Season Two

	Season Two
Began	June 5, 2012
Ended	August 14, 2012
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Season Two is the second season of The Glee Project. It will air in the summer of 2012 Source.

About

Season two of The Glee Project will return with Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto continuing as executive producers, along with series executive producers Michael Davies and Shauna Minoprio of Embassy Row. During the eleven week run of the series, The Glee Project contenders will be narrowed down through intensive rounds of homework assignments, singing, dancing and acting-based assignments as the creative forces of Glee carefully assess who has what it takes to be one of the next new faces of the award-winning show. Murphy will once again join casting director Robert Ulrich and choreographer and Glee co-producer Zach Woodlee in the final deliberations of each installment of the series. Vocal coach Nikki Anders, who mentored the contenders on-air in season one, joins the judging panel in season two each week as a permanent member. Additionally, continuing with the format of season one, Glee series regulars will appear on The Glee Project as guest mentors, including Lea Michele (Rachel Berry on Glee) in the show’s premiere episode.

Casting

Open casting calls for season two took place in Chicago, Nashville and New York, in addition to a competitive online search.

The possible audition songs were:

The Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga
You and I by Lady Gaga
I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
Drops of Jupiter by Train
Unchained Melody by Righteous Brothers
Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
Ordinary People by John Legend
This Kiss by Faith Hill
Out Here on My Own from the musical Fame

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 music video is shot by video producer Erik White and 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, Zach Woodlee, and 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, Ulrich, and Anders, 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 on a segment of "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne with the rest of the contestants as backup.

Contenders

Contenders	Age	Hometown	Result	Date Eliminated
Ali Stroker	24	New York, NY	N/A	N/A
Aylin Bayramoglu	19	Chicago, IL	N/A	N/A
Blake Jenner	19	Miami, FL	N/A	N/A
Lily Mae Harrington	18	Cape Cod, MA	N/A	N/A
Michael Weisman	18	Chicago, IL	N/A	N/A
Shanna Henderson	21	Auburn, AL	OUT	July 31, 2012
Abraham Lim	24	Queens, New York/San Diego, CA	OUT	July 24, 2012
Nellie Veitenheimer	19	Tacoma, WA	OUT	July 17, 2012
Charlie Lubeck	22	Chicago, IL	OUT	July 10, 2012
Mario Bonds	24	Lanham, MD	OUT	July 3, 2012
Tyler Ford	21	Boca Raton, FL	OUT	June 26, 2012
Dani Shay	23	Orlando, FL	OUT	June 12, 2012
Taryn Mai	22	Detroit, MI	QUIT	June 12, 2012
Maxfield Camp	22	Nashville, TN	OUT	June 5, 2012

Contestant Progress

This table is for results and contestants are in alphabetical order until contestants are evicted.

Episode	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ali	IN	IN	LOW	IN	RISK	IN	WIN	WIN	IN
Aylin	RISK	IN	IN	IN	WIN	RISK	IN	LOW	RISK
Blake	IN	HIGH	HIGH	IN	RISK	IN	IN	HIGH	WIN
Lily Mae	LOW	RISK	RISK	IN	IN	WIN	RISK	RISK	HIGH
Michael	IN	IN	IN	RISK	IN	LOW	LOW	RISK	LOW
Shanna	WIN	IN	IN	LOW	IN	IN	IN	HIGH	OUT
Abraham	IN	WIN	IN	IN	RISK	IN	RISK	OUT
Nellie	IN	LOW	WIN	HIGH	RISK	RISK	OUT
Charlie	IN	IN	RISK	WIN	RISK	OUT
Mario	LOW	IN	RISK	IN	OUT
Tyler	RISK	RISK	IN	OUT
Dani	IN	OUT
Taryn	LOW	QUIT
Maxfield	OUT

IN The contender was not at risk of elimination.
WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was not at risk of elimination.
WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was first on the callback list.
WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was cited as needing improvement but was not at risk of elimination.
WIN The contender won the homework assignment, but was at risk for elimination.
HIGH The contender was first on the callback list and not at risk of elimination.
LOW The contender was cited as needing improvement but was not at risk of elimination.
RISK The contender had to do a Last Chance Performance and was at risk of being eliminated.
RISK The contender had to do a Last Chance Performance but was not at risk of being eliminated.
OUT The contender was eliminated.
QUIT The contender quit the competition.

Callback order

Ryan's callback order
Order	Episodes
Order	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1	Shanna	Blake	Blake	Nellie	Aylin	Lily Mae	Ali	Ali	Lily Mae
2	Charlie	Michael	Abraham	Blake	Shanna	Ali	Shanna	Shanna	Ali
3	Ali	Aylin	Michael	Mario	Michael	Shanna	Blake	Blake	Michael
4	Michael	Shanna	Shanna	Aylin	Lily Mae	Blake	Aylin	Aylin	Aylin
5	Blake	Charlie	Aylin	Abraham	Blake	Abraham	Michael	Lily Mae	Blake
6	Abraham	Mario	Tyler	Ali	Nellie	Michael	Abraham	Michael	Shanna
7	Nellie	Ali	Ali	Lily Mae	Ali	Nellie	Lily Mae	Abraham
8	Dani	Nellie	Nellie	Shanna	Charlie	Aylin	Nellie
9	Mario	Abraham	Charlie	Charlie	Abraham	Charlie
10	Lily Mae	Tyler	Lily Mae	Michael	Mario
11	Taryn	Lily Mae	Mario	Tyler
12	Aylin	Dani
13	Tyler	Taryn
14	Maxfield

OUT The contestant was eliminated

WON The contestant won the homework assignment that week.

LEFT The contestant left the competition

WINNER The contestant won the competition

Episodes

Title	Original Airdate	U.S. Viewers (in millions)
Individuality	June 5, 2012	0.389
Lea Michele and Ryan Murphy are guest mentors in the first episode of the second season of the Glee Project. The fourteen sing Born This Way as their homework assignment and Shanna is chosen as the winner. The group perform Here I Go Again as their music video and the bottom three are picked out - Aylin, Tyler and Maxfield. Aylin sings Without You, Tyler sings ABC and Maxfield sings Always on My Mind. In the end, Maxfield is eliminated. He sings Keep Holding On with the other contestants before he leaves.
Dance-ability	June 12, 2012	0.474
Samuel Larsen guest mentors in the second episode of the second season of the Glee Project. The thirteen sing We Got the Beat as their homework assignment and Abraham is chosen as the winner. The group perform Party Rock Anthem as their music video. The judges thought that the video shoot was absolutely terrible. The bottom three are picked out- Dani, Tyler, and Lily . Dani sings Landslide, Tyler sings Daniel and Lily sings Man, I Feel Like a Woman. In the end, Dani is eliminated. She sings Keep Holding On with the other contestants before she leaves.
Vulnerability	June 19, 2012	0.487
Cory Monteith guest mentors in the third episode of the second season of the Glee Project. The eleven remaining contenders sing My Life Would Suck Without You as their homework assignment and Nellie is chosen as the winner. The group perform Everybody Hurts as their music video, impressing the mentors with their acting skills. The bottom three are picked out - Lily Mae, Charlie and Mario. Lily sings Mercy, Charlie sings Fix You and Mario sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow. The mentors decide to not eliminate anyone, leaving the three to fend for another week. The three sing Keep Holding On together happily as the episode ends.
Sexuality	June 26, 2012	0.640
Naya Rivera guest mentors for the provocative fourth episode of the second season of the Glee Project. With the revival of the Sexuality theme, the eleven contenders sing I Wanna Sex You Up. Naya compliments many, but Charlie wins the homework assignment, and is awarded a stand-out moment in the music video Moves LIke Jagger/Milkshake. The video shoot goeswell, with several unexpected contestants rising or falling to the challenge. In the end, Charlie (for directing his peers), Tyler (for fading to the background), and Michael (for continuously forgetting the lyrics) are in the Bottom 3. Charlie sings I Get a Kick Out of You, Tyler sings Smile and Michael sings Lucky. In the end, Tyler was eliminated and he sings his rendition of Keep Holding On.
Adaptability	July 3, 2012	0.495
Kevin McHale guest mentors for the fifth episode of the second season of the Glee Project, where the contenders are forced to adapt to a number of situations. The contenders are forced to each perform a solo of You Oughta Know in a twist, and Kevin picks Aylin as the winner. The group perform Price Tag as their group number, not learning of the song until recording, and learning choreography on set. In another twist, a bottom six is chosen instead of three, so they perform duets - Nellie & Blake sing "Waiting for a Girl/Boy Like You", Ali & Abraham sing "Last Friday Night" and Charlie & Mario sing "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". Abraham, Charlie & Mario are picked as the Bottom 3, and Mario is eliminated. He sings Keep Holding On as the episode closes.
Fearlessness	July 10, 2012	0.507
Jane Lynch guest mentors for the sixth episode of the second season of the Glee Project. With the new theme ‘Fearlessness’, the nine remaining contenders sing Now That We Found Love. After being chosen as homework winner, Lily Mae has a featured moment in the music video, in which the contenders are being slushied, the mash-up Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another. In the end, Aylin, Charlie and Nellie find themselves in the bottom three. Aylin sings Take A Bow, Charlie It's Not Unusual and Nellie If I Were A Boy. After doing four last chance performances in a row, Charlie is eliminated from the Glee Project and has to sing Keep Holding On.
Theatricality	July 17, 2012	0.342
Grant Gustin guest mentors for the seventh episode of the second season of the Glee Project. With the revival theme being Theatricality, the eight remaining contenders sing I Hope I Get It. Ali is chosen as the homework winner, where she'll have a featured in the music video. The music video, When I Grow Up will be about grocery store clerks fantasizing about becoming rock stars. Each contender is assigned a different pop star for the song. In the end, Nellie, Abraham, and Lily are in the bottom three. Nellie sings I'm the Only One, Abraham sings Stereo Hearts, and Lily sings Someone Like You. After doing two solo last chance performances and one duet last chance performance, Nellie is eliminated from The Glee Project and has to sing Keep Holding On.
Tenacity	July 24, 2012	0.357
Glee Diva, Amber Riley guest mentors for the eighth episode of the second season of the Glee Project. The theme of Tenacity is revived, and the 7 remaining contenders perform Survivor for her. Ali is chosen as the homework winner for the second week running. The music video, Eye Of The Tiger requires the contenders to suffer through a series of stunts for the shoot, and do it all in one shot, meaning if someone messes up, the shoot starts again. In the end, Abraham, Michael & Lily Mae are in the bottom three. Abraham sings Man In The Mirror, Michael sings Brick and Lily Mae sings I'm The Greatest Star. In the end, Ryan eliminates Abraham, and he sings Keep Holding On before leaving.
Romanticality	July 31, 2012	0.339
Romantic Darren Criss mentors for the ninth episode of the second season of the Glee Project. A new theme is introduced; Romanticality. The remaining contenders perform More Than Words for him in pairs. Blake is chosen as the homework winner for the first time. The music video is We Found Love, and the contenders will perform in pairs once more. Half of the contenders struggle, while other clearly show chemistry between them and their partner. Aylin, Blake, and Shanna are in the bottom three. Aylin sings The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Blake sings Losing My Religion, and Shanna sings What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger). In the end, after performing only one last chance performance, Shanna is sent home. She sings Keep Holding On before she leaves.
Actability	August 7, 2012	TBA
TBA

Trivia

On the 3rd of July, The Glee Project received it's first 'Trend' on Twitter, this being 'Nellie and Blake' after Nellie and Blake performing waiting for a girl/ boy like you.