GLEE PROJECT RUNDOWN: The Top 10 Get Vulnerable

This week on THE GLEE PROJECT, the contestants were asked to get in touch with their vulnerable side. To help them reach that goal, guest star Dot Marie Jones (Coach Beiste on GLEE) offers her critiques.

The cast first receives their homework - Pink's "Please Don't Leave Me" - and after the performance Matheus is named as the most convincingly vulnerable and receives a coaching session with Dot Marie Jones. The cast is then cryptically told that they would meet with Erik White, their video director, to spill a secret. In the meantime, Lindsay continues to annoy the others with her incessant and self-centered commentary.

The contestants then must choose words to label themselves with at their most vulnerable. Hannah chooses "fat," Alex chooses "gay," Lindsay chooses "fake," Matheus chooses "small," Cameron chooses "misunderstood,"  McKynleigh chooses "black or white," Samuel chooses "rejected," Emily chooses "used," Damian chooses "numb," and Marissa initially chooses "flawed," but says she feels like it makes her feel cowardly and just before the shoot changes her sign to "anorexic."

At the video shoot, Cameron struggles with normalcy in the eyes of the production team and Emily struggles to connect emotionally. It's no surprise, then, when it's decided that Cameron, Damian, and Emily have to sing for GLEE creator Ryan Murphy before one of them is eliminated.

Cameron takes on Elton John's "Your Song." He still doesn't show much more emotion than your average rock, and Murphy doesn't see him fitting on the show because he's "too perfect". Cameron changes his clothes and performs again to more positive feedback.

Emily's assigned Bruno Mars' "Grenade," and the judges seems to enjoy it, but don't see a place for her on the show and find her too "cutesy."

Performing Elvis's "Are You Lonesome Tonight" is Damian, whose overly dramatic rendition borders on comedic rather than vulnerable. The judges, however, seem to fall in love with the drama and give him practically universal praise.

In the end, it's Emily who gets cut due to her less-than-stellar performance in the video shoot. A relieved Damian and Cameron head back to the rest of the contestants, and a tearful Emily laments what could have been in her closing interview.

From Ryan Murphy, the creator and Emmy® award-winning executive producer of "Glee," and executive producer of "Glee" Dante di Loreto, "The Glee Project" is a 10-episode competition series seeking to find the next star of "Glee" and will award one winner with the ultimate prize of a seven-episode role in season three of the hit FOX show. The series began with 12 extraordinarily talented individuals that were picked from thousands of entries, and an exhaustive nationwide and online talent search.

The series uncovers a unique group of artists from both professional and amateur backgrounds, proving every underdog has a fighting chance at stardom. Each week one contender is sent home through intensive rounds of singing, dancing and acting based on assignments. During the final ‘Last Chance Round,' the bottom three must perform for Ryan Murphy, casting director Robert Ulrich, and choreographer Zach Woodlee as they carefully assess which of them has what it takes to be one of the next new faces of the award-winning show.

 

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