The Glee Project (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 10 - Glee-ality - full transcript
So here's what you missed
on "the glee project"
Out from 40000 contenders
just 12 made to the
glee project campus.
At the last 9 weeks
there's fights
You'd make me upset
all the time.
There's tears...
Some made friends
while others made enemies.
Don't frickin'
blame this on me, ok?
They all wanted to win.
I want to
win this competition
More than I want to breathe.
But not everyone
could take the pressure.
Maybe this isn't for me.
Now we're down to
the final four.
-Wow.
-It's scary.
Lindsay's tired of ryan
Saying she doesn't have
a personality onstage.
He was completely wrong
about me.
And meanwhile, because sam
avoided the bottom three
For so long, it kind of
bit him in the ass.
I just found out that ryan
wants me to be vulnerable.
Sam, that was week three...
vulnerability.
Alex is super-talented but he
could also be super checked-out,
Which is super frustrating
for the mentors.
We're going for a job here.
Damian has grown a lot,
But he already plucked
his four-leaf clover
When cameron saved him
from going home.
Obviously the judges
don't like me that much.
They're willing to send me home.
Now the final contenders
lay it all on the line
In hopes of winning
a seven-episode
Guest-starring role on
season three of glee.
Find out whose dream
will become a reality
On the season finale of...
[laughter]
"gleeality!"
"final" in capital letters.
Oh, what a perfect song!
We finally get to do
don't stop believin'.
[intro to don't stop believin']
It's glee's, like,
signature song,
And it's just perfect.
♪ shout out ♪
'cause we haven't stopped
believing this entire journey.
♪ boulevard,
their shadows... ♪
I'm not about to stop
believing now,
Being that it's the final week.
I like what you and I just did.
Yeah.
I thought that was cool.
With the singing and, like,
just singing to each other.
Now I've got to fight,
And this is when it counts
more than ever.
And I'm not about to back down
whatsoever.
I have to get this.
How do you not be glee
When you're singing
this song?
I consider myself
a great character for glee.
There's nothing that's gonna
stop me from getting it
Because I've been through
so much in this competition,
So I'm willing to fight for it.
-That is actually
really weird that one person
Is gonna be walking away
with the grand prize.
I want to win
and I'm not ashamed
To finally just be like,
you know what?
Yeah, I do want to win
and Yeah, it is a competition
And I love these people, but
they are who I have to beat,
And I will be fine with it.
-"gleeality!"
-what is glee about?
I think it just means they
want to see who they think...
-We can be on the show.
-Fits for the show.
Not who's good,
who's glee.
The four of us
Are extremely close
to being on glee.
I want to work on glee.
I want to sing,
week in, week out.
I want to act.
Top four.
I want this so much.
I really do.
Who is our guest
gonna be?
[school bell rings]
Our guest
has just walked in.
-Oh, my gosh!
-Oh, I knew it!
-Oh!
-Hi, guys.
Oh, for god's sake.
It is the one and only
mr. Ryan murphy.
-How are you?
-Oh, my gosh!
-If we weren't nervous before,
we're certainly nervous now.
So this is it-the final week
of the glee project.
At the end of the week,
one of the four of you
Will have n a seven-episode
guest-starring role on glee.
For the final
homework assignment,
We chose a song which has
a very special place
In the hearts of everyone
who loves glee...
Don't stop believin'.
You're all in
don't stop believin' red.
[laughter]
And you know, that song
to me is the show,
Which is kind of why we saved
the best for last in a way.
The stakes are high today
when you perform it.
Without further ado,
are you ready to get into it?
-Yeah.
-ok, let's do it.
[intro to don't stop believin']
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ just a small town girl ♪
♪ livin' in a lonely world ♪
-Wait, stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Stop, stop.
Did you guys work on
choreography or anything?
Did you work on movement?
-Mm-mm.
-We did, but not...
It just seems flat.
Um, I think you need some help.
Hold on a minute.
Let me get somebody.
Dah-dah!
[overlapping shouting
and cheering]
I'm back, gleeatch.
[cheering and laughter]
-Coming back for
the final episode,
I had some hesitance
to be here
And to, like,
get involved again.
But when I got here, I realized
this show has made me
Into a performer, you know,
and I owe everything to it.
[laughter]
-It's incredible to see
everybody, you know,
But hannah and cameron,
I'm just so happy to see them.
[laughs]
As far as the final four,
Obviously us contenders
That did not make it
as far as they are
Are of course
jealous of them.
I mean, who wouldn't be?
But, you know, obviously
I'm happy for all of them.
-So are you guys
ready to do this now?
And I won't interrupt
this time.
Here we go.
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ just a small town girl ♪
That's better!
-♪ livin'
in a lonely world ♪
♪ she took a midnight train
goin' anywhere ♪
♪ just a city boy ♪
♪ born and raised
in south detroit ♪
♪ he took the midnight train
goin' anywhere ♪
♪ ♪
♪ shout out ♪
♪ some will win ♪
♪ some will lose ♪
♪ some were born
to sing the blues ♪
-♪ oh, the movie
never ends ♪
♪ it goes on and on
and on and on ♪
♪ strangers waiting ♪
♪ up and down
the boulevard ♪
♪ their shadows searching
in the night ♪
♪ streetlights, people ♪
♪ livin'
just to find emotion ♪
♪ hiding somewhere
in the night ♪
♪ don't stop believin' ♪
♪ hold on to that feelin' ♪
♪ streetlights, people ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ don't stop ♪
There you go.
-That was awesome.
-Very good.
[laughs]
-That was pretty amazing
and pretty awesome.
Great to see you guys.
You're all so talented.
Let's have the final four
come here.
-So guys, there isn't going
to be a homework winner today,
Because from this point on,
It's all about who's gonna win
the glee project.
So let's talk about the final
big group number this week.
We're taking all 12 of you
To the top of a 35-story
skyscraper in downtown l. A.
-Skidoosh!
Right on!
What?
-To perform
pink's raise your glass.
Yes!
-This final video is playing
a huge role in ryan's decision
Because all of you
Are doing a last-chance
performance this week.
-I think the key
is to just be vulnerable
And emotional
and inspirational,
And for
your final performance,
This is the first time you will
get to choose your own song.
-What?
Oh, jeez.
There's no room for mistakes
With this
last-chance performance.
We get to pick our own song,
So if you mess up,
you just look stupid.
-You really have to sort of dig
inside and make a decision
About what you want to show
and how you want to show it.
-So I'll see you guys
at the shoot.
Bye, guys.
[school bell rings]
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah ♪
-Oh, I'm so excited!
[laughs]
It's so good to see you!
-It is so good
to see zach again.
I am super excited
just to get the groove back on.
-I missed you, zach.
-I missed you.
I missed all of you.
All right, so we're on
a helicopter pad
On top of a building,
And I saw the pictures
and it looks very scary.
Maybe that's the challenge.
I don't know if that's what
they did on purpose but, um...
Push, cut.
-So yeah.
[laughs]
Sabotage.
Performing on a helipad
will be hella awkward
Because I'm scared
One of these old contenders
might push me off.
-Up, boom, point, boom, boom.
With the left, six, seven.
Now raise your, up and point,
boom boom.
-Yay, dancing.
Eh, not so much.
[laughs]
I'm just kidding.
I'm actually having a really
good time with the choreography.
It's really fun being back.
-Six, seven, with your bah,
bah, bah, hit, hit. Nice.
Who thought we'd end up
with these four?
-Good luck to half of you.
[laughs]
-It is a little weird having
everyone back.
I also feel like people
are wondering, why us?
Why are we the top four?
You know, what did they do
that I didn't do?
-All right,
a couple of things.
I really want you to make sure
That we still put
as much emphasis on this
As you would
if it were for you.
Right now, we just want
to end the season strong.
I thank you so much. I am so
happy that y'all are back.
I mean,
it was so nice to see you.
Um, and that's all.
Hug me and leave,
you sweaty animals.
[school bell rings]
Last video.
Whoo!
He's so intense and serious.
That could be his downfall.
Don't jump off the sides!
My eyes are freaking out,
Seeing all of you guys
together again.
I've missed you guys.
We've missed you.
-My husband adam, the executive
music producer of glee,
Is gonna be coming in today.
He's gonna be the one that'll be
working with whoever wins.
We'll see you in there.
This is the last chance
for these contenders,
And I hopehat they don't let
the pressure get to them.
Let's see what they got.
-Hello.
-[laughs]
-ok,
so we'll just hit it.
ok.
It's time to pull my guns out
and shoot off.
It's time to be
the last girl standing.
♪ party-just came too early ♪
[laughs]
-And too high.
♪ party ♪
-♪ party crasher,
panty snatcher ♪
-She doesn't like to be told
she's not on pitch.
♪ raise your glass for me ♪
-Good.
-She's not as versatile.
-And she does have an issue
with perfection.
-Nobody's perfect,
you know.
When you hear your voice back,
There's nothing perfect
about it, but she sounds good.
-Moving on, should we just
go ahead and give it a go?
All right.
-♪ I love
when it's all too much ♪
♪ 5:00 a. M.
Turn the radio up ♪
♪ where's the rock and roll? ♪
Nice. Well, well, well.
-I'm having the best time
of my life, you know that?
-You're making me have
the best time of my life.
-Thanks, guys. Cheers.
Thank you.
-Nobody's that nice
in Hollywood.
-But maybe they are
in ireland.
Uhh!
Hello, mr. Samuel.
Hello.
-Let's start off the verse.
-Cool.
♪ wwill never be, never be
anything but loud ♪
♪ and nitty gritty ♪
♪ um ♪
yeah.
-Just try and get more tone
out of each note.
Ok.
-♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
Hold up, hold up.
"glass" should be just
a tiny bit longer
Like you were doing it
the first time.
-Oh, ok.
♪ raise your glass ♪
-Uhh!
No, I'll get it, though.
♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
-Are you holding back
at all?
I don't know.
-Or are you giving it
all you got?
Maybe I can give it more.
I know I can do this.
I know I can.
-What up?
-hey.
How'd it go?
-The stuff that
I kept screwing up on
Was all the "come on ands,"
so fair warning.
Just prepare your
"come on ands."
Thank you. Sweet.
-It's ok.
-Awesome. Thanks.
Alex is arrogant but, like, at
this stage of the competition,
I'm so focused on winning that,
like, screw it.
Like, I'm not gonna let alex
bring me down.
-Hello, alex.
-hey, girl.
Let's just get right in.
-♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
♪ come on and come on and
raise your glass ♪
So, um, alex,
You did those "come on ands"
better than anybody else has.
♪ whoo ♪
For him to say that filled me up
with joy and happiness.
-Did she like it?
-She loved it.
She was like,
♪ ah ♪
-I feel like alex, lindsay,
and damian are doing great.
It kind of feels like
I'm the only one that really
messed up today.
I might have, you know,
blown it just a little bit.
-Now we're gonna get everybody
in and do some shouts.
ok, let's do it.
♪ raise your glass ♪
♪ ♪
♪ raise your glass ♪
Whoo! Awesome!
[school bell rings]
-Last video.
This is gonna be really big.
This is gonna be big and high
And if you guys look up
to the top of this building,
We're gonna be performing
on the roof.
Dance, fun, energy, yeah!
-yeah!
[cheering]
-I'll see you guys
in a minute.
-Oh, my.
-Gosh!
-Oh, my gosh!
-Whoo!
-Today we're on location
for the last big group number.
Each of the final four will have
a stand-out moment in the video
Where they'll be collecting
the eliminated contestants
As they make their way up to
the roof for the final scene.
This video is
the contenders' last chance
To show us and ryan
that they can pop on camera
And stand out
more than the other three.
You guys come forward.
Cross.
Don't jump off the sides!
-Let's go.
-Whoo!
♪ don't be fancy ♪
♪ just get dancy ♪
-There's a helicopter
circling around us.
L.A. Is stunning.
It's incredible.
I feel on top of the world.
I feel like a member
of the beatles.
-So ryan now is trying to find
who he can write for,
Create a character for,
And someone who can step
right into glee.
How do we think it's going?
How do you think
everyone's doing?
-I think samuel's one battle
this whole competition
Has been
being stuck in his head,
And that could be
his downfall.
-So damian-he has come so far
and he is so loveable.
Is that gonna be enough
to win the competition?
-This is where him and lindsay,
you have the exact opposite.
It's-damian does have
that accessibility.
He is the underdog.
Ryan's note to lindsay
is that he can't find her.
-Can she convince ryan
that she is relatable?
-Walk. Go ahead, walk.
You just walked off the stairs.
-Alex falls in and out of
his professional moments.
When some of
the other contenders
Are constantly
working on their craft,
Alex, sometimes
you have to bring him back
And pull him into focus.
-At one point or another,
all of these final contenders
Have struggled
in a bigger number,
And this will be their final
chance to prove to us
That they've listened
to our feedback
Over the last nine weeks.
[clack]
-Here we go.
And cue playback, please.
[beeps]
[intro to raise your glass]
♪ ♪
-♪ right, right,
turn off the lights ♪
♪ we're gonna lose
our mind tonight ♪
♪ what's the deal, yo? ♪
-Hey, what's up?
-Yo!
-♪ I love when
it's all too much ♪
♪ 5:00 a. M.
Turn the radio up ♪
♪ where's the rock and roll? ♪
-Somebody tell me now.
-Come on, girl!
♪ party crasher,panty s♪
Cool, cool, cool.
-♪ call me up
if you're a gangsta ♪
Yee-haw!
♪ don't be fancy ♪
♪ just get dancy ♪
♪ why so serious? ♪
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ won't you come on
and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
-Oh, shh!
My glass is empty.
That sucks!
♪ so if you're too school
for cool ♪
-♪ and you're treated
like a fool ♪
-♪ you could choose
to let it go ♪
-♪ we can always,
we can always ♪
♪ party on our own ♪
♪ so raise your ♪
♪ glass ♪
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all thright ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
and nitty gritty ♪
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
and nitty gritty ♪
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ won't you come on
and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
-♪ oh, raise your glass,
yeah ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ for me ♪
That is a wrap.
[cheers and applause]
-It's the last wrap of, like,
music videos that we'll ever do.
In this moment,
I'm just really happy
To see how much of a family
we've become.
I can't deal!
Now that the music video is
shot, I'm feeling so emotional.
I just want to burst out
into tears but I can't.
It's time to focus.
-I've done my best
in the music shoot.
Tomorrow I have to bring it.
I want this so much.
I'm so close.
-It's not the end.
It's only the beginning.
-Within 24 hours,
our lives will change,
And that is so much bigger
Than anything
I've ever been a part of.
[school bell rings]
-It all comes down to the four
of you standing here now.
Everything
is going to come down
To your very last-chance
performances tonight.
-From 40,000 applications down
to 12 finalists,
Through ten rounds
of homework assignments,
Choreography rehearsals,
vocal recording sessions,
Video shoots,
and last-chance performances,
It all comes down to the four
of you standing here now.
-So tonight, one of you will
win a seven-episode
Guest-starring role
on season three of glee.
Given what's at stake,
You were given the choice as
to what you would like to sing.
Lindsay,
what have you chosen to sing?
I am singing gimme gimme
From the musical
thoroughly modern millie.
-Why do you think
this is the song
That's going to show ryan
what he needs to see?
-Um, the song is actually quite
vulnerable in the beginning,
Which is what ryan
always wants to see from me.
-As you know,
at this point,
You can have
the best voice in the world,
But if you don't have heart,
it's not gonna connect.
Damian.
-I have chosen beyond the sea
by bobby darin.
Ryan has said to me
on a few occasions
That he wants me
to be a lead male
And he wants me to be lively.
-Out of the final four
competitors here,
You are not the best singer,
dancer, or actor,
But that's ok,
because ultimately,
This is about
finding the person
That ryan and the other writers
want to create a role for,
So your challenge is to make
sure that you can outshine them.
-Samuel,
what are you going to sing?
-I'm going to sing jolene
by dolly parton.
Like, I just want to sing this
song, and I don't even...
In the weirdest way, I don't
even really want to practice it.
I don't want it to be
anywhere near perfect.
I just want it to be
really organic
And I just want it to be like I
would play it at a coffee shop
And just be
in my own little world.
-Maybe instead of thinking that
you're in your own little world,
You should invite us
into your world.
-Alex,
what are you gonna sing?
-I'm singing I am changing
from dreamgirls.
It just goes along
with how I want to branch out
And to change and to do
female types of roles.
-You need to show him
you're confident
And that you're ready for this
And that you're not
a one-note character,
That you're more
than just a diva.
-Everything that you guys do
and say on the stage tonight
Could make the difference
Between winning a role that will
change your life forever
Or going home.
-We really,
really want to make sure
That all of you give
The performance of a lifetime
tonight.
-Some familiar friends
from glee
As well as
your former competitors
Will be watching
your performance tonight,
And ian brennan,
co-creator of glee,
Will be joining us again
as well.
All right,
time to get to work, guys.
We'll see you shortly.
Right.
Ah.
-Mmm!
That is a sexy guitar.
Oh, we're gonna make out.
It's on.
I need to nail my song.
I need to sing it well.
♪ but I want it ♪
I also need to show ryan
who I am
Within the span of two minutes,
So that is my challenge
and that is my goal tonight.
♪ changing ♪
I've decided to do drag for my
last last-chance performance.
It's something that I hold over
all the other competitors,
That I can change my sex
at the drop of a dime
And I can put on a dress
and look like a female
And I can put on a suit
and look like a man.
It shows my versatility.
[guitar music]
-♪ jolene ♪
The thing
with the song jolene is,
It's just all about
fighting for something,
And that's what I'm doing here.
Like, I'm fighting.
♪ please don't take him
just because you can ♪
I can admit people
are better than me here.
I'm not
the greatest singer here.
I'm not the best actor here.
But you know what?
I'm still gonna fight to win
even though,
And I think that's what this
song completely means to me.
-I need to get everything
right tonight.
You know, I need
to get the ideia right.
I need to get the performance
right,
I need to get
all the moves right,
I need to get the mood right,
the vocals right.
Everything has to be right.
-This is the biggest
performance of my life.
I've had so many different
performances in my lifetime,
But this,
this one right now is it.
-If you want to win
this competition, though,
You have to put it all
out there tonight,
Give it everything you've got
and make no mistakes.
There's no room for mistakes.
[singing]
[school bell rings]
Today is do or die.
-It is time to take the stage.
My heart is racing.
-I'm not fighting
to save myself anymore.
I'm fighting to win this.
-I know my life could change
in a matter of minutes.
-This really affirmed it
for me.
We've made our decision.
[school bell rings]
-I don't have a ton of friends
back home,
But I seriously have gained
11 of the most amazing best
friends in this whole world.
I feel so blessed and lucky
to be with you guys.
But to the four, you guys,
You guys are gonna go out
tonight and make magic happen.
-Whoo!
-Yes!
-Yay!
-Aw!
-Nikki, erik, the contenders,
and some of the guest mentors
Will be joining us for
the last-chance performances.
-This is cool. Oh, my god.
-I'm excited.
We really want their input
To help us determine
which of the four contenders
Will win the glee project.
-It is time
to take the stage.
My heart is racing.
This is the biggest performance
of my life.
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]
Hello.
I'm lindsay,
and I'm singing gimme gimme
From the musical
thoroughly modern millie.
And let's get the show
on the road.
[cheers and applause]
[intro to gimme gimme]
♪ ♪
♪ a simple choice ♪
♪ nothing more ♪
♪ this or that ♪
♪ either or ♪
♪ marry well ♪
♪ social whirl ♪
♪ businessman ♪
♪ clever girl ♪
♪ or pin my future on
a green-glass love ♪
♪ what kind of life
am I dreaming of? ♪
♪ I say ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing called love ♪
♪ I need it ♪
♪ highs and lows ♪
♪ tears and laughter ♪
♪ gimme happy ever after ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing called love ♪
♪ that thing
called love ♪
♪ I don't care
if he's a nobody ♪
♪ in my heart,
he'll be a somebody ♪
♪ somebody to love me ♪
♪ I need it ♪
♪ gimme that thing
called love ♪
♪ I want it ♪
♪ here I am,
st. Valentine ♪
♪ my bags are packed ♪
♪ I'm first in line ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing ♪
♪ called love ♪
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]
[applause]
What do you think?
-She's good.
She can really sing.
-That was the best vocal,
I think, too,
She's been
since the beginning.
-The best.
-Mm-hmm.
-And let me tell you,
mentally, that is not easy.
But I'm ready. I'm not fighting
to save myself anymore.
I'm fighting to win this.
[cheers and applause]
Hello.
I'm damian mcginty,
and for my last performance,
I'm singing a song
called beyond the sea,
And this is for hannah
and cameron, so...
-Oh, my god.
-Aw!
Let's go, boys!
[intro to beyond the sea]
Whoo!
♪ ♪
-♪ somewhere
beyond the sea ♪
♪ somewhere waiting for me ♪
♪ my lover stands
on golden sands ♪
♪ and watches the ships
that go sailin' ♪
♪ it's far
beyond the stars ♪
♪ it's near beyond the moon ♪
♪ I know beyond a doubt ♪
♪ my heart
will lead me there ♪
♪ lead me there,
lead me there soon ♪
♪ we'll meet,
I know we'll meet ♪
♪ beyond the shore ♪
♪ we'll kiss just as before ♪
♪ happy we'll be
beyond the sea ♪
♪ and never again
I'll go sailin' ♪
[cheering]
♪ no more sailin' ♪
♪ so long, sailin' ♪
♪ bye-bye sailin' ♪
♪ sailin', sailin',
sailin' ♪
♪ sailin' ♪
♪ move on over, captain ♪
Ooh!
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
-Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
-He's like a little grown-up.
He's like a little old man.
-He is.
He's like an old soul.
-But see,
I think he's so young.
-Oh, he is.
-That's what I like-his youth.
Today is do or die.
Today is where I stand
on the stage and bare my soul
And hope to god that
it translates in this music.
[cheers and applause]
-Hello.
-Hello.
How you doin'?
Uh, my name is samuel larsen.
I'm gonna sing jolene
by dolly parton.
[clears throat]
♪ ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ I'm begging of you please
don't take my man ♪
♪ your beauty
is beyond compare ♪
♪ with flaming locks
of auburn hair ♪
♪ with ivory skin
and eyes of emerald green ♪
♪ your smile is like
a breath of spring ♪
♪ your voice is soft
like summer rain ♪
♪ and I cannot compete
with you, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ please don't take him
just because you can ♪
♪ ♪
♪ now you can have
your choice of men ♪
♪ but I can
never love again ♪
♪ he's the only one for me,
jolene ♪
♪ and I had to have this talk
with you ♪
♪ my happiness
depends on you ♪
♪ do whatever you want
to do, jolene ♪
♪ ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ please don't take him ♪
♪ just because you can ♪
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
[laughs]
-Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
-I love that song.
-I do too.
-I think that he's great.
Really, really good.
He's [bleep] incredible.
Yeah.
-I'm nervous because ryan
might just want to see alex
And not the drag character.
I'm just full of emotion
And I know my life could change
in a matter of minutes.
[cheers and applause]
Hello.
I'm alex, yeah.
Um, I'm singing I am changing
from dreamgirls.
[intro to I am changing]
♪ I am ♪
♪ changing ♪
♪ trying every way I can ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ I'm gonna start right now,
right here ♪
♪ I'm hoping ♪
♪ to find a way
to understand ♪
♪ but I need you ♪
♪ I need a hand ♪
♪ all of my life, whoo,
I've been a fool ♪
♪ who said I could do it
all alone? ♪
♪ how many good friends
have I already lost? ♪
♪ and how many dark nights
have I known? ♪
♪ walking
down that wrong road ♪
♪ there was nothing
I could find ♪
♪ all those years
of darkness ♪
♪ could make a person blind ♪
♪ but now ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ I'll get my life
together now ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ yes, I know how ♪
♪ and nothing's gonna ♪
♪ stop ♪
♪ me ♪
♪ now ♪
[laughter,
cheers and applause]
Oh, that was amazing.
So what do you guys think?
-It's so hard, 'cause they're
all so likeable and adorable
And great.
-Alex was incredible.
Sam was great.
Lindsay?
-Lindsay, her voice
is incredible too.
Darren?
-Lindsay would be such
a wonderful foil to,
Like, a rachel berry kind of,
like, character.
-They're all so different
but sam's just that cool boy
That could give puck
a run for his money.
[laughs]
-Well, it's interesting,
'cause when alex came out,
It's like, I feel like he goes
with glee so well
And just represents
a whole group of people
That are never represented
on tv.
-My reason for damian is he
embodies the underdog quality.
He has a magnetic personality
that everybody has responded to.
-And erik, of the four,
who is the best actor?
The best actor was lindsay.
Whatever note I gave her, she
could pinpoint it and deliver.
Mm-hmm.
-ok,
we need you guys to step out
And we'll try and figure out
what ryan's decision is.
And then we'll
bring you back in.
Robert and nikki and I
Have been through this process
now for ten weeks,
And we've saved who we can save,
but I think at this point,
It really is
who you can carry through.
It's a great argument for damian
that, you know, yes,
He's a foreign exchange student,
but he can be brought in
And sort of groomed
into this leadership role.
-And samuel's a person
that I think
There's nobody like him on
television, not just on glee.
-And you cannot deny how
powerful lindsay is on camera.
Acting-wise, she blows
the competition away.
-And I felt tonight
was her best performance,
And I think the thing that I
wanted her to keep doing
That we said week after week
after week,
She finally did at the end.
-And I do think alex is good
or great always,
But when he is in drag,
there's something special.
That's a very brave thing.
That's a brave,
brave performance.
-And he's, like,
18 years old.
Whenever he came out,
I was fascinated by him.
-This really
affirmed it for me.
I know exactly who would fit,
Who I'd be
most excited to write to.
-ok, well,
it has been difficult,
But I think we should bring
everybody back
'cause we've made our decision.
-We've spent a lot of time
in the past week
Talking about this decision,
which has not been easy.
We've had a lot of arguments
in that writers' room
Because it's not about any of
your individual talents,
It's about the needs
of the show.
Let's just get right to it.
Lindsay, I've been hard on you
'cause I keep saying,
"who are you?
Where are you?"
And, you know, tonight
you really brought it.
You came the farthest for me
in this competition.
I think
you're just pure light.
Damian, you know,
You were sort of the whipping
boy of this competition,
But I think the thing
about you
That impressed me the most
every week is,
No matter
what we asked you to do,
You did it
with a smile on your face
And a great amount
of humility,
And I think you've gotten better
every single week.
Sam, you've always
fascinated me.
You have something about you
that's very wholesome
And yet something about you
that's very dark.
There's an intensity to you.
You sort of have this sort of
cool, indie rock spirit
That we don't have
on the show.
Alex, for me,
in this competition,
You were the most moving,
and in many ways,
I think that you sort of sum up
what the message of glee is,
Which is being yourself
against all odds, inclusion.
I really believe that you have
a great future ahead of you.
With that being said,
I have to tell you
You're not the winner
of the glee project.
-That's all right.
-ok.
Lindsay...
You're not the winner
of the glee project.
So we have you two.
It's very interesting between
the two of you and, you know,
And I've talked to the kids
on the glee sets,
And undeniably, it was always
the same reaction.
"we have to have damian
in this room.
Damian is so fun.
We love him."
You are, by far, I think,
the crowd favorite.
Your optimism, your smile,
Was very infectious
to this group of people.
And then, you know, sam, the
thing that I heard about you
Time and time again was, "sam is
a star. Sam has 'it' factor,"
Whatever "it" factor is.
So it's between
the two of you,
And it was a very difficult
decision for us and for me.
With that being said, sam,
you have won the glee project.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my god!
[laughs]
[cheering]
-You know, damian, I think
it's so hard. You're so special.
-I'm delighted for samuel,
obviously, you know.
It's hard getting so close,
but samuel deserves it, so...
-Well, you know, the thing
that I want to tell you is,
You have also won
the glee project.
Aah!
[cheers and applause]
Aah! Aah! Jesus!
Aah! Aah!
Yes, yes, yes!
Me and samuel won
the glee project.
I am lost for words.
-You both won
seven-episode arcs in glee.
You're gonna be in that choir
room with this group of kids,
And I think you're both
fantastic, and congrats.
I'm on glee.
My dream just completely
came true.
-So, you know, I want to
talk to, uh, you two,
Because it was such a hard
decision, I have to say.
We think
you're both phenomenal.
So you get something too.
What?
-I think you're both
such good actors,
So we want to write twoepisode
arcs for both of you on glee.
[cheers and applause]
-Yes! Oh!
-[laughs]
Did we all just win
a little bit?
Oh! Give me a hug.
-My world is crumbling down
before me,
But it's building up
at the same time.
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
-Thank you,
everyone that supports me,
Ause you helped me
achieve this.
You helped make me stronger
And you helped make me
more confident
And now
I get to live my dream.
Robert! Oh, man!
Thank you, glee project.
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
-I have proved so much
to myself.
The underdog can win.
A little guy from ireland can
travel 5,000 miles by himself
And win
a worldwide competition.
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
I can't believe this.
My life is incredible.
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ for me ♪
-For more information
on the glee project,
Go to oxygen. Com.
on "the glee project"
Out from 40000 contenders
just 12 made to the
glee project campus.
At the last 9 weeks
there's fights
You'd make me upset
all the time.
There's tears...
Some made friends
while others made enemies.
Don't frickin'
blame this on me, ok?
They all wanted to win.
I want to
win this competition
More than I want to breathe.
But not everyone
could take the pressure.
Maybe this isn't for me.
Now we're down to
the final four.
-Wow.
-It's scary.
Lindsay's tired of ryan
Saying she doesn't have
a personality onstage.
He was completely wrong
about me.
And meanwhile, because sam
avoided the bottom three
For so long, it kind of
bit him in the ass.
I just found out that ryan
wants me to be vulnerable.
Sam, that was week three...
vulnerability.
Alex is super-talented but he
could also be super checked-out,
Which is super frustrating
for the mentors.
We're going for a job here.
Damian has grown a lot,
But he already plucked
his four-leaf clover
When cameron saved him
from going home.
Obviously the judges
don't like me that much.
They're willing to send me home.
Now the final contenders
lay it all on the line
In hopes of winning
a seven-episode
Guest-starring role on
season three of glee.
Find out whose dream
will become a reality
On the season finale of...
[laughter]
"gleeality!"
"final" in capital letters.
Oh, what a perfect song!
We finally get to do
don't stop believin'.
[intro to don't stop believin']
It's glee's, like,
signature song,
And it's just perfect.
♪ shout out ♪
'cause we haven't stopped
believing this entire journey.
♪ boulevard,
their shadows... ♪
I'm not about to stop
believing now,
Being that it's the final week.
I like what you and I just did.
Yeah.
I thought that was cool.
With the singing and, like,
just singing to each other.
Now I've got to fight,
And this is when it counts
more than ever.
And I'm not about to back down
whatsoever.
I have to get this.
How do you not be glee
When you're singing
this song?
I consider myself
a great character for glee.
There's nothing that's gonna
stop me from getting it
Because I've been through
so much in this competition,
So I'm willing to fight for it.
-That is actually
really weird that one person
Is gonna be walking away
with the grand prize.
I want to win
and I'm not ashamed
To finally just be like,
you know what?
Yeah, I do want to win
and Yeah, it is a competition
And I love these people, but
they are who I have to beat,
And I will be fine with it.
-"gleeality!"
-what is glee about?
I think it just means they
want to see who they think...
-We can be on the show.
-Fits for the show.
Not who's good,
who's glee.
The four of us
Are extremely close
to being on glee.
I want to work on glee.
I want to sing,
week in, week out.
I want to act.
Top four.
I want this so much.
I really do.
Who is our guest
gonna be?
[school bell rings]
Our guest
has just walked in.
-Oh, my gosh!
-Oh, I knew it!
-Oh!
-Hi, guys.
Oh, for god's sake.
It is the one and only
mr. Ryan murphy.
-How are you?
-Oh, my gosh!
-If we weren't nervous before,
we're certainly nervous now.
So this is it-the final week
of the glee project.
At the end of the week,
one of the four of you
Will have n a seven-episode
guest-starring role on glee.
For the final
homework assignment,
We chose a song which has
a very special place
In the hearts of everyone
who loves glee...
Don't stop believin'.
You're all in
don't stop believin' red.
[laughter]
And you know, that song
to me is the show,
Which is kind of why we saved
the best for last in a way.
The stakes are high today
when you perform it.
Without further ado,
are you ready to get into it?
-Yeah.
-ok, let's do it.
[intro to don't stop believin']
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ just a small town girl ♪
♪ livin' in a lonely world ♪
-Wait, stop.
Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Stop, stop.
Did you guys work on
choreography or anything?
Did you work on movement?
-Mm-mm.
-We did, but not...
It just seems flat.
Um, I think you need some help.
Hold on a minute.
Let me get somebody.
Dah-dah!
[overlapping shouting
and cheering]
I'm back, gleeatch.
[cheering and laughter]
-Coming back for
the final episode,
I had some hesitance
to be here
And to, like,
get involved again.
But when I got here, I realized
this show has made me
Into a performer, you know,
and I owe everything to it.
[laughter]
-It's incredible to see
everybody, you know,
But hannah and cameron,
I'm just so happy to see them.
[laughs]
As far as the final four,
Obviously us contenders
That did not make it
as far as they are
Are of course
jealous of them.
I mean, who wouldn't be?
But, you know, obviously
I'm happy for all of them.
-So are you guys
ready to do this now?
And I won't interrupt
this time.
Here we go.
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ just a small town girl ♪
That's better!
-♪ livin'
in a lonely world ♪
♪ she took a midnight train
goin' anywhere ♪
♪ just a city boy ♪
♪ born and raised
in south detroit ♪
♪ he took the midnight train
goin' anywhere ♪
♪ ♪
♪ shout out ♪
♪ some will win ♪
♪ some will lose ♪
♪ some were born
to sing the blues ♪
-♪ oh, the movie
never ends ♪
♪ it goes on and on
and on and on ♪
♪ strangers waiting ♪
♪ up and down
the boulevard ♪
♪ their shadows searching
in the night ♪
♪ streetlights, people ♪
♪ livin'
just to find emotion ♪
♪ hiding somewhere
in the night ♪
♪ don't stop believin' ♪
♪ hold on to that feelin' ♪
♪ streetlights, people ♪
♪ oh ♪
♪ don't stop ♪
There you go.
-That was awesome.
-Very good.
[laughs]
-That was pretty amazing
and pretty awesome.
Great to see you guys.
You're all so talented.
Let's have the final four
come here.
-So guys, there isn't going
to be a homework winner today,
Because from this point on,
It's all about who's gonna win
the glee project.
So let's talk about the final
big group number this week.
We're taking all 12 of you
To the top of a 35-story
skyscraper in downtown l. A.
-Skidoosh!
Right on!
What?
-To perform
pink's raise your glass.
Yes!
-This final video is playing
a huge role in ryan's decision
Because all of you
Are doing a last-chance
performance this week.
-I think the key
is to just be vulnerable
And emotional
and inspirational,
And for
your final performance,
This is the first time you will
get to choose your own song.
-What?
Oh, jeez.
There's no room for mistakes
With this
last-chance performance.
We get to pick our own song,
So if you mess up,
you just look stupid.
-You really have to sort of dig
inside and make a decision
About what you want to show
and how you want to show it.
-So I'll see you guys
at the shoot.
Bye, guys.
[school bell rings]
♪ dah dah dah dah ♪
♪ dah dah dah ♪
-Oh, I'm so excited!
[laughs]
It's so good to see you!
-It is so good
to see zach again.
I am super excited
just to get the groove back on.
-I missed you, zach.
-I missed you.
I missed all of you.
All right, so we're on
a helicopter pad
On top of a building,
And I saw the pictures
and it looks very scary.
Maybe that's the challenge.
I don't know if that's what
they did on purpose but, um...
Push, cut.
-So yeah.
[laughs]
Sabotage.
Performing on a helipad
will be hella awkward
Because I'm scared
One of these old contenders
might push me off.
-Up, boom, point, boom, boom.
With the left, six, seven.
Now raise your, up and point,
boom boom.
-Yay, dancing.
Eh, not so much.
[laughs]
I'm just kidding.
I'm actually having a really
good time with the choreography.
It's really fun being back.
-Six, seven, with your bah,
bah, bah, hit, hit. Nice.
Who thought we'd end up
with these four?
-Good luck to half of you.
[laughs]
-It is a little weird having
everyone back.
I also feel like people
are wondering, why us?
Why are we the top four?
You know, what did they do
that I didn't do?
-All right,
a couple of things.
I really want you to make sure
That we still put
as much emphasis on this
As you would
if it were for you.
Right now, we just want
to end the season strong.
I thank you so much. I am so
happy that y'all are back.
I mean,
it was so nice to see you.
Um, and that's all.
Hug me and leave,
you sweaty animals.
[school bell rings]
Last video.
Whoo!
He's so intense and serious.
That could be his downfall.
Don't jump off the sides!
My eyes are freaking out,
Seeing all of you guys
together again.
I've missed you guys.
We've missed you.
-My husband adam, the executive
music producer of glee,
Is gonna be coming in today.
He's gonna be the one that'll be
working with whoever wins.
We'll see you in there.
This is the last chance
for these contenders,
And I hopehat they don't let
the pressure get to them.
Let's see what they got.
-Hello.
-[laughs]
-ok,
so we'll just hit it.
ok.
It's time to pull my guns out
and shoot off.
It's time to be
the last girl standing.
♪ party-just came too early ♪
[laughs]
-And too high.
♪ party ♪
-♪ party crasher,
panty snatcher ♪
-She doesn't like to be told
she's not on pitch.
♪ raise your glass for me ♪
-Good.
-She's not as versatile.
-And she does have an issue
with perfection.
-Nobody's perfect,
you know.
When you hear your voice back,
There's nothing perfect
about it, but she sounds good.
-Moving on, should we just
go ahead and give it a go?
All right.
-♪ I love
when it's all too much ♪
♪ 5:00 a. M.
Turn the radio up ♪
♪ where's the rock and roll? ♪
Nice. Well, well, well.
-I'm having the best time
of my life, you know that?
-You're making me have
the best time of my life.
-Thanks, guys. Cheers.
Thank you.
-Nobody's that nice
in Hollywood.
-But maybe they are
in ireland.
Uhh!
Hello, mr. Samuel.
Hello.
-Let's start off the verse.
-Cool.
♪ wwill never be, never be
anything but loud ♪
♪ and nitty gritty ♪
♪ um ♪
yeah.
-Just try and get more tone
out of each note.
Ok.
-♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
Hold up, hold up.
"glass" should be just
a tiny bit longer
Like you were doing it
the first time.
-Oh, ok.
♪ raise your glass ♪
-Uhh!
No, I'll get it, though.
♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
-Are you holding back
at all?
I don't know.
-Or are you giving it
all you got?
Maybe I can give it more.
I know I can do this.
I know I can.
-What up?
-hey.
How'd it go?
-The stuff that
I kept screwing up on
Was all the "come on ands,"
so fair warning.
Just prepare your
"come on ands."
Thank you. Sweet.
-It's ok.
-Awesome. Thanks.
Alex is arrogant but, like, at
this stage of the competition,
I'm so focused on winning that,
like, screw it.
Like, I'm not gonna let alex
bring me down.
-Hello, alex.
-hey, girl.
Let's just get right in.
-♪ just come on and come on
and raise your glass ♪
♪ come on and come on and
raise your glass ♪
So, um, alex,
You did those "come on ands"
better than anybody else has.
♪ whoo ♪
For him to say that filled me up
with joy and happiness.
-Did she like it?
-She loved it.
She was like,
♪ ah ♪
-I feel like alex, lindsay,
and damian are doing great.
It kind of feels like
I'm the only one that really
messed up today.
I might have, you know,
blown it just a little bit.
-Now we're gonna get everybody
in and do some shouts.
ok, let's do it.
♪ raise your glass ♪
♪ ♪
♪ raise your glass ♪
Whoo! Awesome!
[school bell rings]
-Last video.
This is gonna be really big.
This is gonna be big and high
And if you guys look up
to the top of this building,
We're gonna be performing
on the roof.
Dance, fun, energy, yeah!
-yeah!
[cheering]
-I'll see you guys
in a minute.
-Oh, my.
-Gosh!
-Oh, my gosh!
-Whoo!
-Today we're on location
for the last big group number.
Each of the final four will have
a stand-out moment in the video
Where they'll be collecting
the eliminated contestants
As they make their way up to
the roof for the final scene.
This video is
the contenders' last chance
To show us and ryan
that they can pop on camera
And stand out
more than the other three.
You guys come forward.
Cross.
Don't jump off the sides!
-Let's go.
-Whoo!
♪ don't be fancy ♪
♪ just get dancy ♪
-There's a helicopter
circling around us.
L.A. Is stunning.
It's incredible.
I feel on top of the world.
I feel like a member
of the beatles.
-So ryan now is trying to find
who he can write for,
Create a character for,
And someone who can step
right into glee.
How do we think it's going?
How do you think
everyone's doing?
-I think samuel's one battle
this whole competition
Has been
being stuck in his head,
And that could be
his downfall.
-So damian-he has come so far
and he is so loveable.
Is that gonna be enough
to win the competition?
-This is where him and lindsay,
you have the exact opposite.
It's-damian does have
that accessibility.
He is the underdog.
Ryan's note to lindsay
is that he can't find her.
-Can she convince ryan
that she is relatable?
-Walk. Go ahead, walk.
You just walked off the stairs.
-Alex falls in and out of
his professional moments.
When some of
the other contenders
Are constantly
working on their craft,
Alex, sometimes
you have to bring him back
And pull him into focus.
-At one point or another,
all of these final contenders
Have struggled
in a bigger number,
And this will be their final
chance to prove to us
That they've listened
to our feedback
Over the last nine weeks.
[clack]
-Here we go.
And cue playback, please.
[beeps]
[intro to raise your glass]
♪ ♪
-♪ right, right,
turn off the lights ♪
♪ we're gonna lose
our mind tonight ♪
♪ what's the deal, yo? ♪
-Hey, what's up?
-Yo!
-♪ I love when
it's all too much ♪
♪ 5:00 a. M.
Turn the radio up ♪
♪ where's the rock and roll? ♪
-Somebody tell me now.
-Come on, girl!
♪ party crasher,panty s♪
Cool, cool, cool.
-♪ call me up
if you're a gangsta ♪
Yee-haw!
♪ don't be fancy ♪
♪ just get dancy ♪
♪ why so serious? ♪
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ won't you come on
and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
-Oh, shh!
My glass is empty.
That sucks!
♪ so if you're too school
for cool ♪
-♪ and you're treated
like a fool ♪
-♪ you could choose
to let it go ♪
-♪ we can always,
we can always ♪
♪ party on our own ♪
♪ so raise your ♪
♪ glass ♪
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all thright ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
and nitty gritty ♪
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
♪ all my underdogs ♪
♪ we will never be,
never be ♪
♪ anything but loud
and nitty gritty ♪
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
♪ won't you come on
and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
-♪ oh, raise your glass,
yeah ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ for me ♪
That is a wrap.
[cheers and applause]
-It's the last wrap of, like,
music videos that we'll ever do.
In this moment,
I'm just really happy
To see how much of a family
we've become.
I can't deal!
Now that the music video is
shot, I'm feeling so emotional.
I just want to burst out
into tears but I can't.
It's time to focus.
-I've done my best
in the music shoot.
Tomorrow I have to bring it.
I want this so much.
I'm so close.
-It's not the end.
It's only the beginning.
-Within 24 hours,
our lives will change,
And that is so much bigger
Than anything
I've ever been a part of.
[school bell rings]
-It all comes down to the four
of you standing here now.
Everything
is going to come down
To your very last-chance
performances tonight.
-From 40,000 applications down
to 12 finalists,
Through ten rounds
of homework assignments,
Choreography rehearsals,
vocal recording sessions,
Video shoots,
and last-chance performances,
It all comes down to the four
of you standing here now.
-So tonight, one of you will
win a seven-episode
Guest-starring role
on season three of glee.
Given what's at stake,
You were given the choice as
to what you would like to sing.
Lindsay,
what have you chosen to sing?
I am singing gimme gimme
From the musical
thoroughly modern millie.
-Why do you think
this is the song
That's going to show ryan
what he needs to see?
-Um, the song is actually quite
vulnerable in the beginning,
Which is what ryan
always wants to see from me.
-As you know,
at this point,
You can have
the best voice in the world,
But if you don't have heart,
it's not gonna connect.
Damian.
-I have chosen beyond the sea
by bobby darin.
Ryan has said to me
on a few occasions
That he wants me
to be a lead male
And he wants me to be lively.
-Out of the final four
competitors here,
You are not the best singer,
dancer, or actor,
But that's ok,
because ultimately,
This is about
finding the person
That ryan and the other writers
want to create a role for,
So your challenge is to make
sure that you can outshine them.
-Samuel,
what are you going to sing?
-I'm going to sing jolene
by dolly parton.
Like, I just want to sing this
song, and I don't even...
In the weirdest way, I don't
even really want to practice it.
I don't want it to be
anywhere near perfect.
I just want it to be
really organic
And I just want it to be like I
would play it at a coffee shop
And just be
in my own little world.
-Maybe instead of thinking that
you're in your own little world,
You should invite us
into your world.
-Alex,
what are you gonna sing?
-I'm singing I am changing
from dreamgirls.
It just goes along
with how I want to branch out
And to change and to do
female types of roles.
-You need to show him
you're confident
And that you're ready for this
And that you're not
a one-note character,
That you're more
than just a diva.
-Everything that you guys do
and say on the stage tonight
Could make the difference
Between winning a role that will
change your life forever
Or going home.
-We really,
really want to make sure
That all of you give
The performance of a lifetime
tonight.
-Some familiar friends
from glee
As well as
your former competitors
Will be watching
your performance tonight,
And ian brennan,
co-creator of glee,
Will be joining us again
as well.
All right,
time to get to work, guys.
We'll see you shortly.
Right.
Ah.
-Mmm!
That is a sexy guitar.
Oh, we're gonna make out.
It's on.
I need to nail my song.
I need to sing it well.
♪ but I want it ♪
I also need to show ryan
who I am
Within the span of two minutes,
So that is my challenge
and that is my goal tonight.
♪ changing ♪
I've decided to do drag for my
last last-chance performance.
It's something that I hold over
all the other competitors,
That I can change my sex
at the drop of a dime
And I can put on a dress
and look like a female
And I can put on a suit
and look like a man.
It shows my versatility.
[guitar music]
-♪ jolene ♪
The thing
with the song jolene is,
It's just all about
fighting for something,
And that's what I'm doing here.
Like, I'm fighting.
♪ please don't take him
just because you can ♪
I can admit people
are better than me here.
I'm not
the greatest singer here.
I'm not the best actor here.
But you know what?
I'm still gonna fight to win
even though,
And I think that's what this
song completely means to me.
-I need to get everything
right tonight.
You know, I need
to get the ideia right.
I need to get the performance
right,
I need to get
all the moves right,
I need to get the mood right,
the vocals right.
Everything has to be right.
-This is the biggest
performance of my life.
I've had so many different
performances in my lifetime,
But this,
this one right now is it.
-If you want to win
this competition, though,
You have to put it all
out there tonight,
Give it everything you've got
and make no mistakes.
There's no room for mistakes.
[singing]
[school bell rings]
Today is do or die.
-It is time to take the stage.
My heart is racing.
-I'm not fighting
to save myself anymore.
I'm fighting to win this.
-I know my life could change
in a matter of minutes.
-This really affirmed it
for me.
We've made our decision.
[school bell rings]
-I don't have a ton of friends
back home,
But I seriously have gained
11 of the most amazing best
friends in this whole world.
I feel so blessed and lucky
to be with you guys.
But to the four, you guys,
You guys are gonna go out
tonight and make magic happen.
-Whoo!
-Yes!
-Yay!
-Aw!
-Nikki, erik, the contenders,
and some of the guest mentors
Will be joining us for
the last-chance performances.
-This is cool. Oh, my god.
-I'm excited.
We really want their input
To help us determine
which of the four contenders
Will win the glee project.
-It is time
to take the stage.
My heart is racing.
This is the biggest performance
of my life.
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]
Hello.
I'm lindsay,
and I'm singing gimme gimme
From the musical
thoroughly modern millie.
And let's get the show
on the road.
[cheers and applause]
[intro to gimme gimme]
♪ ♪
♪ a simple choice ♪
♪ nothing more ♪
♪ this or that ♪
♪ either or ♪
♪ marry well ♪
♪ social whirl ♪
♪ businessman ♪
♪ clever girl ♪
♪ or pin my future on
a green-glass love ♪
♪ what kind of life
am I dreaming of? ♪
♪ I say ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing called love ♪
♪ I need it ♪
♪ highs and lows ♪
♪ tears and laughter ♪
♪ gimme happy ever after ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing called love ♪
♪ that thing
called love ♪
♪ I don't care
if he's a nobody ♪
♪ in my heart,
he'll be a somebody ♪
♪ somebody to love me ♪
♪ I need it ♪
♪ gimme that thing
called love ♪
♪ I want it ♪
♪ here I am,
st. Valentine ♪
♪ my bags are packed ♪
♪ I'm first in line ♪
♪ gimme, gimme ♪
♪ that thing ♪
♪ called love ♪
[cheers and applause]
[laughs]
[applause]
What do you think?
-She's good.
She can really sing.
-That was the best vocal,
I think, too,
She's been
since the beginning.
-The best.
-Mm-hmm.
-And let me tell you,
mentally, that is not easy.
But I'm ready. I'm not fighting
to save myself anymore.
I'm fighting to win this.
[cheers and applause]
Hello.
I'm damian mcginty,
and for my last performance,
I'm singing a song
called beyond the sea,
And this is for hannah
and cameron, so...
-Oh, my god.
-Aw!
Let's go, boys!
[intro to beyond the sea]
Whoo!
♪ ♪
-♪ somewhere
beyond the sea ♪
♪ somewhere waiting for me ♪
♪ my lover stands
on golden sands ♪
♪ and watches the ships
that go sailin' ♪
♪ it's far
beyond the stars ♪
♪ it's near beyond the moon ♪
♪ I know beyond a doubt ♪
♪ my heart
will lead me there ♪
♪ lead me there,
lead me there soon ♪
♪ we'll meet,
I know we'll meet ♪
♪ beyond the shore ♪
♪ we'll kiss just as before ♪
♪ happy we'll be
beyond the sea ♪
♪ and never again
I'll go sailin' ♪
[cheering]
♪ no more sailin' ♪
♪ so long, sailin' ♪
♪ bye-bye sailin' ♪
♪ sailin', sailin',
sailin' ♪
♪ sailin' ♪
♪ move on over, captain ♪
Ooh!
[laughter]
[cheers and applause]
-Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god.
-He's like a little grown-up.
He's like a little old man.
-He is.
He's like an old soul.
-But see,
I think he's so young.
-Oh, he is.
-That's what I like-his youth.
Today is do or die.
Today is where I stand
on the stage and bare my soul
And hope to god that
it translates in this music.
[cheers and applause]
-Hello.
-Hello.
How you doin'?
Uh, my name is samuel larsen.
I'm gonna sing jolene
by dolly parton.
[clears throat]
♪ ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ I'm begging of you please
don't take my man ♪
♪ your beauty
is beyond compare ♪
♪ with flaming locks
of auburn hair ♪
♪ with ivory skin
and eyes of emerald green ♪
♪ your smile is like
a breath of spring ♪
♪ your voice is soft
like summer rain ♪
♪ and I cannot compete
with you, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ please don't take him
just because you can ♪
♪ ♪
♪ now you can have
your choice of men ♪
♪ but I can
never love again ♪
♪ he's the only one for me,
jolene ♪
♪ and I had to have this talk
with you ♪
♪ my happiness
depends on you ♪
♪ do whatever you want
to do, jolene ♪
♪ ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ jolene, jolene ♪
♪ jolene ♪
♪ please don't take him ♪
♪ just because you can ♪
[cheers and applause]
Thank you.
[laughs]
-Whoo!
[cheers and applause]
-I love that song.
-I do too.
-I think that he's great.
Really, really good.
He's [bleep] incredible.
Yeah.
-I'm nervous because ryan
might just want to see alex
And not the drag character.
I'm just full of emotion
And I know my life could change
in a matter of minutes.
[cheers and applause]
Hello.
I'm alex, yeah.
Um, I'm singing I am changing
from dreamgirls.
[intro to I am changing]
♪ I am ♪
♪ changing ♪
♪ trying every way I can ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ I'm gonna start right now,
right here ♪
♪ I'm hoping ♪
♪ to find a way
to understand ♪
♪ but I need you ♪
♪ I need a hand ♪
♪ all of my life, whoo,
I've been a fool ♪
♪ who said I could do it
all alone? ♪
♪ how many good friends
have I already lost? ♪
♪ and how many dark nights
have I known? ♪
♪ walking
down that wrong road ♪
♪ there was nothing
I could find ♪
♪ all those years
of darkness ♪
♪ could make a person blind ♪
♪ but now ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ I'll get my life
together now ♪
♪ I am changing ♪
♪ yes, I know how ♪
♪ and nothing's gonna ♪
♪ stop ♪
♪ me ♪
♪ now ♪
[laughter,
cheers and applause]
Oh, that was amazing.
So what do you guys think?
-It's so hard, 'cause they're
all so likeable and adorable
And great.
-Alex was incredible.
Sam was great.
Lindsay?
-Lindsay, her voice
is incredible too.
Darren?
-Lindsay would be such
a wonderful foil to,
Like, a rachel berry kind of,
like, character.
-They're all so different
but sam's just that cool boy
That could give puck
a run for his money.
[laughs]
-Well, it's interesting,
'cause when alex came out,
It's like, I feel like he goes
with glee so well
And just represents
a whole group of people
That are never represented
on tv.
-My reason for damian is he
embodies the underdog quality.
He has a magnetic personality
that everybody has responded to.
-And erik, of the four,
who is the best actor?
The best actor was lindsay.
Whatever note I gave her, she
could pinpoint it and deliver.
Mm-hmm.
-ok,
we need you guys to step out
And we'll try and figure out
what ryan's decision is.
And then we'll
bring you back in.
Robert and nikki and I
Have been through this process
now for ten weeks,
And we've saved who we can save,
but I think at this point,
It really is
who you can carry through.
It's a great argument for damian
that, you know, yes,
He's a foreign exchange student,
but he can be brought in
And sort of groomed
into this leadership role.
-And samuel's a person
that I think
There's nobody like him on
television, not just on glee.
-And you cannot deny how
powerful lindsay is on camera.
Acting-wise, she blows
the competition away.
-And I felt tonight
was her best performance,
And I think the thing that I
wanted her to keep doing
That we said week after week
after week,
She finally did at the end.
-And I do think alex is good
or great always,
But when he is in drag,
there's something special.
That's a very brave thing.
That's a brave,
brave performance.
-And he's, like,
18 years old.
Whenever he came out,
I was fascinated by him.
-This really
affirmed it for me.
I know exactly who would fit,
Who I'd be
most excited to write to.
-ok, well,
it has been difficult,
But I think we should bring
everybody back
'cause we've made our decision.
-We've spent a lot of time
in the past week
Talking about this decision,
which has not been easy.
We've had a lot of arguments
in that writers' room
Because it's not about any of
your individual talents,
It's about the needs
of the show.
Let's just get right to it.
Lindsay, I've been hard on you
'cause I keep saying,
"who are you?
Where are you?"
And, you know, tonight
you really brought it.
You came the farthest for me
in this competition.
I think
you're just pure light.
Damian, you know,
You were sort of the whipping
boy of this competition,
But I think the thing
about you
That impressed me the most
every week is,
No matter
what we asked you to do,
You did it
with a smile on your face
And a great amount
of humility,
And I think you've gotten better
every single week.
Sam, you've always
fascinated me.
You have something about you
that's very wholesome
And yet something about you
that's very dark.
There's an intensity to you.
You sort of have this sort of
cool, indie rock spirit
That we don't have
on the show.
Alex, for me,
in this competition,
You were the most moving,
and in many ways,
I think that you sort of sum up
what the message of glee is,
Which is being yourself
against all odds, inclusion.
I really believe that you have
a great future ahead of you.
With that being said,
I have to tell you
You're not the winner
of the glee project.
-That's all right.
-ok.
Lindsay...
You're not the winner
of the glee project.
So we have you two.
It's very interesting between
the two of you and, you know,
And I've talked to the kids
on the glee sets,
And undeniably, it was always
the same reaction.
"we have to have damian
in this room.
Damian is so fun.
We love him."
You are, by far, I think,
the crowd favorite.
Your optimism, your smile,
Was very infectious
to this group of people.
And then, you know, sam, the
thing that I heard about you
Time and time again was, "sam is
a star. Sam has 'it' factor,"
Whatever "it" factor is.
So it's between
the two of you,
And it was a very difficult
decision for us and for me.
With that being said, sam,
you have won the glee project.
[cheers and applause]
Oh, my god!
[laughs]
[cheering]
-You know, damian, I think
it's so hard. You're so special.
-I'm delighted for samuel,
obviously, you know.
It's hard getting so close,
but samuel deserves it, so...
-Well, you know, the thing
that I want to tell you is,
You have also won
the glee project.
Aah!
[cheers and applause]
Aah! Aah! Jesus!
Aah! Aah!
Yes, yes, yes!
Me and samuel won
the glee project.
I am lost for words.
-You both won
seven-episode arcs in glee.
You're gonna be in that choir
room with this group of kids,
And I think you're both
fantastic, and congrats.
I'm on glee.
My dream just completely
came true.
-So, you know, I want to
talk to, uh, you two,
Because it was such a hard
decision, I have to say.
We think
you're both phenomenal.
So you get something too.
What?
-I think you're both
such good actors,
So we want to write twoepisode
arcs for both of you on glee.
[cheers and applause]
-Yes! Oh!
-[laughs]
Did we all just win
a little bit?
Oh! Give me a hug.
-My world is crumbling down
before me,
But it's building up
at the same time.
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
-Thank you,
everyone that supports me,
Ause you helped me
achieve this.
You helped make me stronger
And you helped make me
more confident
And now
I get to live my dream.
Robert! Oh, man!
Thank you, glee project.
-♪ so raise your glass
if you are wrong ♪
♪ in all the right ways ♪
-I have proved so much
to myself.
The underdog can win.
A little guy from ireland can
travel 5,000 miles by himself
And win
a worldwide competition.
♪ dirty little freaks ♪
I can't believe this.
My life is incredible.
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ just come on and come on ♪
♪ and raise your glass ♪
♪ for me ♪
-For more information
on the glee project,
Go to oxygen. Com.