The Circle Season 8 Reveals Its Players Ahead of November 17 Hulu Premiere

Hulu has revealed the celebrity and everyday players for the eighth season of The Circle, a reality competition that opens on November 17. The premiere airs at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, which is 6 p.m. Pacific Time, according to Deadline.

The show is hosted by Tinx. The celebrity players are Layla Taylor, Hannah Brown, Dominic "Chef Dom" DeAngelis and Sasha Ferber. Taylor is a star of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Brown appeared on season 23 of The Bachelor.

Taylor is not playing alone. She is taking part with her friend Kate Racker, and the pair are catfishing, meaning they are posing online as someone they are not. In their case, they are presenting as a single man.

The civilian players are Cyrus, Gina and Yanis, Justin, Suave and Alyssa. The show does not reveal who is playing who, so the cast list is the only place to start.

Season 8 will stream three new episodes a week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, over five weeks. That gives viewers 15 episodes in total across that run. Hulu is the platform carrying the season.

The winner takes home a $100,000 grand prize.

Behind the screen, the series is produced by Studio Lambert together with Omaha Productions and Motion Entertainment. Susan House is the showrunner, the senior creative lead who oversees the day-to-day making of each episode. All3Media International handles international sales of the format and the tapes, which means other broadcasters around the world can license the show and adapt it for their own audiences.

For viewers, the schedule is the main thing to note. Three episodes a week means the season moves quickly, and the Tuesday to Thursday pattern gives a clear routine for the five weeks ahead.