dorothy is a catfish, but Billy replied by saying Dorothy is at the top of his list...
The next game that the players were involved with was called 'Sketchy Circle' which Manrika added 'there's definitely some sketchy people in here', and both Manrika and Felix were the team captains; Manrika of Team Pink and Felix of Team Blue! Manrika's team consisted of Tally, Gemma and Syed, and on Felix's team was Andy, Vithun, Billy and Dorothy. There were 3 different rounds which involved film titles, song titles and book names, and both Manrika and Felix had to draw their given phrase/word for their teammates and see which team could guess the right answer first. Manrika stated 'my drawing skills are diabolical' but her team still managed to win 2-1 and were treated with a sketched photograph of their profile picture in a frame! Felix said 'I don't wanna play anymore' and Manrika explained that 'everyone knows the team to be on is mine, I am a circle winner!
Gemma decided to put her detective skills to use by inviting Felix and Dorothy to a group chat called 'Welcome Newbies' and explained that she seemed to be getting on well with both Manrika and Tally, and wanted to know who they were both getting on with. Felix explained that he slowly feels like he's becoming part of the circle family, and admitted that he's getting on well with the boys and also had a private chat with Manrika, adding that he didn't know the meaning of this chat. Gemma explained that she had a private chat with Billy, and decided to twist his words by explaining to Dorothy that she was no.1 on his catfish list. Felix explained that he thought Gemma was trying to trap him, adding that he does it all the time...and after that conversation, the players had to rate eachother from 1st to 6th, and although both Felix and Dorothy could rate the other players, they were both immune from the next set of ratings! Andy explained that he was in danger of having too many people that he liked and Gemma explained that she needed Tally or Manrika as an influencer, and if Vithun or Billy was there then it's game over for her! In the ratings we found out that Gemma had put Tally 1st, Tally chose Manrika as her 1st option, Dorothy also chose Manrika as her first option and both Vithun and Syed both chose Andy as their number 1 player. Gemma chose Manrika as second place, Andy chose Gemma as second, Vithun chose Billy for second and right down towards the bottom was Tally's rating of 5th for Billy, Manrika's rating of 5th for Gemma, Andy's rating of 6th for Billy and Gemma's rating of 6th for Vithun. Once the ratings were complete, Andy exclaimed 'and so the nerves begin!'.
Billy decided to start a final private chat with Andy, talking about football and more specifically West Ham players, with Andy asking him who his favourite three players were. After listing some of the players, Andy said 'this is feeling dangerously legitimate', adding that he thinks Gemma might have lied to him. Billy said that it sounded like 2 mates who were at the pub, and they've just realised they have a common interests. In the ratings, we found out the players rated from 7th to 1st...:
7th - Billy
4th - Gemma/Syed/Vithun
3rd - Tally
2nd - Andy
1st - Manrika
During the influencer discussions, Andy decided that he couldn't block Syed and they both seemed to agree on keeping Vithun with Andy stating he was an 'absolute keeper'. Manrika was shocked that there were 2 brummies up here are influencers of The Circle and fought for keeping Tally in the game. Andy explained that the blocking was between Gemma and Billy, with Manrika adding that 'if I'm being honest, everything about Billy shouts catfish'. Andy admitted that it was a done deal thrat Billy was going to be blocked, but he said to himself that he wanted to give Billy a chance. Gemma stated that this was either a 'move on or pack your bags' kind of situation, and both Andy and Manrika came to a final decision for who they wanted to block, but as per usual we were left on a cliffhanger and we don't find out until tomorrow's episode!
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