Amazing chances for people to get to do what they love, makes me happy!More shows like this should be done since many people dream of being actors, performers and singers all in one.Gets a bit boring sometimes and the songs are nothing new that you feel you want to stay up listening to, want to buy or feel being better than the original. This is very hard for them of course, they only have weeks but it still makes people not watching it.This wouldn't be interesting for everyone. Only for the "real" Gleeks.For me, who lives in Sweden I feel sad that Glee related things never appreciate countries outside of the U.SRyan Murphy, thanks for giving people this chance in life! You change people's lives to the better.

I watched this show the first week, and fell in love. Ryan Murphy has decided to give a 7 episode guest starring role on Glee to a winner of this project. It keeps you coming back every week. There's great drama, comedy, and a fair share of cute guys ;) Every week, one contender gets eliminated. The only thing I don't like about this is that Ryan and the others have favorites, they aren't eliminated based on that weeks challenge. It's kind of like Glee/Americas Next Top Model I love the music videos they do each week. Every contender is so talented! There's Bryce, a bad boy almost, a heart breaker. Then there's Ellis, an 18 year old girl who looks 12. Then Emily, a sassy diva. Then McKenliegh, a mixed girl who sings country music. Matheus, a short dude who has high confidence, and a high annoying voice. Then Marissa, a pretty hipster/stylish chic kinda girl with an amazing voice. CAMERON, a nerdy guy who writes his own songs, very love-able. Hannah, a big girl who doesn't have the strongest voice, but a hilarious personality. Alex, a black chubby gay guy, who is a huge diva. Lindsay, a pretty girl with a great voice who seems mean, but is just confident in her abilities. Samuel, an edgy rocker guy with dreads. Damian, an ADORABLE Irish native. He is cute and amazing and has a deep voice, but wants to be a pop singer.So if you want a show that will suck you right in, then watch this one!

At first I loved this show. But now I am getting kinda mad and that is why I rate it as a 5. Each week there is a theme. So you would think that the contestant that is being eliminated would have performed the poorest on each theme. But thats not the case on this show. Instead the person that is eliminated is based on who would be cooler on the show, which is not right. Why have themes if someone who does horribly on it and gives a sappy performance can still make it. You might as well just pick who you want to be on it and not go through any of this. You are also letting that director put people in the bottom for unimportant reasons. Why put a top contender in the bottom for trying to laugh off a vulnerability like being sexually used. Why would someone that has been through that want to keep thinking about that. And why would you put that challenge so early in the competition. Thats like a top 3 type of thing. Overall I am disappointed and just don't know what else to say.

'Glee' creator Ryan Murphy wants to find new talent for his runaway hit series. No use wasting all that hard work and a perfectly good national talent search, so The Glee Project was born. Tens of thousands of teen singers (as well as post-teen singers pretending to look like high-schoolers) grind through the auditions for the chance to perform on several episode of 'Glee'. 'The Glee Project' shows little of these early efforts, starting out almost immediately with the twelve chosen standouts. It's a diverse mix of male/female, pretty/not so pretty, tall/short, longhair/short hair kids. All very, very good singers in their own right. Each themed episode is visited by a regular cast member form the Glee mothership, not the A-list mind you, mostly support characters, but unquestionably talented people in and of themselves. The kids are given homework, a song to sing and choreograph together. They then perform it as the surprise 'guest mentor' watches and picks a standout. That standout is given perks in the form of individual tutelage with the guest mentor and special solo focus in the week's video shoot. The week's video is professionally produced with vocals recorded in a studio ahead of time, giving vocal producer Niki Anders an opportunity to instruct, motivate and if at all possible, belittle the nervous, struggling voices. The show captures brief vignettes in the recording studio and the video set zooming in on every possible cracking voice, petty squabble and unfortunate diva moment. Drama between the young singers is sought out and drawn out throughout the whole episode though most often it seems contrived or very selectively-edited. The finished video is shown in its entirety. This is the undisputed acme of each episode. Casting director Robert Ulrich and choreographer Zach Woodlee sit in the front row and one by one offer critique and then announce to the kids on stage who will continue and which three, the weakest of the week, will be required to perform individually in front of the Murphy himself. From these three, one will not be 'called back'. The singers only have a couple of hours to prepare (so we are told), so there are the predictable shots of rehearsal room sweat, tears, fear, woe and lament. Extra camera time is awarded to anyone willing to reveal his or her innermost trial and torment. Each of the three perform and are then told their strengths and weaknesses (mostly the latter) by a usually pontificating and condescending Murphy, whose highest compliment seems to be "I can write to that." Indicating, in my opinion, that he really doesn't know what he's looking for at all, but will apparently know it when he sees it. (or writes itself entirely, a la the Glee character, Kurt (Chris Colfer)) Rather then man up and tell the kids to their faces who got the boot, Ulrich posts a list and the three each make the solo perp-walk out to check to see if they've been called back or eliminated. The best parts of this show by far are the kids' performances. These are all relatively unknown and yet very talented young individuals. The weekly videos are first rate and even the homework assignment is polished and near-ready for prime time. The 'drama' is overstressed and is fast becoming a tired, clichéd, and dare I say, lazy entertainment mechanism. This is the same sort of glop you see on every other reality show from 'Survivor' to 'Next Food Network Star'. Minor, petty bickering and emoting juiced up with dramatic sound tracks and contextually questionable close-ups and narrowly edited sound bites. Murphy comes off at the same time as both arrogant and weak, completely subjective and at odds with himself as to what it is he is actually wanting. The kids themselves, bless their little hearts, are fun, expressive, intense and eerily 'normal'. It's a fun and entertaining hour each week, number one in priority on my DVR, even with all the fake drama bits. Highly recommended!