Last night (October 18) saw the grand finale of The Circle series 2. Paddy was crowned players' champion, Tim was voted the public's winner and host Emma Willis got confused and thought she was still hosting Big Brother. Bless her.

So now that everyone has left their flats and walked down those blue corridors (which are actually on their own separate floor, FYI) for the last time, what's going to happen to the building? Will the rooms start popping up on Zoopla? Will it be demolished?

Nope, they are gearing up to start filming another series very, very soon.

Series 2
Channel 4

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If you cast your minds back to last year, you'll remember it was announced that Netflix was going to make an American, a Brazilian and a French version of The Circle.

At the time, we all assumed that they would be filmed in their actual countries, but nope! It's all being done in the same Salford block as the UK version.

Digital Spy understands that pre-production on the Brazilian version is about to start right away, and the French version is next on the list.

But that American version? It's already been filmed.

Sammie and Tim
Channel 4

We have no idea how it's going to work with pre-recorded footage and the show going out on a streaming service rather than broadcast TV, but it does mean that the big red N could drop an 'ALERT!' on us at any time now.

Honestly, we've just recovered from the drama of the UK one, we're not sure we can take any more.

You can catch up on The Circle series 2 on All4 now.


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