The Glee Project — Page 3

This is my third attempt to post in this thread.

I fixed the link - thanks for letting me know. Sometimes my computer at home doesn't copy links.

Alex's final three performance definitely saved him but I think next week's "Sexuality" theme will be a challenge for him.

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I'm still kinda shocked over last night's episode. I honestly did not expect anyone to quit. I felt they were playing up Ryan's "So you're quitting comment?" in the previews as a red herring. In my opinion that's something you wouldn't want to give away the week before the episode aired. So when Cameron actually did decide to go home and saved Damian by doing so I was surprised. Both by the quiting and by Damian being the one not called back.

What is it that they see in Alex that is soooo amazing? He's talented - I'll give him that but he keeps being put in the bottom week after week for legimate reasons. If he wins what'll they name is character - Kurcedes?

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I had a feeling that Cameron would be the one to quit especially when I saw the theme was going to be sexuality. I figured that would just push him right over the edge.

I can't stand Alex and in my opinion he has overstayed his welcome by about 6 episodes.

I can't stand Alex and in my opinion he has overstayed his welcome by about 6 episodes.

You're too kind. I'd say 7.

Alex is in NSMC's Tarzan as an "offstage voice". Allegedly, the audition was April 7 and the show finished shooting April 12.

I was looking at the Spoiler page I linked to previously in this thread and burst out laughing. Someone had stated that Lindsay was rumored to be leaving in the "Generosity" episode because she's not very generous. It's been deleted now. But I got a laugh out of it.

Damian's Blog

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I keep on forgetting that but he could have thrown it.

I just found the whole reasoning on his part ('standing up for what he believes in') to be really calculating. There was no way he articulated his laundry list of reasons without talking to, and perhaps taking direct pointers from, his parents. Not like we never had a puritanical reality show contestant who milked their beliefs for fame before. I could see Cameron's whole reasoning that if he quit he would still open a door to a Christian music fan base or at least the same people who totally bought the Jonas brothers wearing purity rings.

Because the spoiler streak got broken there has been a lot of panic/speculation over who gets eliminated next. People got word before the episode that somebody actually did quit but it was pretty easy to nail down who were the possibilities, especially when the episode is called 'Sexuality'. The teasers say it is a fan favorite/surprise elimination this week, I take that distinction with a grain of salt, which has put people into a total tizzy.

The problem, Jay, is that the same spoilers of the final 2 I got came from the exact place where there was a screw up from the last episode through everybody off. But of course, the final two could still be intact and I still come off looking spotless!

There was three side characters announced and some speculation a non-winner from the show could still have a chance being on the show. Only one side-character fits the description. The others sound like Archie Comics characters, and yes, one is a potential Mercedes boyfriend contender. Bubba, a football player (shock!) is his name and the other is Sugar (who cannot sing.... yeah that was her actual description). Sugar's attributes are of a Mean Girl stirring up trouble.

The character who could fit is a character named Sheila who is a badass all tatted up and described as a 'Joan Jett' personality. For some reason I cannot envision this character without seeing Lindsay though she could totally be a Sugar candidate.

I'm trying to guess who won the homework assignment based on the music video. I'm thinking Hannah or Samuel but leaning more toward Samuel.
The Only Exception

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You'd think she'd at least know it from Kristin Chenoweth on Glee...

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Whew! Let's review **SPOILERS**:

The only reason Hannah is a shock is because of how it was edited. Lindsay and Samuel got creamed, mostly for a culmination of stuff they did and said over the last few weeks, by the judges feedback with Ryan Murphy. Hannah's discussion with the judges was pretty cheery. That said, her vocals were terrible. Winning the homework assignment is just not a good omen for the gingers on the show. Marissa was the precedent that winning the HW assignment or being a first time bottom 3 does not make you safe for the week.

I was warming up to Lindsay, she knows what is up competition-wise, but I am guessing she is not going to win with the way she is getting edited. Nikki for the second straight week was really critical, but this week more damming about her personality. I have a hard time believing the way she is being portrayed is that of a Glee Project winner.

Speaking of which, when Ryan saw Lindsay as a Dianna-Lea hybrid, I could not believe a bulb did not light up in his head with an 'Aha!' moment. Honestly, a villain who is evil and talented, is more appealing than another Queen Bee cheerleader or, what Ryan wanted to see, another underdog for New Directions. Bring me a Veronica Lodge for McKinley High, please! Lindsay does not necessarily have to be that person but I think Ryan Murphy's conundrum of this show staying fresh is getting pretty obvious.

Samuel definitely did not come off well during the bottom 3 which worried. The performance was.... underwhelming and I did not enjoy the Mick Jagger movements. I agree with Lindsay, Samuel is a bit one-note in expression. That said, I wish Ryan had a much better approach about the Samuel-Cameron issues with their family and Christianity. Cameron turtled out and acted heroic when Samuel, even though I completely understand why people were upset about his comments from last week, owned up to it but did not stop the show in its tracks because of it. His interactions with the judges seemed most informal yet even less natural than Lindsay. Sam came off like an American Idol contestant who thought he nailed the audition while Simon Cowell's eyes rolled off the table.

I think Alex did well vocally but he was lucky Nikki saved him by telling Robert and Zack about him remembering his father during the shoot. How could he not have jumped into that state of mind, unrequited love that is same-sexed, immediately?

Updated On: 8/7/11 at 10:24 PM

Seeing as Damien has 70 percent of the vote on the show's website, is the result now a foregone conclusion?

Also, I see they've already put out a casting call for The Glee Project 2 - I didn't even know there was to be another season!
I've enjoyed the show, but I think one gimmick casting is enough.

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Updated On: 8/15/11 at 08:41 PM

No problem, strummergirl - as you said, you were right! And perhaps even more so if they are picked off in order next week (?) rather than just announce the winner.

I think I'll be happy whoever wins (assuming I don't have to worry about Alex...), but I think at this point I've joined the majority by cheering for Damien. I think the winner will be decided by more than what we actually see on the show though - up to this point the decision was based with one eye (I imagine) on what was best for The Glee Project rather than the main show...but next week is obviously the big one!

And I wonder if the fact of another Glee Project reduces the chances of seeing anyone but the winner on the show - it would take away some tension next season if the contenders thought they might end up on the show regardless.

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Yep nobody eliminated.

And seeing that Ian Brennan replaced Robert and Zack at the judges table, and he is also in the judges table next week for the finale, it seemed this episode was used for him to observe what he can do as a writer for these contenders as potential characters. Brennan, however, mainly specializes in Sue and Brittany, but I believe the other main writer, Brad Falchuk, was tied up in his other show he is doing for FX. I think Ryan wanted a close confidant to see for himself what the potential is with these four instead of him making a snap judgment in the final episode.

I actually thought Ian was an effective judge. I felt like they needed somebody new at the judges table every episode instead of Ryan, Zack, and Robert. I definitely believe if that was the case with this whole season that the final four could have looked a bit different.