The Glee Project

The Glee Project
Format Interactive reality talent show
Created by Ryan Murphy
Presented by Robert Ulrich
Judges Ryan Murphy
Robert Ulrich
Zach Woodlee
Nikki Anders
Ian Brennan
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 10
Production
Executive producer(s) Michael Davies
Shauna Minoprio
Ryan Murphy
Dante Di Loreto
Producer(s) Ryan Murphy
Location(s) Los Angeles
Running time 44 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel Oxygen
Original run June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) – present
Chronology
Related shows Glee
External links
Website

The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the Fox TV series Glee, and the prize for the winner is a seven-episode arc in the following season of the show. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011, and aired a two-hour extended premiere where the first hour showed the audition process and selection of the twelve contenders, and the second hour was the first episode of the series. The Canadian and UK premieres were also in the same two-hour extended format: in Canada, the series began airing on Slice on June 26, 2011, and in the UK, the series began airing on Sky One on July 14, 2011.

Glee executive producers Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto are executive producers for The Glee Project. Glee's casting director, Robert Ulrich, is casting director for the project.[1][2]

Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen were both proclaimed the winners of the first season, each winning a seven-episode arc. Runners-up Lindsay Pearce and Alex Newell were given prizes of a two-episode arc on Glee, and Cameron Mitchell, who quit the competition in episode 7, won the "fan favorite" competition and the associated $10,000 prize.[3] Pearce's two-episode arc, as a Rachel Berry-esque girl named Harmony, consisted of the season premiere episode "The Purple Piano Project" and the eighth episode "Hold On to Sixteen", while McGinty began his arc as Rory Flanagan, an Irish exchange student, in the fourth episode "Pot o' Gold". McGinty, Larsen, Pearce and Newell were tapped to sing on the 2011 Glee Christmas album, Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2.[4]

There are already reports of a second season for the show. Audition details for the second season have already been posted.[5][6]

Contents

Contest process

Each episode of The Glee Project is given an overall theme and covers events that have taken place in about the time span of a week.

Homework assignment 
Contestants are given a "homework assignment" that entails learning and practicing segments of a chosen song. At the beginning of each episode, contestants perform their respective parts of the song in front of a mystery guest judge from the Glee cast. The contestant that completes the homework best is given a one-on-one session with the guest star and a principal part in the music video.
Music video (group performance) 
Contestants then create a music video "inspired by the performances on Glee". In preparation for the music video, contestants record parts of a song in a professional studio with vocal producer Nikki (née Hassman) Anders. They also learn choreography from Zach Woodlee and/or Brooke Lipton, his assistant. The entire process is overseen by Glee's casting director Robert Ulrich.
Callbacks 
During callbacks, the bottom three are revealed. They are critiqued by Robert Ulrich and Zach Woodlee (in Ep. 8 replaced by Nikki Anders) about their performances. They are then assigned a song that they will perform in hopes of being "saved".
Last chance recital 
The bottom three of the week perform their assigned songs in front of Ryan Murphy himself. With input from Woodlee and Ulrich, a decision is made and one of the bottom three is eliminated.
Final callbacks 
Unlike most reality competition shows, contestants are not directly informed of their elimination. Rather, the bottom three are notified when "the list is up" and discover their fate as they find their name on the list. Following the final callbacks, the eliminated contestant sings lead vocals in "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne with the remaining contestants sings background vocals.

Contenders

Contender Age Hometown Result Date eliminated References
Damian McGinty, Jr. 18 Derry City, Northern Ireland Winner N/A [7]
Samuel Larsen 19 Los Angeles, California Winner N/A [8]
Lindsay Pearce 19 Modesto, California Runner Up N/A [9]
Alex Newell 18 Lynn, Massachusetts Runner Up N/A [10]
Hannah McIalwain 19 Asheville, North Carolina 8th eliminated August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07) [11]
Cameron Mitchell 21 Fort Worth, Texas 7th eliminated July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) [12][13]
Marissa von Bleicken 19 New York, New York 6th eliminated July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24) [14]
Matheus Fernandes 19 Atlanta, Georgia 5th eliminated July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) [15][16]
McKynleigh Abraham 19 Paducah, Kentucky 4th eliminated July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) [17]
Emily Vásquez 22 New York, New York 3rd eliminated June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26) [18]
Ellis Wylie 18 Grayslake, Illinois 2nd eliminated June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) [19][20]
Bryce Ross-Johnson 22 Westlake Village, California 1st eliminated June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) [21]

Episodes

No. Title Overnight viewers
(millions)		 Original air date Eliminated
0 "The Top 12" June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) N/A
A casting special showing the selection process of the new series. 
1 "Individuality" 0.455[22] June 12, 2011 (2011-06-12) Bryce
2 "Theatricality" 0.527[22] June 19, 2011 (2011-06-19) Ellis
3 "Vulnerability" 0.591[23] June 26, 2011 (2011-06-26) Emily
4 "Dance Ability" 0.745[24] July 10, 2011 (2011-07-10) McKynleigh
5 "Pairability" 0.810[25] July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17) Matheus
6 "Tenacity" 1.270[26] July 24, 2011 (2011-07-24) Marissa
7 "Sexuality" 0.790[25] July 31, 2011 (2011-07-31) Cameron
Note: Ryan Murphy revealed to Cameron that by withdrawing from the competition, he had saved Damian from elimination. 
8 "Believability" 0.912[27] August 7, 2011 (2011-08-07) Hannah
9 "Generosity" 0.920[25] August 14, 2011 (2011-08-14) N/A
No elimination this week 
10 "Glee-ality" 1.240[28] August 21, 2011 (2011-08-21) N/A

Runners Up and earning 2 episode arcs on Glee: Alex Newell & Lindsay Pearce

Winners of the series and earning 7 episode arcs on Glee: Damian McGinty & Samuel Larsen 

Contender progress

Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Damian RISK IN RISK IN IN IN RISK IN RISK WIN (7)
Samuel IN IN IN WIN IN IN WIN RISK RISK WIN (7)
Lindsay IN IN IN IN IN IN IN RISK W/R WIN (2)
Alex IN WIN IN RISK RISK RISK RISK IN RISK WIN (2)
Hannah IN IN IN IN IN IN IN W/O
Cameron IN IN RISK IN RISK RISK QUIT
Marissa IN IN IN IN WIN W/O
Matheus WIN RISK WIN RISK OUT
McKynleigh IN RISK IN OUT
Emily IN IN OUT
Ellis RISK OUT
Bryce OUT
Key

 WIN  The contender won the homework assignment and was not at risk of elimination.
 W/R  The contender won the homework assignment but was at risk of being eliminated.
 RISK  The contender was at risk of being eliminated.
 OUT  The contender was eliminated.
 W/O  The contender won the homework assignment but was eliminated.
 QUIT  The contender was at risk of elimination and quit the competition.
 WIN (7)  The contender won a 7-episode arc on Glee.
 WIN (2)  The contender won a 2-episode arc on Glee.

International syndication

Country / Region Channel First aired References
 Australia Eleven July 15, 2011 [29]
 Brazil Fox Brasil June 26, 2011 [30]
 Canada Slice June 26, 2011 [31]
 Japan Skachan
Fox Japan		 June 29, 2011
September 25, 2011		 [32]
 New Zealand FOUR August 8, 2011 [33]
 Philippines ETC, Jack TV June 13, 2011 [34]
Southeast Asia
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia
 Malaysia
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Republic of China
 Thailand
 Vietnam		 STAR World August 15, 2011 [35]
October 17, 2011
(Philippines)
 United States (original) Oxygen June 12, 2011 N/A
 Turkey Fox Life December 12, 2011 [36]

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