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Season 1, Episode 0
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Air date June 12, 2011
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Audition is the sub-episode of the first season of The Glee Project, a spin-off show of Glee, where hopeful contenders compete to win a guest-starring role on the US show.

Summary[]

Over 40,000 kids show up to audition for The Glee Project - some through MySpace auditions; some through open auditions and some through both - in three different locations. Many show up with guitars, some with ukuleles and many with no instruments. Brad Ellis, Glee's pianist, fills in the music.

MySpace Auditions: Damian, Alex, Samuel, Bryce, Emily, Marissa and Matheus.

Open Auditions: Hannah, Lindsay, McKynleigh, Ellis and Cameron.

Audition Songs[]

Damian

  • Lean on Me by Bill Withers (his Myspace Audition)
  • Sway by Dean Martin (The Top 12 Audition)

Lindsay

  • Baby, One More Time by Britney Spears (The Top 12 Audition)

Alex:

  • And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going from the musical Dreamgirls (Myspace Audition)
  • River Deep - Mountain High by Ike and Tina Turner (The Top 12 Audition)

Bryce:

  • Good Action Movies by Good $ell (Myspace Audition)
  • Hey, Soul Sister by Train (The Top 12 Audition)

Samuel:

  • You Can't Always Get What You Want by The Rolling Stones (Myspace Audition and The Top 12 Audition)

Marissa:

  • Hate On Me by Jill Scott (Myspace Audition and The Top 12 Audition)

Matheus:

  • Lean on Me by Bill Withers (Myspace Audition)
  • Baby, One More Time by Britney Spears (The Top 12 Audition)

Emily:

  • Valerie by The Zutons, covered by Mark Ronson ft. Amy Winehouse (The Top 12 Audition)

Hannah:

  • Unknown

McKynleigh:

  • Hey, Soul Sister by Train (The Top 12 Audition)

Ellis:

  • Don't Rain On My Parade from the musical Funny Girl (First Audition)
  • Sway by Dean Martin (The Top 12 Audition)

Cameron:

  • Love Can Wait by Cameron Mitchell (First Audition and The Top 12 Audition)

Trivia[]

  • Ali Stroker's audition video is featured on the start of this episode for an extended period of time. She is starring on the second season of The Glee Project. Ali was actually called back for the first season, but gave up the opportunity to be the female lead in a local musical.
  • Someone else had Cameron's spot in the top 12 but couldn't be there.
  • Aylin auditioned for the first season but wasn't called back.
  • McKynleigh auditioned with some friends but she was the only one that was in the top 12.
  • Jennifer 'J-Fo' Foster, who appeared in this episode but did not make the top 12, as well as Eric Sequera from Season 2:The Final 14, were later cast as one of the Adam's Apples in Season Four Episode 11 of Glee, Sadie Hawkins.
  • In Tenacity (season one) the bottom three had to sing the songs they auditioned with.
  • Dominic Barnes who previously played an extra in Season 2, later played Trent - one of the Warblers on Glee, can be seen singing "Hate on Me" on an audition tape, in this episode, but didn't make the cut

Videos[]

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Cameron Mitchell's Audition for The Glee Project- Love Can Wait

Glee's_Damian_McGinty's_(Rory)_Original_Audition_for_The_Glee_Project

Glee's Damian McGinty's (Rory) Original Audition for The Glee Project


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