‘What just happened?!’ The Circle 2021: Fans go wild over tense final as Natalya is crowned the winner after catfishing Manrika into believing she was a MAN called Felix
The third series of the Circle came to an explosive end on Friday night as Natalya was crowned the winner and scooped the £100,000 prize money.
Her win was all the more mind-blowing as she had spent her entire time on the show catfishing Manrika into believing she was a man named Felix.
Viewers at home went wild over Natalya’s victory and the revelation that Manrika’s ‘boyfriend’ was actually a woman, with one fan simply asking: ‘What just happened?’
Victorious: The third series of the Circle came to an explosive end on Friday night as Natalya was crowned the winner and scooped the £100,000 prize money
Host Emma Willis was on hand to announce the winner, with the vote coming down to the wire between Natalya, 30, and Manrika, 24.
And after the result was revealed, a stunned Natalya, who successfully tricked every player in the game with her fake identity, remarked: ‘I must play a good man!’
She added: ‘If I was me, I would have been gone. I had to be the perfect man. What I see everyday at work is what I created.’
In a cruel twist of fate, it was Manrika’s rating of ‘Felix’ that edged the win for Natalya.
Duped: Her win was all the more mind-blowing as she had spent her entire time on the show catfishing Manrika (pictured) into believing she was a man named Felix
Natalya, aka Felix had entered the social media reality show in episode five and successfully duped everyone in the game from the get go, none more so than Manrika, who struck up a ‘relationship’ with Felix.
And after weeks of trusting and seemingly falling for ’29-year-old soldier’ Felix, Manrika finally came face-to-face with her beau in seriously tense and awkward scenes.
Manrika was left stunned by the revelation and though she got up to give Natalya a hug, she soon confronted her over her actions.
She said: ‘As a woman did you not for one second feel bad playing with someone’s emotions? Why would you even start it?
Winner! Host Emma Willis was on hand to announce the winner, with the vote coming down to the wire between Natalya, 30, and Manrika, 24
‘You should have cut it off because I could have been very emotionally invested.’
Natayla then apologised for what she did, with recruitment consultant Manrika seemingly forgiving her.
Watching the final unfold, viewers were quick to share their thoughts on Natalya’s victory as well as their reactions over Manrika finally learning the truth.
‘Natalya played the player, deserved to win it all’ commented one viewer.
While another remarked: ‘YES NATALYA! Unexpected, but we’ll deserved.’
Reactions: Watching the final unfold, viewers were quick to share their thoughts on Natalya’s victory as well as their reactions over Manrika finally learning the truth
‘Manrika’s rating actually securing the win for Natalya is the plot twist you could not even write. THIS SHOW IS THE BEST’, shared a third.
‘Tbh Natalya played an ICONIC game being Felix and did truly deserve to win so’ commented a fourth.
A fifth gobsmacked viewer simply asked: ‘what just happened.’
‘Manrika not only got mugged off by a catfish, but her vote actually made them win £100k loooool’ shared a sixth.
With another adding: ‘Manrika deciding to vote tactically in the end and therefore securing the win for Felix is actually the most mind-blowing ending you could’ve ever imagined for this series’
The Circle is available to stream on demand on All 4.