The Glee Project (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 4 - Dance Ability - full transcript
Nd matheus.
- For this assignment,
alex stood out the most.
- Matheus, you broke my heart.
- But despite his winning
streak, matheus still had
To sing for his life.
- But you need to walk
Into the room and say,
"I can get any girl
In this room,
and I will."
- The mentors totally loved
the sound of lindsay's voice.
- What the heck just happened?
You're a genius.
- And guess what?
So does she.
- Did you hear it?
- Yes.
- So that's what I did.
- Mckynleigh struggled to show
The mentors her personality.
- There's a little bit
of a disconnect.
- While cameron showed up
with someone else's.
- I know how to write for that.
- And even though emily sang
her heart out,
It wasn't enough,
And she was sent home.
Now only nine contenders remain,
As they compete
for a seven-episode,
Guest-starring role
on glee,
And that's all you need to know
so far on...
- ♪ the glee project ♪
- [laughs]
- Oh, no!
- Yay!
Wait, dance ability?
Shoot.
I'm screwed.
The theme for the week
is dance ability,
And I'm not
the strongest dancer.
So to have to, like, come up
with my own moves
Is pretty frightening.
- All right, let's just try
The first page
of it.
Ready?
- [giggles]
All: ♪ hey ♪
- I think it's gonna be
a great week for me,
Because I am the best dancer
out of the nine of us.
- One, two, three.
All: ♪ your lipstick stain ♪
- My mind is just blazing
with happiness
Because I love to dance,
And I think it's gonna be fun.
- Let's go this way,
now this way.
All: ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
- The move I'm doing
for the homework assignment
Has a special name.
You know, I like to call it
"the don't look like an idiot,"
Because I have no sense
of rhythm
When it comes to dancing.
And after what I went through
Last week
with being in the bottom three,
I have to bust my freakin' butt
to get back to the top.
- It should be
like a semi-circle
And then, like,
matheus comes out
And does this, and everyone else
is kind of moving with him.
- Yeah.
It should be pop-outs.
Whenever I play
with my band,
I've never done any dancing
onstage.
I just do, like,
a move here and there.
But I'm thinking
I'm gonna just, like,
Put some of these moves
I do in, like, a rock situation.
And hopefully it just rolls
together nicely.
I, personally, I haven't been
in the bottom three yet.
That obviously means
I'm doing something right.
- That was good.
- Good job, guys.
- We're all sitting there,
And we're waiting
in anticipation
For our guest host.
My mind is going crazy,
Trying to think
of who it could possibly be.
- Ha. Ha. Ha.
[screaming]
I called it.
I called it.
- Hi.
- Oh, dear.
I love harry.
I never get starstruck,
And I'm getting starstruck.
I'm just so surprised
that we actually have a member
Of new directions
In our choir room.
It's just amazing.
- You obviously know
harry shum,
Who plays mike chang on glee.
- Yeah!
- How you guys doing?
- No!
He's a good dancer.
This is bad.
Ooh!
- It's safe to say that
not everyone in glee
Is as good a dancer
as harry is.
- Nope.
[laughter]
- But the thing is about dance,
you know,
Especially on the show glee,
Sometimes it's not about being
amazing all the time.
It's about showing your
personality and just owning it.
- This week,
your homework assignment
Was a performance of
hey, soul sister by train.
Harry will pick a winner
who will get
Some extra one-on-one
coaching from him
And a featured moment
in the big group number.
- All right, I'm ready
to see some cool moves.
Show me what you got.
[hey, soul sister by train]
♪ ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
- ♪ your lipstick stains ♪
♪ on the front lobe
of my left-side brains ♪
- ♪ I knew I wouldn't
forget you ♪
♪ and so I went
and let you ♪
♪ blow my mind ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ your sweet moonbeam ♪
♪ the smell of you ♪
♪ in every single dream
I dream ♪
- ♪ I knew when we collided ♪
- Uh-oh!
Oh! Nice.
- ♪ who was one of my kind ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ ain't that mister mister ♪
♪ on the radio ♪
- ♪ stereo ♪
♪ the way you move ain't fair,
you know ♪
- ♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ I don't want to miss ♪
♪ a single thing you do ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ tonight ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
- ♪ hey ♪
- ♪ tonight ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ tonight ♪
- Yeah!
All right!
Nice.
Good job.
- So, harry, what do you think?
How'd they do?
- First of all,
good job
For putting together
a number
And showing
your individuality.
Let's start with
the first one.
Cameron, what I loved is that
you had this unique movement,
But when start going
into group numbers,
Then you have to tone it down
and know how
To look like other people.
Mckynleigh, you kind of had
the least memorable
When you came out.
You have a powerful voice,
So translate your powerful
voice into movement.
Try and use that.
- Okay.
- And alex, you threw in
some moves
Because you thought that that's
what you can do and,
"I'm gonna show it off,"
Which kind of went against
the grain of what the song was.
The best thing is to keep it
appropriate to the song.
And samuel, you had
a cool air about you.
Your eye contact and your face,
you were just
Really selling it.
- Awesome.
Thank you so much.
- Matheus, I loved that you
made me smile
And you definitely owned
your movement.
And obviously,
you can tell that, you know,
You have a little bit
of dance background.
- I don't.
- No?
No dance back--well, hey,
you made it believable,
Which is great.
- So, harry, who have you
picked as the winner?
- Um, you know,
the thing that really just
Pushed it over is that
confidence and the control.
And I pick samuel
as the winner for that.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm really shocked
that sam won,
Because he's not a dancer.
But at the same time,
if I won,
It'd just be like,
"matheus, alex, matheus, alex,"
And that would be a damper
for everybody else
That hasn't won anything yet.
- All right, guys, this week,
for your big group number,
You'll be dancing,
obviously,
But you're not
gonna be singing.
You're gonna be rapping.
[laughter]
- Yeah!
- You're gonna be doing...
Can't touch this
by mc hammer.
[laughter]
- called it!
Called it.
- There's gonna be a lot
of sweating going on.
I can tell you that
right now.
That's a fast-moving song.
- Oh, shoot.
- Just remember a lot of hard
work goes a long, long way,
So don't be lazy.
- Good luck, guys.
- See ya.
- [sighs]
- [grunts]
Feel really good.
I won the homework challenge.
I didn't think that
would happen.
I know I'm not the best dancer
here at all.
Like, you're way better
than I am.
You know more than I do.
But at the end of the day,
like, it still, like,
Really pumps me that I could
impress someone, like,
Like him, you know?
- I really didn't have
the mind-set to win.
I really didn't want
to win, so.
- Why wouldn't you want to win?
- Thank you though.
- 'cause I just didn't--
everybody knows I can dance.
Let somebody else have
the opportunity to shine.
- Alex is a little bit
self-centered.
He's obnoxiously, like,
cocky sometimes.
- I was just like all of you.
It would take me forever
to get choreography down.
I was like, "I'm not gonna
let this beat me
Until I work towards it."
I just see so much
of me in all of you,
And I'm 18, so everybody
else is older than me.
So just sayin'.
- Alex is arrogant.
Like I needed alex
to dumb his part down
In order for me to do it.
Like, at the end of the day,
like,
I got that fair and square.
- Au revoir.
- He's bluffing.
- Yeah.
Probably is.
[bell rings]
- Okay.
Hannah.
This is gonna be fun.
I think hannah's
gonna be really fun.
- Oh, yo, yo, yo.
- Oh, hannah.
- I'm really excited because
we're rapping
And I've done that before.
Is it okay if I wear these?
It helps me get into character.
- Totally.
- Of course.
- Please do.
- I'm not a dancer,
so I definitely need
To totally kill it.
Sometimes people call me
mc hannah.
- Mc hannah?
- Yeah.
- It does fit.
- It definitely does.
I'd probably call my style
of rapping, like,
The skidoosh.
Like, it's just something
I always say back home like,
"oh, r-r-ruby-doop-doo."
Like, doing stuff like that.
- Bring it for us.
- ♪ while it's rollin',
hold on ♪
♪ pump a little bit and let 'em
know what's going on ♪
♪ like that ♪
- yeah!
That was hot!
- ♪ my my my my music hits me
so hard ♪
♪ it makes me say
"oh, my lord" ♪
- ♪ and this is the beat, uh,
you can't touch ♪
- You really have a tendency
to rush the last one.
Okay, let's do it again.
- ♪ I told you homeboy ♪
♪ you can't touch this ♪
- Just a little bit more
conversational,
Like, "I told you."
- ♪ I told you homeboy ♪
- You're still a little
too growly.
- Oh, sure.
- I think rapping can be a lot
harder than singing.
You have to convey emotion
and energy
And it's very individual.
- ♪ I've toured around
the world ♪
♪ from london to the bay ♪
- All right, let's just add
a little dial--
A little more energy in.
- Okay.
♪ it's hammer
go hammer ♪
♪ mc hammer
yo hammer ♪
♪ and the rest
can go and play ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
- I think we got it.
Thank you.
[groans]
Her delivery is just--
She had a hard time
with the delivery.
Are you ready for some
rap ad libs?
- Totally.
The spotlight is on me
Because I won
the homework assignment.
There was, like,
this little part where,
Like, I have, like,
rap ad libs.
[indistinct vocalization]
♪ uh uh what? What? ♪
♪ ah! Skidoosh ♪
[laughter]
- That was so awesome!
- Kind of just initially
retorted to, like,
What hannah always does.
She's always like,
"ruby-doop-doop,"
Or like, "skidoosh,"
and I'm just, like--
I'm just gonna use that.
- Can we just--just patent
that right now
And trademark it?
Skidoosh.
- Skidoosh.
- Skidoosh.
That was, like,
your own thing.
- Totally.
- ♪ samuel ♪
- What up?
- How did it go?
- I totally was like,
♪ ruby-doop-doo-da-boop ♪
♪ a-boop, skidoosh ♪
- you did--
You did not!
- Yeah, I was so pumped.
- You little--
- what?
- Samuel had, like,
a little
Freestyle, like,
rap ad lib type thing
Because he won the challenge.
- Like...[scatting]
♪ skidoosh ♪
She was, like, cracking up.
It was awesome.
- Huh.
He actually said "skidoosh,"
And I was a little bit
frustrated,
Because apparently nikki thought
it was hilarious
And, um, it wasn't his thing.
He didn't give me credit
for it in the booth
'cause nikki apparently
loved it, you know?
- I think samuel
is kind of cocky
And it can be a bad thing
in this competition.
No one is safe from giving
a last-chance performance.
[bell rings]
- You're messing up,
so don't mess up.
- [grunts]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Y'all got me so scared
right now.
Like, sorry, sorry.
[bell rings]
- Can I have group two here
and group one up here?
All right, so--
Most of these kids have
absolutely no dance training.
But as it is on the show,
We only have a couple
of hours to learn
All of our numbers.
So it's gonna be quite
interesting to see
Who can pick up the moves
and who can't.
Up, back, spin it around.
- Quit dancing behind me,
'cause I can't see you.
- Sorry.
- Okay.
[laughter]
- They said you don't really
have to dance
To be in this show,
but clearly,
Somebody misinterpreted
somewhere,
Because this is dance week
and I can't walk
In a straight line,
never mind dance.
[laughter]
- All right, can I have cameron,
hannah, and samuel?
So it's like,
"fresh new--boom--
And pants."
- okay.
I see the moves happening
and I see them as he does it.
I'm like, "oh, I can get that."
But then it comes to actually
making my feet move
And my arms move,
it just seems impossible.
I'm really scared about
this week.
- [indistinct vocalizing]
Just look up.
The ground will stay there.
- Okay.
- [indistinct vocalizing]
- Oh, my god.
Wrong way. Sorry!
- Hold your space, hannah!
Jeez!
- Well, I just--I'm stepping
back each time.
- How come they're able
to do it?
- I don't know.
'cause they're ninjas.
- Hannah is obviously
uncomfortable with these moves,
But I feel like she needs
to try more.
Come on, hannah.
Come on.
You got this, hannah!
[laughs]
All right,
homework for hannah.
Alex, will you stay
with this group
And show them what--
how to do this?
- Okay.
The choreography is extremely
elaborate for most people,
But for me,
I find it kind of easy.
You know how we went,
"ah-unh-ah-unh"?
Uh-huh.
Keep doing that.
Zack trusted me to teach other
people dance moves,
So I think he's happy with me.
One, two.
One, two, three.
Ba-ba-ba-ba.
Remember to step down.
- The counting was wrong.
The counting that you
started us off.
- Sorry.
- I'm not being a diva.
I'm just saying.
- It's not gonna feel right.
It's not gonna look right
to you,
But it's his choreography
at the end of the day.
Next group!
- Alex does spend
a lot of time
Watching and critiquing
everyone else.
- Tight frame right there.
Change shoes next time.
- I don't see him really dancing
himself a lot.
But I hope when we film,
He'll be able to put
his all into it.
[bell rings]
- This is a challenge.
Now we're in challenge mode.
- It's gonna be interesting.
I just want to see them
lose their physical body
And sell it up top.
- Right, right, right.
- So it will be interesting.
The whole number's
a throwback.
Even though it is
dance ability week,
Robert, nikki, and myself
are not looking for
The best dancer,
obviously.
We just really need them
to commit to it
And give a great overall
performance...
Whether they suck or not.
- You're ad lib is gonna be
first up.
- Okay.
- We'll just follow you,
Let you do dance moves
to the camera,
Like anything you want.
Yeah, it's your day.
- I think it's gonna be awesome
performing a rap number,
Especially being that
I won the challenge
And some one-on-one time
with harry shum jr.
- Like, reach for it.
Yeah.
Ba-ah-ah-ah.
So the lower you get,
the better it's gonna be.
Ah-ah-ah.
Classic mc hammer.
It's kind of like
you're on fire
And you're on a horse
at the same time.
Yeah, you should feel a burn
in your thighs.
- Definitely.
Harry was just so,
like, uplifting.
I felt really good about it.
- Are we gonna be able
to see sam here?
- ♪ what ♪
[scatting]
♪ unh-unh what? What? ♪
♪ skidoosh ♪
- Hi, y'all.
I think you guys have, like,
a pyramid
Kind of setup, right?
- Yesterday, we worked
our behinds off
Making sure that we got
this dance ready,
And I'm extremely
tired today.
♪ ♪
- Alex, I think it's, like,
Because dancing
comes easy to him,
Like, he needs to work even
harder to bring something out.
Mckynleigh,
I got to see you today.
- What?
- I got to see you today.
I need mckynleigh today.
- ♪ can't touch this ♪
- Mckynleigh, I got something.
Take it, like,
20 times further.
- Okay.
- 100 times further.
- She does everything right,
But it's missing...In here.
- The heart.
- Right.
- Cameron, I didn't think
I would ever see you do this.
- I didn't think
I'd ever see me do it.
- [indistinct singing]
♪ so move out of your seat ♪
- Cameron is so nervous
that nothing
Is coming across
on his face
But "oh, my gosh.
What am I gonna do?"
He's just having a hard time
getting there.
- You need to now completely
forget the movement
And just think about
your performance
And not what your feet
are doing.
- Does that go for all of us?
Forget about our feet more?
- No, it goes for cameron.
- Oh, okay.
- You would be,
"don't look down."
- "don't look down."
These last couple of days have
been really hard.
Just physically draining,
mentally draining.
So I hope that all the hard work
that I've put in will pay off.
I hope that I'm not
in the bottom three.
- Good job.
Good job.
That was great.
- I'm not going home this week.
- We're just doing
the whole thing here?
- Yes.
- In the ghetto.
I told you, homeboy.
[laughter]
yo!
- Isn't he good?
That's genius.
- I couldn't believe
zack just said that to me.
Couldn't believe it.
- Damian has become
a whole new contender.
I don't even...
- Absolutely. I know, I know.
- ♪ my my my my ♪
♪ music hits me so hard,
it makes me-- ♪
♪ oh, my lord ♪
So could you not maybe--
look at me.
Don't go out here...
- Okay.
- Into that.
Just keep it like,
"boom-boom-bap."
- In the rehearsal,
I had a lot of space
And things were changed.
- Just keep it here.
- Okay.
My whole head rehearsed
that way.
- Yeah, [bleep] rehearsal.
You got it.
- Okay.
- Just keep your nuts
over the "t."
- [bleep] [bleep] up.
- Keep going!
- Cut!
- [grunts]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
Y'all got me so scared
right now.
Like, ugh, sorry, sorry.
- If you mess up,
just play to the camera.
- Matheus, there's something
you're doing early
And then it's putting me off.
- Don't look at me.
Look at the camera.
Sorry, bro.
- No, I have to look at you.
- Yikes!
[laughter]
- No, I'm just saying, like--
no.
- Yeah, but honestly,
you're messing up.
So don't mess up.
- What surprised me
was matheus
Snapping at damian
a little bit.
- Yeah, can I tighten this up
a little bit, please?
- Asking, you know,
"where's my water?"
And, "make sure, you know,
my mic is right."
Matheus is turning into
a divo.
- Most of these kids took
the challenge of...
"I know I'm not good at this,
but I'm going for it."
- So many of them did really
go for it
That we're gonna have to really
take every single detail
Into consideration
in making our decision.
- Yeah.
- The three of us mentors really
got to learn a lot
About the contenders
this week.
It was shocking
because the ones
That we expected to ace this
were struggling,
And the ones that we expected
would struggle
Were coming through
with flying colors
Because of their
positive attitude.
So I'm not really sure who
we're going to choose
For the bottom three.
- And marker.
- Here we go.
And cue playback, please.
- ♪ c-c-c-c-c-can't
touch this ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ my my my my ♪
♪ music hits me so hard ♪
♪ makes me say "oh, my lord" ♪
♪ thank you for blessing me ♪
♪ with the mind to rhyme
and two hype feet ♪
- ♪ feels good when you know
you're down ♪
♪ a super dope homegirl
from the oak town ♪
♪ and I'm known as such ♪
♪ and this is a beat
you can't touch ♪
- ♪ I told you, homeboy ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ yo, let me bust
the funky lyrics ♪
- ♪ fresh new kicks and pants ♪
♪ you got to like that
now you know you want to dance ♪
♪ so move out of your seat ♪
♪ and get a fly girl
and catch this beat ♪
- ♪ while it's rolling,
hold on ♪
♪ pop a little bit and let 'em
know what's going on ♪
♪ like that ♪
- ♪ unh, like that ♪
♪ cold on a mission,
so fall them back ♪
♪ and let 'em know
that you're too much ♪
♪ yeah, and this is a beat
you can't touch ♪
- ♪ yo, I told you ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ why you standing
there, man? ♪
- ♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ ungh ♪
♪ keep it funky now
and stuff ♪
♪ what? ♪
[scatting]
♪ what? What? ♪
♪ skidoosh ♪
- ♪ stop ♪
- ♪ hammer time ♪
- ♪ every time you see me ♪
♪ the hammer's just so hype ♪
♪ I'm dope on the floor ♪
♪ and I'm magic on the mic ♪
- ♪ now why would I ever ♪
♪ stop doing this? ♪
♪ with others making records
that just don't hit ♪
- ♪ I've toured around
the world ♪
♪ from london to the bay ♪
♪ it's hammer, go, hammer,
mc hammer, yo, hammer ♪
♪ and the rest can go
and play ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ you can't touch this ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
Can't touch this.
- ♪ c-c-c-c-can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ I told you ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ c-c-c-c-c-c-c-can't
touch this ♪
- All right, everybody.
[bell rings]
- I just feel like
you weren't really trying
And I couldn't understand why.
We're going for a job here.
[bell rings]
- Seriously, if I'm in
the bottom three,
I'm just gonna accept it
and move on,
Because, like, it feels like
I just left everything.
I couldn't have done any more.
When your confidence
takes such a hit
As being in the bottom three
twice in three weeks,
It is quite disheartening.
- I think that, like,
out of everybody,
I mean, I feel like I was
definitely the weakest.
You know, I feel like I'll be
in the bottom three again.
- I don't think I gave a lot
of attitude at first,
So I don't know.
- I think my biggest struggle
was just, like,
Having confidence
in my movements,
'cause, like, I'm not
that comfortable with my body.
I'm not that comfortable, like,
moving in front of people.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- So I literally
had to just pretend
Like I was someone else almost
to get through it.
- Here we are.
- Hi.
- As you know, we have
to pick three of you
To do last-chance performances
later today.
- The big group number
did mean
A lot of high-energy
choreography,
So for a lot of you,
that means stepping
Way out of your comfort zone.
Dancing on glee isn't about
the steps.
It's literally about
the performance.
Damian...
Marissa...
Lindsay...
Samuel...
You're called back
for next week.
You can go.
[applause]
- I was like, "yes!"
I'm proud of myself,
Because I think I have
a strong character
And I believe in myself,
and you know,
I'm just gonna fight
until the end.
- Mckynleigh, this week was
about being more vivid
And memorable.
Connecting to the camera.
- I understand.
I understand that,
'cause, like, I've been doing
stage works for, like, 13 years.
- I mean, it's very different
between seeing something live
And seeing something on camera.
And for you, your challenge
is to make more of an impact.
- Cameron, you know,
you're a rock star.
Like, that's much more of your
thing and what you do,
And I think it was tough
for you.
- You know, I mean, obviously,
I was really,
You know, concerned about,
like, my footwork
Rather than stepping
into a character
And that kind of hindered me.
- You let your nerves get
the best of you
And it showed in your
performance.
- Alex, you're
a wonderful singer.
You're a wonderful dancer.
But you seemed a little
over it
And I couldn't tell
if you were tired.
- Um, I did feel--
Not like I'm over it.
I was just kind of
in a bad place that day.
- I just feel like you weren't
really trying.
We're going for a job here.
- Matheus, we had extremely high
expectations for you
On this challenge,
and I'm sure you felt that.
- The only note you
really got was
"stay on your mark."
You were like, "but that's
not how I rehearsed it."
Well, so much of what we do
on our show--
You don't know what you're gonna
get until you're there.
Mc hannah, it was a dance-heavy
challenge, of course.
And I know that, you know,
dance is not
Your strongest thing.
Um, in rehearsal,
you were okay.
But I need to see you try
in front of a mirror.
However, I mean,
you did incredible
And you totally owned it.
You made the callback list.
- [laughs]
thanks.
[sighs]
love you guys.
- This was a tough call.
It was really, really,
really tough.
Cameron...
You're on the callback list.
- Oh, my god.
- You did ultimately
take the direction.
That's the reason that you're
on the callback list.
- Thank you.
- Matheus, alex,
and mckynleigh,
You three will be
performing tonight.
- Mckynleigh, your song is...
Last name by carrie underwood.
- I do know the song that
I'm given.
I performed that song in a lot
of country competitions
Back at home.
- Your job's simple.
Be unforgettable.
- Gotcha.
- Alex, your song...
Is I'll always love you,
Written by dolly parton and made
famous by whitney houston.
You know what you have to do.
Matheus, your song is...
Down by jay sean.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's cool, it's sexy,
it's what you need to be.
Just go for it tonight.
Be yourselves and show ryan
why you should be on glee.
Good luck.
Deja vu.
Let's get right to it.
Okay.
- I'll just listen
to this first.
- It sucks to be in
the bottom three again.
I definitely have that moment
where I'm thinking,
You know, "what is wrong
with you?"
♪ well, I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
[laughs]
- That sounds amazing.
Just keep doing what
you're doing.
You can make people feel
with your voice.
You know, you can emote
with your voice,
But your face
is just--
I mean, it's so beautiful,
But it's not communicating
what your voice is
And then now I just saw you put
it all together,
So I'm like, "bravo."
- Good, good, good.
- Go out there and do it.
Just what you did here,
it's awesome.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
I'm thinking,
"you can perform.
"you can do this.
You've been doing this
basically your whole life."
- ♪ hey ♪
Yeah, I already messed up.
Okay, let's do that over.
♪ we make our great ♪
[voice breaks]
♪ escape ♪
Whoa.
I think I was given
a last-chance performance
Because I just put a lot of
pressure on myself this week
And I let that probably
get to me and,
You know, it kind of
messed me up.
- So are you surprised
you're here?
What's happening?
- You know, I just--I guess
I deserve to be down here.
- This, it is about
the mind challenge,
Getting over yourself.
And you have to sell
that confidence,
Whether you have it
or not,
But you got to tell people
that you have it.
- I'm gonna try all
those things
That ryan asked of me,
you know,
When I was in the bottom three
two weeks ago,
Which was to be sexy
and to embrace myself.
So, um, hopefully I'll be able
to show that.
- ♪ and I... ♪
- Hello.
- Hey, girlfriend.
- How are you doing?
- Good, and you?
- I'm good.
You're good?
- Yeah.
- Oh, good, good, good.
Okay, tell me more.
- Um...
[grunts]
I think that my voice
and my story
And my personality
belong on that show.
- I want to make sure you feel
this song too,
'cause when you feel it,
you know, you make the person
Watching it and listening to you
feel that emotion.
- I'm gonna go
on that stage
And be emotional
and sing this song
Like I've never sung this song
before in my life.
[bell rings]
- That's not at all
in character
With the person you are
right now.
Do you think you're better
than them?
- So now we just need marissa
on the steps.
- I ended up having a solo
booty-popping session
And it was awesome.
- Use the wall!
Use the wall!
- Slap it!
- Oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
- Marissa is doing
the booty pop.
[laughs]
oh, my god.
Like, that is hot.
And the rest of us are
committing sins in our head.
- Eww.
- Unreal.
- That was awesome!
- Incredible.
It's in front of you,
but you can't touch it.
You can't touch this.
[bell rings]
- So mckynleigh has never
quite connected
Like she did in
the original audition.
In the vulnerability challenge
last week,
When she stripped everything
away, she did very well.
But then this week,
we asked her to pop again
And she faded
into the background.
- Hello.
Uh, my name
is mckynleigh abraham
And I will be singing
last name.
[last name by carrie underwood]
♪ ♪
♪ last night I got served ♪
♪ a little bit too much ♪
♪ of that poison, baby ♪
♪ last night I did things ♪
♪ I'm not proud of ♪
♪ and I got a little crazy ♪
♪ last night I met a guy
on the dance floor ♪
♪ and I let him call me baby ♪
♪ and I don't even know ♪
♪ his last name ♪
♪ oh, my mama'd be ♪
♪ so ashamed ♪
♪ well, it started out,
"hey, cutie, ♪
♪ where you from?" ♪
♪ and then it turned into ♪
♪ oh, no, what have I done? ♪
♪ and I don't even know
his last name ♪
♪ today I woke up
thinking about elvis ♪
♪ somewhere in vegas ♪
♪ I'm not sure
how I got here ♪
♪ or how this ring
on my left hand ♪
♪ just appeared out of nowhere ♪
♪ I got to go ♪
♪ I grab the chips
and my pinto ♪
♪ I hit the road ♪
♪ they say what happens here,
stays here ♪
♪ all of this will disappear ♪
♪ there's just one
little problem ♪
♪ I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
♪ oh, my mama would be ♪
♪ so ashamed ♪
♪ yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Very nice.
- Great job.
- I thought you did great.
- Thank you.
- Well, during this
last competition,
You were dancing and you
know how to dance
And you can dance,
but you looked like
You were doing
this covergirl commercial
And you couldn't take
on this persona
Of rap, tough, hard girl,
And instead,
it was lost up top.
- I don't know if
it's just something
That's gonna take me
a while to get.
And I mean, that's unfortunate,
you know, but--
- I think you need a little bit
more ferocity.
You're kind of there.
Um, I just wish you would
sort of own it
A little bit more.
I've always wanted to have
a country singer in that cast.
I've never found that person.
You could be that person.
You were very fun.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Great job.
- Thank you.
- She got better.
- Oh.
- She took the note.
She was interesting.
- So next is matheus.
- Um, matheus had
a huge meltdown on set.
- Why?
- He got upset because when
he had to stay on his mark,
He couldn't dance,
and then he couldn't remember
To sing while he was dancing.
- Wow.
- Matheus.
- Hey.
♪ shorty in the house ♪
- [chuckles]
- So I'm gonna be singing down
by jay sean.
- The last time we saw you,
I told you
That you could be
a sex symbol
If you just owned
your sexuality.
I want you to go nuts.
I want you to feel who you are
when you sing that song.
- All right.
- Go for it.
[down by jay sean]
♪ ♪
- ♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down, down? ♪
♪ down, down ♪
♪ you ought to know ♪
♪ tonight is the night
to let it go ♪
♪ put on a show ♪
♪ I want to see how you
lose control ♪
♪ leave it behind ♪
♪ 'cause we have
the night to get away ♪
- [laughs]
there you go!
- ♪ and come on
and fly with me ♪
♪ as we make our great escape ♪
♪ so baby, don't worry ♪
♪ you were my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ even if the sky
is falling down ♪
♪ you'll be my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down, down? ♪
♪ down, down ♪
♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down? ♪
♪ you'll be my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ baby,
are you down, down ♪
♪ down? ♪
- [laughs]
- I applaud you.
I could not do that.
That was a real leap from
the last time I saw you.
But from what I hear
about you,
You don't take notes well.
You get very freaked out
when you have to adjust.
You sort of see things
as you see them,
And if you have to be told,
"move to the left an inch
or move to the right,"
It completely throws you
and you shut down.
And that's not at all
in character
With the person you are
right now.
- Okay.
- The show is about
being your better self.
If you want to stay
in this competition,
I think you have to rise
to the occasion of your gift.
- Thank you so much,
really.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thanks, matheus.
Bye-bye.
Okay, who's next?
Between either being
a complete diva or nothing.
So that was the difficulty.
- Okay, and that's why
he's here.
- Hi, I'm alex newell
and I'll be singing
And I will always love you.
♪ and I ♪
♪ eee-I ♪
♪ will always ♪
♪ love you ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ my darling you ♪
♪ oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ bittersweet ♪
♪ memories ♪
♪ is all I'm taking ♪
♪ away ♪
♪ so I wish you joy ♪
♪ and happiness ♪
♪ but above all this ♪
♪ I wish you ♪
♪ love ♪
♪ and I ♪
♪ ee-I ♪
♪ will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always ♪
♪ love ♪
♪ you ♪
[applause]
- Well, there's no disputing...
That voice, man.
I mean, you have something
very special.
And the thing about this week,
from what I heard,
Is that you actually felt
that you wanted
To throw the challenge
because quote, um,
"you wanted to let other
people shine."
- Yeah.
Somebody else needs
to shine sometimes,
And I can't always be the one
to jump up and to be like,
"here I am.
I'm gonna win this."
I mean--
- You think you're
better than them?
- No, I don't--I--
- But why would you say,
"yeah, I'm gonna throw it away.
Let them do it."?
Why would you do that?
- It was a dumb move.
- I get how you could come on
and sing those songs
And make people cheer.
But I think you need to earn
that a little bit
With more humbleness.
I'm more interested
in the pain
That makes you want
to be that character.
What is that about?
- Well, I'm gay...
And it's something that
I've learned throughout my life
That that's not good,
that's not right.
But I just want to be me
and I want to be free
Of how people accept me
and don't accept me.
- How are your family and
friends dealing with that?
- Only person that knows in my
family is my mom right now.
- And when you told her,
what did she say?
- She said,
"I will love you
"no matter who you are,
no matter what you are.
This is unconditional love."
- Mm-hmm.
- My mother's my inspiration
and that's what
Gives me the drive
to keep going sometimes.
- Well, you need
to be this person.
You need to be more secure
in your specialness.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Oh, this is the hardest week
of them all.
- It is.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- What's up?
- Let me ask you this.
Who were you
the most surprised by?
- My nerves are going up
and adrenaline.
I was like--there was a part
where I was like,
Half singing and then
taking my shirt off
And I was like--
and I was, like, dancing
And I was going for it
and they were cracking up
And it was insane.
I'm almost making my mind-set
that I might go home
So that it won't be like
as much as--of a hurt.
- Well, what about mckynleigh?
Talk about mckynleigh.
- I'm intrigued because
she keeps getting better.
I think that's why tonight
was hard,
Because of the two
that repeated,
I felt they brought it.
I felt that they fought
for their place.
- He told me--he's like,
"yeah, we don't have anybody
Country on the show,"
he's like,
"that can actually
sing country."
He goes, "and I've
really wanted that."
And I was like, "okay."
- So the thing about alex,
it's like,
If you're in this competition,
you cannot say,
"I am throwing it this week
for somebody else to shine."
That's just insane.
- I didn't know that either.
- You killed it,
didn't you?
- The only thing that he said
that was bad
Was I could
humble myself more.
- Well, I think I have
my mind made up.
- Mm-hmm.
- Do you?
- Unfortunately, yes.
- Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
Me too.
- My choice is--
- yes.
Don't you think?
- Yeah.
Right?
- Unfortunately, I agree.
- Okay.
- Hey, guys.
So...Here we go again.
And the list is up,
so...
Go take a look.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Let's go.
Oh, man.
Thank you.
I love you guys.
[soft pop music]
This has been my dream,
you know?
And to have that taken
from you,
It's hard to think about.
- I've been struggling
the whole time I've been here
With the same thing,
so I definitely feel
Like I could be going home.
- I'm not confident enough to
think that I'm not going home.
But I'm hoping and praying
that I stay.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
Oh, my gosh!
Yes!
Oh!
[grunts]
yes!
Oh!
[grunts]
- [sighs]
- I feel like I've kind
of lost an opportunity,
But I got to meet
some amazing people.
I feel like I've done
the best I could do,
So I'm ready to go and see
wherever my career takes me.
[all vocalizing]
♪ there's nothing you can say ♪
♪ there's nothing you can do ♪
♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ when it comes
to the truth ♪
♪ so keep ♪
♪ holding on ♪
♪ 'cause you know
we'll make it through ♪
♪ we'll make it through ♪
[bell rings]
- Nice!
- A duet!
- Cameron was
a little uncomfortable
With our intimacy.
- I feel like
I've cheated, mom.
Both: ♪ darlin' I need
you now ♪
- Stop laughing!
- [laughs]
- Matheus, think of it
this way.
You're gonna be gay for a day.
- Just a day.
Don't freaking blame this on me,
okay?
- For more information
on the glee project,
- For this assignment,
alex stood out the most.
- Matheus, you broke my heart.
- But despite his winning
streak, matheus still had
To sing for his life.
- But you need to walk
Into the room and say,
"I can get any girl
In this room,
and I will."
- The mentors totally loved
the sound of lindsay's voice.
- What the heck just happened?
You're a genius.
- And guess what?
So does she.
- Did you hear it?
- Yes.
- So that's what I did.
- Mckynleigh struggled to show
The mentors her personality.
- There's a little bit
of a disconnect.
- While cameron showed up
with someone else's.
- I know how to write for that.
- And even though emily sang
her heart out,
It wasn't enough,
And she was sent home.
Now only nine contenders remain,
As they compete
for a seven-episode,
Guest-starring role
on glee,
And that's all you need to know
so far on...
- ♪ the glee project ♪
- [laughs]
- Oh, no!
- Yay!
Wait, dance ability?
Shoot.
I'm screwed.
The theme for the week
is dance ability,
And I'm not
the strongest dancer.
So to have to, like, come up
with my own moves
Is pretty frightening.
- All right, let's just try
The first page
of it.
Ready?
- [giggles]
All: ♪ hey ♪
- I think it's gonna be
a great week for me,
Because I am the best dancer
out of the nine of us.
- One, two, three.
All: ♪ your lipstick stain ♪
- My mind is just blazing
with happiness
Because I love to dance,
And I think it's gonna be fun.
- Let's go this way,
now this way.
All: ♪ hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ hey, hey, hey, hey ♪
- The move I'm doing
for the homework assignment
Has a special name.
You know, I like to call it
"the don't look like an idiot,"
Because I have no sense
of rhythm
When it comes to dancing.
And after what I went through
Last week
with being in the bottom three,
I have to bust my freakin' butt
to get back to the top.
- It should be
like a semi-circle
And then, like,
matheus comes out
And does this, and everyone else
is kind of moving with him.
- Yeah.
It should be pop-outs.
Whenever I play
with my band,
I've never done any dancing
onstage.
I just do, like,
a move here and there.
But I'm thinking
I'm gonna just, like,
Put some of these moves
I do in, like, a rock situation.
And hopefully it just rolls
together nicely.
I, personally, I haven't been
in the bottom three yet.
That obviously means
I'm doing something right.
- That was good.
- Good job, guys.
- We're all sitting there,
And we're waiting
in anticipation
For our guest host.
My mind is going crazy,
Trying to think
of who it could possibly be.
- Ha. Ha. Ha.
[screaming]
I called it.
I called it.
- Hi.
- Oh, dear.
I love harry.
I never get starstruck,
And I'm getting starstruck.
I'm just so surprised
that we actually have a member
Of new directions
In our choir room.
It's just amazing.
- You obviously know
harry shum,
Who plays mike chang on glee.
- Yeah!
- How you guys doing?
- No!
He's a good dancer.
This is bad.
Ooh!
- It's safe to say that
not everyone in glee
Is as good a dancer
as harry is.
- Nope.
[laughter]
- But the thing is about dance,
you know,
Especially on the show glee,
Sometimes it's not about being
amazing all the time.
It's about showing your
personality and just owning it.
- This week,
your homework assignment
Was a performance of
hey, soul sister by train.
Harry will pick a winner
who will get
Some extra one-on-one
coaching from him
And a featured moment
in the big group number.
- All right, I'm ready
to see some cool moves.
Show me what you got.
[hey, soul sister by train]
♪ ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
- ♪ your lipstick stains ♪
♪ on the front lobe
of my left-side brains ♪
- ♪ I knew I wouldn't
forget you ♪
♪ and so I went
and let you ♪
♪ blow my mind ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ your sweet moonbeam ♪
♪ the smell of you ♪
♪ in every single dream
I dream ♪
- ♪ I knew when we collided ♪
- Uh-oh!
Oh! Nice.
- ♪ who was one of my kind ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ ain't that mister mister ♪
♪ on the radio ♪
- ♪ stereo ♪
♪ the way you move ain't fair,
you know ♪
- ♪ hey, soul sister ♪
♪ I don't want to miss ♪
♪ a single thing you do ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ tonight ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
- ♪ hey ♪
- ♪ tonight ♪
All: ♪ hey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ hey-ey-ey-ey-ey ♪
♪ tonight ♪
- Yeah!
All right!
Nice.
Good job.
- So, harry, what do you think?
How'd they do?
- First of all,
good job
For putting together
a number
And showing
your individuality.
Let's start with
the first one.
Cameron, what I loved is that
you had this unique movement,
But when start going
into group numbers,
Then you have to tone it down
and know how
To look like other people.
Mckynleigh, you kind of had
the least memorable
When you came out.
You have a powerful voice,
So translate your powerful
voice into movement.
Try and use that.
- Okay.
- And alex, you threw in
some moves
Because you thought that that's
what you can do and,
"I'm gonna show it off,"
Which kind of went against
the grain of what the song was.
The best thing is to keep it
appropriate to the song.
And samuel, you had
a cool air about you.
Your eye contact and your face,
you were just
Really selling it.
- Awesome.
Thank you so much.
- Matheus, I loved that you
made me smile
And you definitely owned
your movement.
And obviously,
you can tell that, you know,
You have a little bit
of dance background.
- I don't.
- No?
No dance back--well, hey,
you made it believable,
Which is great.
- So, harry, who have you
picked as the winner?
- Um, you know,
the thing that really just
Pushed it over is that
confidence and the control.
And I pick samuel
as the winner for that.
[cheers and applause]
- I'm really shocked
that sam won,
Because he's not a dancer.
But at the same time,
if I won,
It'd just be like,
"matheus, alex, matheus, alex,"
And that would be a damper
for everybody else
That hasn't won anything yet.
- All right, guys, this week,
for your big group number,
You'll be dancing,
obviously,
But you're not
gonna be singing.
You're gonna be rapping.
[laughter]
- Yeah!
- You're gonna be doing...
Can't touch this
by mc hammer.
[laughter]
- called it!
Called it.
- There's gonna be a lot
of sweating going on.
I can tell you that
right now.
That's a fast-moving song.
- Oh, shoot.
- Just remember a lot of hard
work goes a long, long way,
So don't be lazy.
- Good luck, guys.
- See ya.
- [sighs]
- [grunts]
Feel really good.
I won the homework challenge.
I didn't think that
would happen.
I know I'm not the best dancer
here at all.
Like, you're way better
than I am.
You know more than I do.
But at the end of the day,
like, it still, like,
Really pumps me that I could
impress someone, like,
Like him, you know?
- I really didn't have
the mind-set to win.
I really didn't want
to win, so.
- Why wouldn't you want to win?
- Thank you though.
- 'cause I just didn't--
everybody knows I can dance.
Let somebody else have
the opportunity to shine.
- Alex is a little bit
self-centered.
He's obnoxiously, like,
cocky sometimes.
- I was just like all of you.
It would take me forever
to get choreography down.
I was like, "I'm not gonna
let this beat me
Until I work towards it."
I just see so much
of me in all of you,
And I'm 18, so everybody
else is older than me.
So just sayin'.
- Alex is arrogant.
Like I needed alex
to dumb his part down
In order for me to do it.
Like, at the end of the day,
like,
I got that fair and square.
- Au revoir.
- He's bluffing.
- Yeah.
Probably is.
[bell rings]
- Okay.
Hannah.
This is gonna be fun.
I think hannah's
gonna be really fun.
- Oh, yo, yo, yo.
- Oh, hannah.
- I'm really excited because
we're rapping
And I've done that before.
Is it okay if I wear these?
It helps me get into character.
- Totally.
- Of course.
- Please do.
- I'm not a dancer,
so I definitely need
To totally kill it.
Sometimes people call me
mc hannah.
- Mc hannah?
- Yeah.
- It does fit.
- It definitely does.
I'd probably call my style
of rapping, like,
The skidoosh.
Like, it's just something
I always say back home like,
"oh, r-r-ruby-doop-doo."
Like, doing stuff like that.
- Bring it for us.
- ♪ while it's rollin',
hold on ♪
♪ pump a little bit and let 'em
know what's going on ♪
♪ like that ♪
- yeah!
That was hot!
- ♪ my my my my music hits me
so hard ♪
♪ it makes me say
"oh, my lord" ♪
- ♪ and this is the beat, uh,
you can't touch ♪
- You really have a tendency
to rush the last one.
Okay, let's do it again.
- ♪ I told you homeboy ♪
♪ you can't touch this ♪
- Just a little bit more
conversational,
Like, "I told you."
- ♪ I told you homeboy ♪
- You're still a little
too growly.
- Oh, sure.
- I think rapping can be a lot
harder than singing.
You have to convey emotion
and energy
And it's very individual.
- ♪ I've toured around
the world ♪
♪ from london to the bay ♪
- All right, let's just add
a little dial--
A little more energy in.
- Okay.
♪ it's hammer
go hammer ♪
♪ mc hammer
yo hammer ♪
♪ and the rest
can go and play ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
- I think we got it.
Thank you.
[groans]
Her delivery is just--
She had a hard time
with the delivery.
Are you ready for some
rap ad libs?
- Totally.
The spotlight is on me
Because I won
the homework assignment.
There was, like,
this little part where,
Like, I have, like,
rap ad libs.
[indistinct vocalization]
♪ uh uh what? What? ♪
♪ ah! Skidoosh ♪
[laughter]
- That was so awesome!
- Kind of just initially
retorted to, like,
What hannah always does.
She's always like,
"ruby-doop-doop,"
Or like, "skidoosh,"
and I'm just, like--
I'm just gonna use that.
- Can we just--just patent
that right now
And trademark it?
Skidoosh.
- Skidoosh.
- Skidoosh.
That was, like,
your own thing.
- Totally.
- ♪ samuel ♪
- What up?
- How did it go?
- I totally was like,
♪ ruby-doop-doo-da-boop ♪
♪ a-boop, skidoosh ♪
- you did--
You did not!
- Yeah, I was so pumped.
- You little--
- what?
- Samuel had, like,
a little
Freestyle, like,
rap ad lib type thing
Because he won the challenge.
- Like...[scatting]
♪ skidoosh ♪
She was, like, cracking up.
It was awesome.
- Huh.
He actually said "skidoosh,"
And I was a little bit
frustrated,
Because apparently nikki thought
it was hilarious
And, um, it wasn't his thing.
He didn't give me credit
for it in the booth
'cause nikki apparently
loved it, you know?
- I think samuel
is kind of cocky
And it can be a bad thing
in this competition.
No one is safe from giving
a last-chance performance.
[bell rings]
- You're messing up,
so don't mess up.
- [grunts]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Y'all got me so scared
right now.
Like, sorry, sorry.
[bell rings]
- Can I have group two here
and group one up here?
All right, so--
Most of these kids have
absolutely no dance training.
But as it is on the show,
We only have a couple
of hours to learn
All of our numbers.
So it's gonna be quite
interesting to see
Who can pick up the moves
and who can't.
Up, back, spin it around.
- Quit dancing behind me,
'cause I can't see you.
- Sorry.
- Okay.
[laughter]
- They said you don't really
have to dance
To be in this show,
but clearly,
Somebody misinterpreted
somewhere,
Because this is dance week
and I can't walk
In a straight line,
never mind dance.
[laughter]
- All right, can I have cameron,
hannah, and samuel?
So it's like,
"fresh new--boom--
And pants."
- okay.
I see the moves happening
and I see them as he does it.
I'm like, "oh, I can get that."
But then it comes to actually
making my feet move
And my arms move,
it just seems impossible.
I'm really scared about
this week.
- [indistinct vocalizing]
Just look up.
The ground will stay there.
- Okay.
- [indistinct vocalizing]
- Oh, my god.
Wrong way. Sorry!
- Hold your space, hannah!
Jeez!
- Well, I just--I'm stepping
back each time.
- How come they're able
to do it?
- I don't know.
'cause they're ninjas.
- Hannah is obviously
uncomfortable with these moves,
But I feel like she needs
to try more.
Come on, hannah.
Come on.
You got this, hannah!
[laughs]
All right,
homework for hannah.
Alex, will you stay
with this group
And show them what--
how to do this?
- Okay.
The choreography is extremely
elaborate for most people,
But for me,
I find it kind of easy.
You know how we went,
"ah-unh-ah-unh"?
Uh-huh.
Keep doing that.
Zack trusted me to teach other
people dance moves,
So I think he's happy with me.
One, two.
One, two, three.
Ba-ba-ba-ba.
Remember to step down.
- The counting was wrong.
The counting that you
started us off.
- Sorry.
- I'm not being a diva.
I'm just saying.
- It's not gonna feel right.
It's not gonna look right
to you,
But it's his choreography
at the end of the day.
Next group!
- Alex does spend
a lot of time
Watching and critiquing
everyone else.
- Tight frame right there.
Change shoes next time.
- I don't see him really dancing
himself a lot.
But I hope when we film,
He'll be able to put
his all into it.
[bell rings]
- This is a challenge.
Now we're in challenge mode.
- It's gonna be interesting.
I just want to see them
lose their physical body
And sell it up top.
- Right, right, right.
- So it will be interesting.
The whole number's
a throwback.
Even though it is
dance ability week,
Robert, nikki, and myself
are not looking for
The best dancer,
obviously.
We just really need them
to commit to it
And give a great overall
performance...
Whether they suck or not.
- You're ad lib is gonna be
first up.
- Okay.
- We'll just follow you,
Let you do dance moves
to the camera,
Like anything you want.
Yeah, it's your day.
- I think it's gonna be awesome
performing a rap number,
Especially being that
I won the challenge
And some one-on-one time
with harry shum jr.
- Like, reach for it.
Yeah.
Ba-ah-ah-ah.
So the lower you get,
the better it's gonna be.
Ah-ah-ah.
Classic mc hammer.
It's kind of like
you're on fire
And you're on a horse
at the same time.
Yeah, you should feel a burn
in your thighs.
- Definitely.
Harry was just so,
like, uplifting.
I felt really good about it.
- Are we gonna be able
to see sam here?
- ♪ what ♪
[scatting]
♪ unh-unh what? What? ♪
♪ skidoosh ♪
- Hi, y'all.
I think you guys have, like,
a pyramid
Kind of setup, right?
- Yesterday, we worked
our behinds off
Making sure that we got
this dance ready,
And I'm extremely
tired today.
♪ ♪
- Alex, I think it's, like,
Because dancing
comes easy to him,
Like, he needs to work even
harder to bring something out.
Mckynleigh,
I got to see you today.
- What?
- I got to see you today.
I need mckynleigh today.
- ♪ can't touch this ♪
- Mckynleigh, I got something.
Take it, like,
20 times further.
- Okay.
- 100 times further.
- She does everything right,
But it's missing...In here.
- The heart.
- Right.
- Cameron, I didn't think
I would ever see you do this.
- I didn't think
I'd ever see me do it.
- [indistinct singing]
♪ so move out of your seat ♪
- Cameron is so nervous
that nothing
Is coming across
on his face
But "oh, my gosh.
What am I gonna do?"
He's just having a hard time
getting there.
- You need to now completely
forget the movement
And just think about
your performance
And not what your feet
are doing.
- Does that go for all of us?
Forget about our feet more?
- No, it goes for cameron.
- Oh, okay.
- You would be,
"don't look down."
- "don't look down."
These last couple of days have
been really hard.
Just physically draining,
mentally draining.
So I hope that all the hard work
that I've put in will pay off.
I hope that I'm not
in the bottom three.
- Good job.
Good job.
That was great.
- I'm not going home this week.
- We're just doing
the whole thing here?
- Yes.
- In the ghetto.
I told you, homeboy.
[laughter]
yo!
- Isn't he good?
That's genius.
- I couldn't believe
zack just said that to me.
Couldn't believe it.
- Damian has become
a whole new contender.
I don't even...
- Absolutely. I know, I know.
- ♪ my my my my ♪
♪ music hits me so hard,
it makes me-- ♪
♪ oh, my lord ♪
So could you not maybe--
look at me.
Don't go out here...
- Okay.
- Into that.
Just keep it like,
"boom-boom-bap."
- In the rehearsal,
I had a lot of space
And things were changed.
- Just keep it here.
- Okay.
My whole head rehearsed
that way.
- Yeah, [bleep] rehearsal.
You got it.
- Okay.
- Just keep your nuts
over the "t."
- [bleep] [bleep] up.
- Keep going!
- Cut!
- [grunts]
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry.
Y'all got me so scared
right now.
Like, ugh, sorry, sorry.
- If you mess up,
just play to the camera.
- Matheus, there's something
you're doing early
And then it's putting me off.
- Don't look at me.
Look at the camera.
Sorry, bro.
- No, I have to look at you.
- Yikes!
[laughter]
- No, I'm just saying, like--
no.
- Yeah, but honestly,
you're messing up.
So don't mess up.
- What surprised me
was matheus
Snapping at damian
a little bit.
- Yeah, can I tighten this up
a little bit, please?
- Asking, you know,
"where's my water?"
And, "make sure, you know,
my mic is right."
Matheus is turning into
a divo.
- Most of these kids took
the challenge of...
"I know I'm not good at this,
but I'm going for it."
- So many of them did really
go for it
That we're gonna have to really
take every single detail
Into consideration
in making our decision.
- Yeah.
- The three of us mentors really
got to learn a lot
About the contenders
this week.
It was shocking
because the ones
That we expected to ace this
were struggling,
And the ones that we expected
would struggle
Were coming through
with flying colors
Because of their
positive attitude.
So I'm not really sure who
we're going to choose
For the bottom three.
- And marker.
- Here we go.
And cue playback, please.
- ♪ c-c-c-c-c-can't
touch this ♪
♪ ♪
- ♪ my my my my ♪
♪ music hits me so hard ♪
♪ makes me say "oh, my lord" ♪
♪ thank you for blessing me ♪
♪ with the mind to rhyme
and two hype feet ♪
- ♪ feels good when you know
you're down ♪
♪ a super dope homegirl
from the oak town ♪
♪ and I'm known as such ♪
♪ and this is a beat
you can't touch ♪
- ♪ I told you, homeboy ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ yo, let me bust
the funky lyrics ♪
- ♪ fresh new kicks and pants ♪
♪ you got to like that
now you know you want to dance ♪
♪ so move out of your seat ♪
♪ and get a fly girl
and catch this beat ♪
- ♪ while it's rolling,
hold on ♪
♪ pop a little bit and let 'em
know what's going on ♪
♪ like that ♪
- ♪ unh, like that ♪
♪ cold on a mission,
so fall them back ♪
♪ and let 'em know
that you're too much ♪
♪ yeah, and this is a beat
you can't touch ♪
- ♪ yo, I told you ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ why you standing
there, man? ♪
- ♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ ungh ♪
♪ keep it funky now
and stuff ♪
♪ what? ♪
[scatting]
♪ what? What? ♪
♪ skidoosh ♪
- ♪ stop ♪
- ♪ hammer time ♪
- ♪ every time you see me ♪
♪ the hammer's just so hype ♪
♪ I'm dope on the floor ♪
♪ and I'm magic on the mic ♪
- ♪ now why would I ever ♪
♪ stop doing this? ♪
♪ with others making records
that just don't hit ♪
- ♪ I've toured around
the world ♪
♪ from london to the bay ♪
♪ it's hammer, go, hammer,
mc hammer, yo, hammer ♪
♪ and the rest can go
and play ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
♪ you can't touch this ♪
♪ oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪
Can't touch this.
- ♪ c-c-c-c-can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ I told you ♪
♪ can't touch this ♪
All: ♪ can't touch this ♪
- ♪ c-c-c-c-c-c-c-can't
touch this ♪
- All right, everybody.
[bell rings]
- I just feel like
you weren't really trying
And I couldn't understand why.
We're going for a job here.
[bell rings]
- Seriously, if I'm in
the bottom three,
I'm just gonna accept it
and move on,
Because, like, it feels like
I just left everything.
I couldn't have done any more.
When your confidence
takes such a hit
As being in the bottom three
twice in three weeks,
It is quite disheartening.
- I think that, like,
out of everybody,
I mean, I feel like I was
definitely the weakest.
You know, I feel like I'll be
in the bottom three again.
- I don't think I gave a lot
of attitude at first,
So I don't know.
- I think my biggest struggle
was just, like,
Having confidence
in my movements,
'cause, like, I'm not
that comfortable with my body.
I'm not that comfortable, like,
moving in front of people.
You know what I mean?
- Yeah.
- So I literally
had to just pretend
Like I was someone else almost
to get through it.
- Here we are.
- Hi.
- As you know, we have
to pick three of you
To do last-chance performances
later today.
- The big group number
did mean
A lot of high-energy
choreography,
So for a lot of you,
that means stepping
Way out of your comfort zone.
Dancing on glee isn't about
the steps.
It's literally about
the performance.
Damian...
Marissa...
Lindsay...
Samuel...
You're called back
for next week.
You can go.
[applause]
- I was like, "yes!"
I'm proud of myself,
Because I think I have
a strong character
And I believe in myself,
and you know,
I'm just gonna fight
until the end.
- Mckynleigh, this week was
about being more vivid
And memorable.
Connecting to the camera.
- I understand.
I understand that,
'cause, like, I've been doing
stage works for, like, 13 years.
- I mean, it's very different
between seeing something live
And seeing something on camera.
And for you, your challenge
is to make more of an impact.
- Cameron, you know,
you're a rock star.
Like, that's much more of your
thing and what you do,
And I think it was tough
for you.
- You know, I mean, obviously,
I was really,
You know, concerned about,
like, my footwork
Rather than stepping
into a character
And that kind of hindered me.
- You let your nerves get
the best of you
And it showed in your
performance.
- Alex, you're
a wonderful singer.
You're a wonderful dancer.
But you seemed a little
over it
And I couldn't tell
if you were tired.
- Um, I did feel--
Not like I'm over it.
I was just kind of
in a bad place that day.
- I just feel like you weren't
really trying.
We're going for a job here.
- Matheus, we had extremely high
expectations for you
On this challenge,
and I'm sure you felt that.
- The only note you
really got was
"stay on your mark."
You were like, "but that's
not how I rehearsed it."
Well, so much of what we do
on our show--
You don't know what you're gonna
get until you're there.
Mc hannah, it was a dance-heavy
challenge, of course.
And I know that, you know,
dance is not
Your strongest thing.
Um, in rehearsal,
you were okay.
But I need to see you try
in front of a mirror.
However, I mean,
you did incredible
And you totally owned it.
You made the callback list.
- [laughs]
thanks.
[sighs]
love you guys.
- This was a tough call.
It was really, really,
really tough.
Cameron...
You're on the callback list.
- Oh, my god.
- You did ultimately
take the direction.
That's the reason that you're
on the callback list.
- Thank you.
- Matheus, alex,
and mckynleigh,
You three will be
performing tonight.
- Mckynleigh, your song is...
Last name by carrie underwood.
- I do know the song that
I'm given.
I performed that song in a lot
of country competitions
Back at home.
- Your job's simple.
Be unforgettable.
- Gotcha.
- Alex, your song...
Is I'll always love you,
Written by dolly parton and made
famous by whitney houston.
You know what you have to do.
Matheus, your song is...
Down by jay sean.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's cool, it's sexy,
it's what you need to be.
Just go for it tonight.
Be yourselves and show ryan
why you should be on glee.
Good luck.
Deja vu.
Let's get right to it.
Okay.
- I'll just listen
to this first.
- It sucks to be in
the bottom three again.
I definitely have that moment
where I'm thinking,
You know, "what is wrong
with you?"
♪ well, I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
[laughs]
- That sounds amazing.
Just keep doing what
you're doing.
You can make people feel
with your voice.
You know, you can emote
with your voice,
But your face
is just--
I mean, it's so beautiful,
But it's not communicating
what your voice is
And then now I just saw you put
it all together,
So I'm like, "bravo."
- Good, good, good.
- Go out there and do it.
Just what you did here,
it's awesome.
Good luck.
- Thank you.
I'm thinking,
"you can perform.
"you can do this.
You've been doing this
basically your whole life."
- ♪ hey ♪
Yeah, I already messed up.
Okay, let's do that over.
♪ we make our great ♪
[voice breaks]
♪ escape ♪
Whoa.
I think I was given
a last-chance performance
Because I just put a lot of
pressure on myself this week
And I let that probably
get to me and,
You know, it kind of
messed me up.
- So are you surprised
you're here?
What's happening?
- You know, I just--I guess
I deserve to be down here.
- This, it is about
the mind challenge,
Getting over yourself.
And you have to sell
that confidence,
Whether you have it
or not,
But you got to tell people
that you have it.
- I'm gonna try all
those things
That ryan asked of me,
you know,
When I was in the bottom three
two weeks ago,
Which was to be sexy
and to embrace myself.
So, um, hopefully I'll be able
to show that.
- ♪ and I... ♪
- Hello.
- Hey, girlfriend.
- How are you doing?
- Good, and you?
- I'm good.
You're good?
- Yeah.
- Oh, good, good, good.
Okay, tell me more.
- Um...
[grunts]
I think that my voice
and my story
And my personality
belong on that show.
- I want to make sure you feel
this song too,
'cause when you feel it,
you know, you make the person
Watching it and listening to you
feel that emotion.
- I'm gonna go
on that stage
And be emotional
and sing this song
Like I've never sung this song
before in my life.
[bell rings]
- That's not at all
in character
With the person you are
right now.
Do you think you're better
than them?
- So now we just need marissa
on the steps.
- I ended up having a solo
booty-popping session
And it was awesome.
- Use the wall!
Use the wall!
- Slap it!
- Oh, my god.
[cheers and applause]
- Marissa is doing
the booty pop.
[laughs]
oh, my god.
Like, that is hot.
And the rest of us are
committing sins in our head.
- Eww.
- Unreal.
- That was awesome!
- Incredible.
It's in front of you,
but you can't touch it.
You can't touch this.
[bell rings]
- So mckynleigh has never
quite connected
Like she did in
the original audition.
In the vulnerability challenge
last week,
When she stripped everything
away, she did very well.
But then this week,
we asked her to pop again
And she faded
into the background.
- Hello.
Uh, my name
is mckynleigh abraham
And I will be singing
last name.
[last name by carrie underwood]
♪ ♪
♪ last night I got served ♪
♪ a little bit too much ♪
♪ of that poison, baby ♪
♪ last night I did things ♪
♪ I'm not proud of ♪
♪ and I got a little crazy ♪
♪ last night I met a guy
on the dance floor ♪
♪ and I let him call me baby ♪
♪ and I don't even know ♪
♪ his last name ♪
♪ oh, my mama'd be ♪
♪ so ashamed ♪
♪ well, it started out,
"hey, cutie, ♪
♪ where you from?" ♪
♪ and then it turned into ♪
♪ oh, no, what have I done? ♪
♪ and I don't even know
his last name ♪
♪ today I woke up
thinking about elvis ♪
♪ somewhere in vegas ♪
♪ I'm not sure
how I got here ♪
♪ or how this ring
on my left hand ♪
♪ just appeared out of nowhere ♪
♪ I got to go ♪
♪ I grab the chips
and my pinto ♪
♪ I hit the road ♪
♪ they say what happens here,
stays here ♪
♪ all of this will disappear ♪
♪ there's just one
little problem ♪
♪ I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
♪ oh, my mama would be ♪
♪ so ashamed ♪
♪ yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ♪
♪ I don't even know ♪
♪ my last name ♪
♪ ♪
[applause]
- Very nice.
- Great job.
- I thought you did great.
- Thank you.
- Well, during this
last competition,
You were dancing and you
know how to dance
And you can dance,
but you looked like
You were doing
this covergirl commercial
And you couldn't take
on this persona
Of rap, tough, hard girl,
And instead,
it was lost up top.
- I don't know if
it's just something
That's gonna take me
a while to get.
And I mean, that's unfortunate,
you know, but--
- I think you need a little bit
more ferocity.
You're kind of there.
Um, I just wish you would
sort of own it
A little bit more.
I've always wanted to have
a country singer in that cast.
I've never found that person.
You could be that person.
You were very fun.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Great job.
- Thank you.
- She got better.
- Oh.
- She took the note.
She was interesting.
- So next is matheus.
- Um, matheus had
a huge meltdown on set.
- Why?
- He got upset because when
he had to stay on his mark,
He couldn't dance,
and then he couldn't remember
To sing while he was dancing.
- Wow.
- Matheus.
- Hey.
♪ shorty in the house ♪
- [chuckles]
- So I'm gonna be singing down
by jay sean.
- The last time we saw you,
I told you
That you could be
a sex symbol
If you just owned
your sexuality.
I want you to go nuts.
I want you to feel who you are
when you sing that song.
- All right.
- Go for it.
[down by jay sean]
♪ ♪
- ♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down, down? ♪
♪ down, down ♪
♪ you ought to know ♪
♪ tonight is the night
to let it go ♪
♪ put on a show ♪
♪ I want to see how you
lose control ♪
♪ leave it behind ♪
♪ 'cause we have
the night to get away ♪
- [laughs]
there you go!
- ♪ and come on
and fly with me ♪
♪ as we make our great escape ♪
♪ so baby, don't worry ♪
♪ you were my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ even if the sky
is falling down ♪
♪ you'll be my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down, down? ♪
♪ down, down ♪
♪ baby, are you down, down,
down, down? ♪
♪ you'll be my only ♪
♪ no need to worry ♪
♪ baby,
are you down, down ♪
♪ down? ♪
- [laughs]
- I applaud you.
I could not do that.
That was a real leap from
the last time I saw you.
But from what I hear
about you,
You don't take notes well.
You get very freaked out
when you have to adjust.
You sort of see things
as you see them,
And if you have to be told,
"move to the left an inch
or move to the right,"
It completely throws you
and you shut down.
And that's not at all
in character
With the person you are
right now.
- Okay.
- The show is about
being your better self.
If you want to stay
in this competition,
I think you have to rise
to the occasion of your gift.
- Thank you so much,
really.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Thanks, matheus.
Bye-bye.
Okay, who's next?
Between either being
a complete diva or nothing.
So that was the difficulty.
- Okay, and that's why
he's here.
- Hi, I'm alex newell
and I'll be singing
And I will always love you.
♪ and I ♪
♪ eee-I ♪
♪ will always ♪
♪ love you ♪
♪ I ♪
♪ will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ my darling you ♪
♪ oh-oh-oh ♪
♪ bittersweet ♪
♪ memories ♪
♪ is all I'm taking ♪
♪ away ♪
♪ so I wish you joy ♪
♪ and happiness ♪
♪ but above all this ♪
♪ I wish you ♪
♪ love ♪
♪ and I ♪
♪ ee-I ♪
♪ will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always love ♪
♪ you ♪
♪ I will always ♪
♪ love ♪
♪ you ♪
[applause]
- Well, there's no disputing...
That voice, man.
I mean, you have something
very special.
And the thing about this week,
from what I heard,
Is that you actually felt
that you wanted
To throw the challenge
because quote, um,
"you wanted to let other
people shine."
- Yeah.
Somebody else needs
to shine sometimes,
And I can't always be the one
to jump up and to be like,
"here I am.
I'm gonna win this."
I mean--
- You think you're
better than them?
- No, I don't--I--
- But why would you say,
"yeah, I'm gonna throw it away.
Let them do it."?
Why would you do that?
- It was a dumb move.
- I get how you could come on
and sing those songs
And make people cheer.
But I think you need to earn
that a little bit
With more humbleness.
I'm more interested
in the pain
That makes you want
to be that character.
What is that about?
- Well, I'm gay...
And it's something that
I've learned throughout my life
That that's not good,
that's not right.
But I just want to be me
and I want to be free
Of how people accept me
and don't accept me.
- How are your family and
friends dealing with that?
- Only person that knows in my
family is my mom right now.
- And when you told her,
what did she say?
- She said,
"I will love you
"no matter who you are,
no matter what you are.
This is unconditional love."
- Mm-hmm.
- My mother's my inspiration
and that's what
Gives me the drive
to keep going sometimes.
- Well, you need
to be this person.
You need to be more secure
in your specialness.
Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.
Oh, this is the hardest week
of them all.
- It is.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- What's up?
- Let me ask you this.
Who were you
the most surprised by?
- My nerves are going up
and adrenaline.
I was like--there was a part
where I was like,
Half singing and then
taking my shirt off
And I was like--
and I was, like, dancing
And I was going for it
and they were cracking up
And it was insane.
I'm almost making my mind-set
that I might go home
So that it won't be like
as much as--of a hurt.
- Well, what about mckynleigh?
Talk about mckynleigh.
- I'm intrigued because
she keeps getting better.
I think that's why tonight
was hard,
Because of the two
that repeated,
I felt they brought it.
I felt that they fought
for their place.
- He told me--he's like,
"yeah, we don't have anybody
Country on the show,"
he's like,
"that can actually
sing country."
He goes, "and I've
really wanted that."
And I was like, "okay."
- So the thing about alex,
it's like,
If you're in this competition,
you cannot say,
"I am throwing it this week
for somebody else to shine."
That's just insane.
- I didn't know that either.
- You killed it,
didn't you?
- The only thing that he said
that was bad
Was I could
humble myself more.
- Well, I think I have
my mind made up.
- Mm-hmm.
- Do you?
- Unfortunately, yes.
- Yeah, unfortunately, yes.
Me too.
- My choice is--
- yes.
Don't you think?
- Yeah.
Right?
- Unfortunately, I agree.
- Okay.
- Hey, guys.
So...Here we go again.
And the list is up,
so...
Go take a look.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Let's go.
Oh, man.
Thank you.
I love you guys.
[soft pop music]
This has been my dream,
you know?
And to have that taken
from you,
It's hard to think about.
- I've been struggling
the whole time I've been here
With the same thing,
so I definitely feel
Like I could be going home.
- I'm not confident enough to
think that I'm not going home.
But I'm hoping and praying
that I stay.
♪ ♪
- Oh!
Oh, my gosh!
Yes!
Oh!
[grunts]
yes!
Oh!
[grunts]
- [sighs]
- I feel like I've kind
of lost an opportunity,
But I got to meet
some amazing people.
I feel like I've done
the best I could do,
So I'm ready to go and see
wherever my career takes me.
[all vocalizing]
♪ there's nothing you can say ♪
♪ there's nothing you can do ♪
♪ there's no other way ♪
♪ when it comes
to the truth ♪
♪ so keep ♪
♪ holding on ♪
♪ 'cause you know
we'll make it through ♪
♪ we'll make it through ♪
[bell rings]
- Nice!
- A duet!
- Cameron was
a little uncomfortable
With our intimacy.
- I feel like
I've cheated, mom.
Both: ♪ darlin' I need
you now ♪
- Stop laughing!
- [laughs]
- Matheus, think of it
this way.
You're gonna be gay for a day.
- Just a day.
Don't freaking blame this on me,
okay?
- For more information
on the glee project,