The Glee Project#Contenders 2
{{Short description|Reality television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = The Glee Project Logo.png
| caption =
| creator = Ryan Murphy
| narrated = Ian Brennan
| presenter = Robert Ulrich
| judges = Ryan Murphy
Robert Ulrich
Zach Woodlee
Nikki Anders
Ian Brennan
| country = United States
| language = English
| executive_producer = Michael Davies
Shauna Minoprio
Ryan Murphy
Dante Di Loreto
| network = Oxygen
| company = Embassy Row
Ryan Murphy Productions
| first_aired = {{start date|2011|6|12}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2012|8|14}}
| runtime = 44 minutes
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 21 (plus 2 specials)
| related = Glee
| producer = Ryan Murphy
}}
The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It served as an audition for the Fox musical comedy series Glee, and the prize for the winner was a minimum seven-episode arc in the following season of the show. The show's first season premiered in the US on June 12, 2011, and concluded on August 21, 2011. In Canada, the series began airing on Slice on June 26, 2011, and in the UK, the series began airing on Sky 1 on July 14, 2011. A second season aired in the US from June 5 to August 14, 2012. In July 2013, it was announced that The Glee Project would not return for a third season.{{cite news| url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/official-glee-project-canceled-at-586159 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Lesley | last=Goldberg | title=It's Official: 'The Glee Project' Canceled at Oxygen | date=July 16, 2013}}
Glee executive producers Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto executive produced for The Glee Project. Glee{{'s}} casting director, Robert J. Ulrich, was casting director for the project, while Glee{{'s}} on-screen non-speaking accompanist, Brad Ellis, helping Ulrich coach 80 potential candidates as seen in the music segment of "The Top 12" special that led into the pilot episode of season 1.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=144302688950271¬es_tab=app_2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=191579790868205|title=Emmy® Award Winners Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto Sign On To Executive Produce Oxygen's "The Glee Project"|work=Facebook.com|access-date=January 23, 2011}}{{cite web| url=http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/about-thegleeproject|title=About The Glee Project|work=Oxygen.com|access-date=January 23, 2011}}
Contest process
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Each episode of The Glee Project was given an overall theme and covered events that had taken place in about the time span of a week. The following is how the events were broadcast.
= Homework assignment =
Contestants were given a "homework assignment" that entailed learning and practicing segments of a chosen song. At the beginning of each episode, contestants performed their respective parts of the song in front of a mystery guest judge from the Glee cast. The contestant that completed the homework best was given a one-on-one session with the guest star and a principal part in the music video.
= Music video (group performance) =
Contestants then created a music video "inspired by the performances on Glee". In preparation for the music video, contestants recorded parts of a song in a professional studio with vocal producer Nikki Anders (née Hassman). They also learned choreography from Zach Woodlee and Brooke Lipton, his assistant. The entire process was overseen by Glee{{'s}} casting director Robert J. Ulrich.
= Callbacks =
During callbacks, the top performing contestants were revealed. They were complimented on their performances and immediately called back. Then the remaining ones were critiqued by Robert J. Ulrich and Zach Woodlee, and also in the second season by Nikki Anders, about their performances. (Anders substituted for Woodlee in Ep. 8 of the first season.) Then the bottom three contestants were revealed as others were added to the callback list. They were then each assigned a different song that they will perform in hopes of being "saved".
During season 1, Nikki visited each of the bottom in their dressing/rehearsal room to provide last minute feedback and a pep talk.
= Last chance performance =
The bottom three of the week performed their assigned songs in front of Ryan Murphy himself. With input from Woodlee, Ulrich, and Anders (in the second season) a decision was made and one of the bottom three was eliminated.
During the next to last episode of each season Ryan didn't include the mentors; instead he invited co-creator Ian Brennan to join him. In the final episodes, Murphy, Woodlee, Ulrich, Anders, and Brennan were also joined by several of the guest mentors, writers, and cast members.
= Final callbacks =
Unlike most reality competition shows, contestants were not directly informed of their elimination, nor did they wait for extended tension-filled pauses to hear the results one by one. Rather, the bottom three were notified when "the list is up" and discovered their fate as they found their name on the list. Afterwards, the eliminated contestant sang lead vocals in "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne with the remaining contestants singing the background vocals.
Season one (2011)
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.
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.{{cite web|url=http://frontburner.dmagazine.com/2011/08/22/cameron-mitchell-a-glee-project-winner-after-all|title=Cameron Mitchell: A Glee Project Winner After All|first=Christine|last=Perez|date=August 22, 2011|access-date=August 24, 2011|publisher=D Magazine}} 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 was retained on the show beyond his seven-episode prize. Larsen debuted on Glee in the thirteenth episode, "Heart", as a transfer student named Joe Hart,{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glee-first-listen-glee-project-samuel-larsen-gym-class-heroes-chord-overstreet-amber-riley-288707|title={{-'}}Glee' First Listen: 'The Glee Project's' Samuel Larsen Covers Gym Class Heroes' 'Stereo Hearts{{'-}}|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter, Inc.|date=February 10, 2012|access-date=February 10, 2012}} also appearing beyond his original seven-episode stint. Newell's first appearance was in the April 17, 2012, episode "Saturday Night Glee-ver". They played Wade Adams, a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir, and appeared briefly in "Props", returning a few more times before transferring to McKinley High for the series' fourth season and becoming a series regular for its fifth season.
McGinty, Larsen, Pearce, and Newell were chosen to sing on the 2011 Glee Christmas album, Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gleethemusic.com/us/news/glee-music-christmas-album-volume-2-available-1115|title=Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Volume 2 Available 11/15!|date=October 25, 2011|publisher=GleeTheMusic.com. Sony Music Entertainment|access-date=October 27, 2011}}
=Contenders=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" style="text-align:center;" |
| Contender
! Age ! Hometown ! Result ! Date eliminated ! References |
|---|
| style="text-align:left;" | Samuel Larsen
| 19 | style="background:Goldenrod;color:#fff;text-align:center;"|Winner | {{N/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Damian McGinty, Jr.
| 18 | style="background:Goldenrod;color:#fff;text-align:center;"|Winner | {{N/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Lindsay Pearce
| 19 | style="background:red;color:#fff;text-align:center;"|Runner-up | {{N/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Alex Newell
| 18 | style="background:red;color:#fff;text-align:center;"|Runner-up | {{N/a}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Hannah McIalwain
| 19 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|8th eliminated | {{Start date|2011|8|7}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Cameron Mitchell
| 21 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|7th eliminated | {{Start date|2011|7|31}} |{{cite web|url=http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/meet-the-cast-gleeproj/cameron|title=Meet Cameron|work=thegleeproject.oxygen.com|date=June 7, 2011|access-date=June 16, 2011}}{{Cite episode|title=Individuality|episode-link=#Episodes|series=The Glee Project|network=Oxygen|airdate=June 12, 2011|season=1|number=1|minutes=22:55}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Marissa von Bleicken
| 19 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|6th eliminated | {{Start date|2011|7|24}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Matheus Fernandes
| 19 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|5th eliminated | {{Start date|2011|7|17}} |{{cite web|url=http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/meet-the-cast-gleeproj/matheus|title=Meet Matheus|work=thegleeproject.oxygen.com|date=June 7, 2011|access-date=June 16, 2011}}{{Cite episode|title=Individuality|episode-link=#Episodes|series=The Glee Project|network=Oxygen|airdate=June 12, 2011|season=1|number=1|minutes=06:19}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Miki Abraham
| 19 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|4th eliminated | {{Start date|2011|7|10}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Emily Vásquez
| 22 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|3rd eliminated | {{Start date|2011|6|26}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Ellis Wylie
| 18 | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|2nd eliminated | {{Start date|2011|6|19}} |{{cite web|url=http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/meet-the-cast-gleeproj/ellis|title=Meet Ellis|work=thegleeproject.oxygen.com|date=June 7, 2011|access-date=June 16, 2011}}{{Cite episode|title=Individuality|episode-link=#Episodes|series=The Glee Project|network=Oxygen|airdate=June 12, 2011|season=1|number=1|minutes=04:34}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | Bryce Ross-Johnson
| 22 | Westlake Village, California | style="background:#87CEFF;color:#000;text-align:center;"|1st eliminated | {{Start date|2011|6|12}} |
=Episodes=
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| style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| No. in series ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| No. in ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Title ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Original air date ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Overnight viewers ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Eliminated |
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| {{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 1 |EpisodeNumber2 = 0 |Title = The Top 12 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|12}} |Viewers = N/A |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary = A casting special showing the selection process of the new series. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Individuality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|12}} |
| }}Watched 'The Glee Project'|first=Robert|last=Seidman|work=Zap2it|date=June 21, 2011}}
|Aux4 = Bryce |ShortSummary =
Note: John Ross Bowie made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Dennis, the school photographer, in the music video. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Theatricality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|19}} |Aux4 = Ellis |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Vulnerability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|6|26}} |Aux4 = Emily |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Dance Ability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|10}} |Aux4 = McKynleigh |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Pairability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|17}} |Aux4 = Matheus |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Tenacity |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|24}} |Aux4 = Marissa |ShortSummary =
Note: Guest mentor Max Adler also made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Dave Karofsky in the music video. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Sexuality |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|7|31}} |Aux4 = Cameron |ShortSummary =
Note: Ryan Murphy revealed to Cameron that by withdrawing from the competition, he had saved Damian from elimination. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Believability |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|8|7}} |Aux4 = Hannah |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Generosity |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|8|14}} |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary =
No elimination this week |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Glee-ality |RTitle = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|8|21}} |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary =
Note: All previously eliminated contestants made cameo appearances in the music video. The eliminated contestants also sang backup for the homework assignment. Runners-up and earning 2 episode arcs on Glee: Alex Newell & Lindsay Pearce Winners of the series and earning 7 episode arcs on Glee: Samuel Larsen & Damian McGinty |LineColor = ae0342 }} |
=Contender progress=
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| rowspan=2|Contestant | colspan=10|Episode | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Samuel
|style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:lightblue;"|WIN |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:#D4AF37;"|Winner | |||||||||
| Damian
|style="background:orange;"|RISK |SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:pink;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:#00A600;"|{{white|SAVED}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:#D4AF37;"|Winner | |||||||||
| Lindsay
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:pink;"|RISK |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:yellow;"|W/R |style="background:silver;"|Runner-Up | |||||||||
| Alex
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:silver;"|Runner-Up | |||||||||
| Hannah
|SAFE |SAFE |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |SAFE |style="background:pink;"|RISK |style="background: green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:#9678B6;"|{{white|W/E}}|| style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="5"| | |||||||||
| Cameron
|style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:purple;"|{{white|QUIT}}||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="4"| | |||||||||
| Marissa
|SAFE |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:#9678B6;"|{{white|W/E}}|| style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="5"| | |||||||||
| Matheus
|style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:red;"|ELIM||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"| | |||||||||
| McKynleigh
|SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|ELIM||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"| | |||||||||
| Emily
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |SAFE |style="background:red;"|ELIM||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="7"| | |||||||||
| Ellis
|style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:red;"|ELIM||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="8"| | |||||||||
| Bryce
|style="background:red;"|ELIM||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="9"| |
;Key
SAFE The contender was not at risk of elimination.
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 sang for Ryan and was immediately safe.
RISK The contender was at risk of being eliminated.
ELIM The contender was eliminated.
{{white|W/E}} The contender won the homework assignment but was eliminated.
{{white|QUIT}} The contender quit the competition.
{{white|SAVED}} The contender was to be eliminated, but was saved due to another contender quitting.
WINNER The contender won a 7-episode arc on Glee.
{{white|HIGH}} The contender was called back without any notes.
W/H The contender won the homework assignment and was high on the main challenge.
W/L The contender won the homework assignment and was low on the main challenge.
{{white|LOW}} The contender was in risk of going to the bottom three but was ultimately safe. Used from the third episode forward when 4 people are being judged.
RUNNER-UP The contender won a 2-episode arc on Glee.
Season two (2012)
Casting for a second season was announced after the first season finale. The season pickup was confirmed on January 17, 2012, at which time it was stated that the second season would feature fourteen contestants, an increase of two from the twelve in the first season.{{cite web|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/01/17/oxygen-picks-up-second-season-of-critically-acclaimed-the-glee-project-returning-summer-2012-294002/20120117oxygen01/|title=Oxygen Picks Up Second Season of Critically Acclaimed "The Glee Project," Returning Summer 2012|publisher=Oxygen|work=The Futon Critic|date=January 17, 2012|access-date=January 21, 2012}} On January 21, 2012, Lea Michele revealed that she would be the guest mentor for the season premiere.{{cite web|last=Michele|first=Lea|title=Twitter / @msleamichele: So excited to announce that I'll be guest mentoring on the season 2 premiere of the Glee Project!|url=https://twitter.com/msleamichele/status/160917609334849538|date=January 21, 2012|access-date=January 21, 2012}} Other guest mentors would include season 1 co-winner Samuel Larsen (Joe Hart), Cory Monteith (Finn Hudson), Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez), Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester), Amber Riley (Mercedes Jones), Chris Colfer (Kurt Hummel), Dianna Agron (Quinn Fabray) and returning season 1 mentors Darren Criss (Blaine Anderson) and Kevin McHale (Artie Abrams).{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glee-project-season-2-mentors-jane-lynch-chris-colfer-amber-riley-season-4-scoop-334912|title='The Glee Project' Adds Jane Lynch, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley as Mentors|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 8, 2012|access-date=June 8, 2012}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/kevin-mchale-glee-project-mentor-341531 |title=Kevin McHale Returning as 'Glee Project' Mentor (Exclusive)|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=June 26, 2012|access-date=June 26, 2012}}
The second season premiered in the US on June 5, 2012, and ran for eleven weeks, concluding on August 14, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2012/04/25/oxygen-media-increases-original-programming-by-50-percent-382104/20120425oxygen01/ |title=Oxygen Media Increases Original Programming by 50 Percent |publisher=Oxygen|work=The Futon Critic|date=April 25, 2012|access-date=April 25, 2012}} There was one winner for the season: Blake Jenner won the seven-episode arc on Glee. He made his first appearance in the fifth episode of season four, "The Role You Were Born to Play", as a McKinley student named Ryder Lynn.{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/glee-blake-jenner-ryder-spoilers-finn-385326 |title=Glee{{'s}} Blake Jenner Previews Ryder's Dyslexia and Finn as His 'Role Model{{'-}} |first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 1, 2012|access-date=November 10, 2012}} He was a recurring character for 18 episodes on season 4 and was promoted to series regular on season 5.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4296357/|title=Blake Jenner|website=IMDb|access-date=10 April 2018}} Ali Stroker, the runner up, also made an unexpected first appearance in the fourth season episode, "I Do", as Betty Pillsbury.
Dani Shay, who was the third person eliminated, was previously a contestant on America's Got Talent (season 6) going as far as the quarter-finals.
=Contenders=
=Episodes=
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| style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| No. in series ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| No. in ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Title ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Original air date ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Overnight viewers ! style="background: #ae0342; color: #fff;"| Eliminated |
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| {{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber = 12 |EpisodeNumber2 = 0 |Title = The Glee Project Season 2: The Final 14 |Viewers = N/A |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary = A casting special showing the selection process of the second season.
Note: Judges Robert Ulrich and Zach Woodlee made cameo appearances as themselves in the music video. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Individuality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|6|5}} |Aux4 = Maxfield |ShortSummary =
Note: Iqbal Theba made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Principal Figgins in the music video.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/iqbaltheba/status/210450324266287105|title=@IqbalTheba Did my eyes deceive me or was there a Figgins cameo in #TheGleeProject music video last night? // @jasonbres #TheGleeProject No, ur eyes did not deceive u :-)|first=Iqbal|last=Theba|work=Twitter|date=June 6, 2012|access-date=June 6, 2012}} |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Dance-ability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|6|12}} |Aux4 = Taryn and Dani |ShortSummary =
Note: Taryn withdrew from the competition prior to the homework assignment. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Vulnerability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|6|19}} |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary =
No elimination this week |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Sexuality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|6|26}} |Aux4 = Tyler |ShortSummary =
Note: Mary Gillis made a cameo appearance reprising her role as Mrs. Hagberg in the music video. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Adaptability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|3}} |Aux4 = Mario |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Fearlessness |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|10}}{{cite web|url=http://features.oxygen.com/schedule?date=2012-07-10|title=Oxygen Television Schedule Page|work=Oxygen|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=June 26, 2012}} |Aux4 = Charlie |ShortSummary =
Note: Rock Anthony made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Rick "The Stick" Nelson in the music video. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 19 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Theatricality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|17}} |Aux4 = Nellie |ShortSummary =
Note: For the music video, each contestant was assigned the role of a musical icon: Abraham played David Bowie, Ali was Katy Perry, Aylin was Madonna, Blake was Boy George, Lily was Cyndi Lauper, Michael was Elvis, Nellie was Britney Spears and Shanna was Lady Gaga. |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 20 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Tenacity |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|24}}{{cite web|url=http://features.oxygen.com/schedule?date=2012-07-24|title=Oxygen Television Schedule Page|work=Oxygen|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=June 26, 2012}} |Aux4 = Abraham |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 21 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Romanticality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|7|31}} |Aux4 = Shanna |ShortSummary =
Note: Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme accompanied the contenders on guitar during the homework assignment. Iqbal Theba made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Principal Figgins in the music video.{{cite web|url=http://features.oxygen.com/videos/The%20Glee%20Project/Season%202/Music%20Videos/vid:18844411|title=TGP2 Music Video 209: We Found Love |work=Oxygen|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=July 27, 2012}} |LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 22 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Actability |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|7}} |Aux4 = Michael and Lily Mae |ShortSummary =
|LineColor = ae0342 }}{{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 23 |EpisodeNumber2 = 11 |Title = Glee-ality |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2012|8|14}} |Aux4 = N/A |ShortSummary =
Note: Damian McGinty made a cameo appearance reprising his role as Rory Flanagan in the music video, as did all the previously eliminated contestants from the second season. The eliminated contestants also sang backup for the homework assignment.{{cite web|url=http://features.oxygen.com/videos/The%20Glee%20Project/Season%202/Sneakpeeks/vid:18942096 |title=TGP2 Sneakpeek 211: They're Back! |work=Oxygen|publisher=NBCUniversal|access-date=August 13, 2012}} Winner of the series and earning a 7-episode arc on Glee: Blake Jenner |LineColor = ae0342 }} |
=Contender progress=
| class="wikitable" align=center style="text-align:center" | ||||||||||
| rowspan=2|Contestant | colspan=11|Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Blake
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:#b32425;"|{{white|FIRST}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:pink;"|RISK |SAFE |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:yellow;"|W/R |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:#D4AF37;"|WINNER | ||||||||||
| Ali
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |SAFE |style="background: green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:pink;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:teal;"|{{white|W/F}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:silver;"|RUNNER-UP | ||||||||||
| Aylin
|style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:silver;"|RUNNER-UP | ||||||||||
| Lily Mae
|SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:aqua;"|W/H |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="3"| | ||||||||||
| Michael
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background: green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:#9678B6;"|{{white|W/O}}|| style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="3"| | ||||||||||
| Shanna
|style="background:teal;"|{{white|W/F}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |SAFE |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="4"| | ||||||||||
| Abraham
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:lime;"|W/L |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background: blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:orange;"|RISK |SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="5"| | ||||||||||
| Nellie
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background:lime;"|W/L |style="background:#b32425;"|{{white|FIRST}} |style="background:pink;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"| | ||||||||||
| Charlie
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:yellow;"|W/R |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="6"| | ||||||||||
| Mario
|SAFE |SAFE |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="7"| | ||||||||||
| Tyler
|style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:orange;"|RISK |style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="8"| | ||||||||||
| Dani
|style="background:blue;"|{{white|HIGH}} |style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="9"| | ||||||||||
| Taryn
|style="background:green;"|{{white|LOW}} |style="background: purple;"|{{white|QUIT}}||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="9"| | ||||||||||
| Maxfield
|style="background:red;"|OUT||style="background:darkgrey;" colspan="10"| |
;Key
SAFE The contender was not at risk of elimination.
WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was not at risk of elimination.
{{white|FIRST}} The contender was called first on the callback list.
W/H The contender won the homework assignment and was HIGH on the main challenge.
{{white|W/F}} The contender won the homework assignment and was first called back on the list.
{{white|HIGH}} The contender was called back without any notes.
W/L The contender won the homework assignment and was LOW on the main challenge.
W/R The contender won the homework assignment but was at risk of being eliminated.
{{white|LOW}} The contender was in risk of going to the bottom three but was ultimately safe.
RISK The contender sang for Ryan and was immediately safe.
RISK The contender was at risk of being eliminated.
OUT The contender was eliminated.
{{white|W/O}} The contender won the homework assignment but was eliminated.
{{white|QUIT}} The contender quit the competition.
WINNER The contender won a 7-episode arc on Glee.
RUNNER-UP The contender was crowned a runner-up.
International syndication
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| style="background:#B0C4DE;"
! Country / Region ! Channel ! First aired ! References |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{AUS}}
| Eleven | July 15, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{BRA}}
| June 26, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{CAN}}
| June 26, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{FRA}}
| W9 | February 29, 2012 (canceled after episode 2) |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{JPN}}
| Skachan | June 29, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{NZL}}
| FOUR | August 8, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" | {{PHL}}
| June 13, 2011 |
| STAR World
| October 17, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{POR}}
| Fox Life | November 25, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | 20px Southeast Asia {{HKG}} {{ROC}} | August 15, 2011 |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{TUR}}
| Fox Life | December 12, 2011 |[http://www.foxlife.com.tr/thegleeproject The Glee Project] |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{UK}}
| Sky 1 | July 13, 2011 |{{cite web|title=Sky1 searches for a new star of Glee |url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/us-series/glee/interviews/sky1-searches-for-a-new-star-of-glee/13237 |work=What's On TV |publisher=IPC Media |date=July 5, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2012}} |
| style="text-align:left;" | {{USA}} (original run)
| Oxygen | June 12, 2011 | {{N/a}} |
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