the glee project: matheus is the fifth person not called back

matheus fernandez, a 19 year old guy originally from sau paolo, brazil, bacame the 5th person not called back in the new reality show, the glee project.

this week's theme is pair-ability, or their ability to be paired up with someone. this week's guest mentor is damian criss, who plays blaine anderson of the warblers in glee. this is the second time that he mentored the contestants. he was also the guest mentor in week 1 (individuality).

in their homework assignment, they were tasked to perform "need you now" by lady antebelum. marissa was declared the winner and has the chance to choose her partner for the video. she choose samuel. so the partners for the duets and their song assignments are as follows:

marissa and samuel - don't you want me by the human league

damian and matheus - the lady is a tramp by sammy davis, jr

hannah and alex - nowadays by chicago

cameron and lindsay - baby it's cold outside by frank loesser

damian and matheus looked awkward since matheus is so small compared to damian and some shots showede matheus and the crotch are of damian. alex looks funny in his transvestite costume. marissa and lindsay each gave their partners surprise kisses, which made cameron cry and call his mom because he felt he had cheated.

in the end, it was only marissa and samuel who was safe. the 3 pairs were again asked to sing a song and sing for their lives:

damian & matheus – "these boots are made for walkin'" - nancy sinatra

hannah & alex – "valerie" – mark ronson and amy winehouse

cameron & lindsay – "river deep – mountain high" - ike & tina turner

after the performances, the bottom 3 was revealed. the bottom three were matheus, cameron and alex. but in the end it was matheus who was not called back. this is the 3rd time that he was inthe bottom three, despite winning 2 challenges in week 1 and 3. this inconsistency and his lack of self esteem made him lose the competition.

official trailer of glee 3d the movie

for all the gleeks out there, here is the official trailer of the glee 3d the movie:

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ84hXdoZMg

the glee project: mckynleigh is the fourth person not called back

19 year old mckynleigh abraham from paducah, kentucky bacame the 4th contestant not to be called back in the reality show, the glee project.

this week's theme is dance ability, where the contenders needs to show their dance talent and their willingness to learn choreography. this week's homework assignment is for them to perform train's hit song hey, soul sister. this week's guest judge is the first new directions member to grace the show, harry shum, jr. he plays new direction's resident dancer, michael chang. after the contenders performed, the stand outs for him were matheus and samuel. but in the end, it was samuel's control and movement that gave him the win.

this week's music video is mc hammer's can't touch this. for a change, the contenders will be rapping while showing their dancing ability. here is this week's video:

i think this is the worst video of the show so far. this week's bottom three are matheus, mckynleigh and alex. matheus is in the bottom three because of what seems to be his divo attitude and the way he snapped at damian during the shoot. mckynleigh simply faded into the background and her performance is still not in the level the mentors wants it to be. alex, who is the best dancer in the group, just fell short of the expectations and gave an okay performance rather than a great performance. their songs for the last chance recital were:

- matheus - down by jay sean

- mckynleigh - last name by carrie underwood

- alex - i will always love you by whitney houston

in the end, it was time for mckynleigh to go home. i think she does not have the personality to be in the cast despite of superb voice. her biracial features and good voice was not enough to save her this week.

sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glee_Project

http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com/meet-the-cast-gleeproj/mckynleigh#fbid=jHz4Fzsf5gb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyXo6tKXcSw&feature=feedu

the glee project: emily is the third person not called back

emily vasquez, 22 year old girl from new york became the third aspirant not to be called back on the new reality show the glee project.

the week's theme is vulnerability. for their homework assignment, they were given lines in the song please don't live me by pink. to judge them in this, the guest judge for the week is dot marie jones who plays coach beiste in the hit show glee. after the performance, she said that lindsay comes out as forced. she enjoyed emily's and matheus' performance. in the end, dot choose matheus as the winner this week. this is matheus' second win in three challenges.

the week's video is tears for fears' mad world. they need to choose words that they are very much insecure about and put it out there in public. they will display these words while walking on universal city walk.

the words they choose are as follows:

alex - gay

cameron - misunderstood

damian - numb

hannah - fat

lindsay - fake

marissa - flawed

samuel - rejected

matheus - small

mckynleigh - black or white

emily - used

it was a very emotional shoot. as they are being shot, the other contestants watched them in a monitor. emily revealed that she has been abused by music producers that is why she choose used. while alex was shooting, marissa decided to change her word since it was not specific on the issues she had before. she changed it to "annorexic".

here is the music video for the week:

in the end, the contestants in the bottom three were damian, cameron and emily. damian and cameron was called out due to their lack of connection to the song. emily was called due to her lack of focus during the shoot. they were asked to sing the following songs:

damian - are you lonesome tonight by elvis presley

cameron - your song by elton john

emily - grenade by bruno mars

it was a pretty tough week since all did a good job in their last chance auditions. but in the end, it was emily's lack of focus that made her not get the call back.

video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5-tnSZ7Ts&feature=feedu

the glee project: ellis becomes the 2nd contestant to be eliminated

ellis wylie, an 18 year old singer from grayslake, illinois; became the 2nd person who did not get a callback in the reality show, the glee project. this is the 2nd time that ellis was in the bottom three in as many weeks of the show. she was mainly voted off due to her negativity and her attitude.

in this episode, the focus is on the contestant's theatricality. this week's guest mentor is idina menzel, who plays shelby corcoran - the coach of vocal adrenaline and rachel berry's birth mother. their homework assignment is lady gaga's bad romance. and after their performance, shelby choose alex as the winner.

their video for this week is we're not gonna take it by the twisted sisters. the concept of this week's video is that the aspirants are the outcasts trying to fit in. setting is the school cafeteria and a rock concert.

here is this week's video:

after the performance, the week's bottom three was revealed. the bottom three (and the songs they performed during the last chance recital) were:

ellis - mack the knife

matheus - gives you hell

mckynleigh - piece of my heart

ellis was in the bottom three due to her negativity and has even caused some conflicts among the cast members. the mentors believe that she does not believe in herself too much. matheus forgot some of his words and got carried away at some parts of the song. he was also advised to embrace his smallness but always walk and act tall and confident. mckynleigh was definitely the best singer among the three but her lack of character and personality brought her to the bottom three.

but in the end, it was ellis' negative attitude that led to her elimination.

next week's focus is on vulnerability.

video is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx3LDDbt42k

pic is from: http://popcrush.com/tags/ellis-wylie/

review: the glee project

who doesn't want to be a part of the most popular television series today and still keep your individuality and celebrate your uniqueness?

this is the premise of the new reality show "the glee project"; the search for the new stars that would enter the popular television show, "glee". the show premiered tonight here in the philippines at etc. the show starts with the very tedious audition process where they asked glee fans to upload audition videos through their site. as expec

ted, thousands of fans and aspirants uploaded their videos. they got more than 30,000 videos and screened them one by one. they also had an open auditions in chicago where also thousands came to audition.

after this, they got the top 80 auditionees and got them on a glee bootcamp. they got into dance a dance rehearsal and was vocally coached by glee's dance choreographer and voice coaches. then they had to face the judges for the final auditions. the audition process really showed how unique and different each person was and how glee really values individuality.

so from there, the top 12 was chosen to be the contestants:

1. mckynleigh abraham, 19, kentucky

2. matheus fernandes, 20, georgia

3. samuel larsen, 19, california

4. damian mcginty, jr., 18, ireland

5. hannah mclalwain, 19, north carolina

6. cameron mitchell, 21, texas

7. alex newell, 18, massachusetts

8. lindsay pearce, 19, california

9. emily vasquez, 20, new york

10. bryce ross johnson, 22, california

11. marissa von bleicken, 19, new york

12. ellis wylie, 19, illinois

they moved in together into a dormitory and was immediately given a homework. the week's lesson was on individuality. they were each given a line in "signed, sealed, delivered" and they need to sing these lines based on their personality. the guest judge for this episode is glee's lead warbler, darren criss. after the performance, he chose matheus as the winner. he had one on one time with darren and he gave him tips on how to project on the camera.

after that, they were informed that they will be creating a glee inspired video of katy perry's fireworks. they then had dance rehearsals and recoding and shot the video. the concept of the video was the yearbook pictorial, so each has to play a role on what they will be on glee and on the yearbook.

the mentors then chose the bottom three. all would get a call back except for the three, which will perform to keep them alive in the competition. in this episode, the bottom three were bryce, ellis and damian. they were assigned songs to sing for their performance. the song assignments were:

bryce - just the way you are

ellis - big spender

damian - jessie's girl

they only had a few hours to rehearse. all of them did a decent job but one will go home first. unfortunately, it was bryce's time to go, mainly due to his attitude problem all through out the week.

the show seems interesting since all the cast are really unique in his and her own way. but despite their individuality, viewers can still relate to one or two of these contestants. the fact that these guys would possibly appear on glee next season makes it more exciting. hope the show continues to give that light mood and excellent production numbers. it is also very refreshing to see how positive the judge's comments are to the contestants and the great bonding that the cast members had in such a short time being together.

hope to see charice as a guest judge in the future episodes and of course, the lead cast. i would surely love if even sue sylvester can come over to help these kids. i would definitely watch it again next week. it's a good thing that etc is showing it as match airing, the same schedule as it is shown in the united states.

another pinoy youtube sensation: mini warbler!

another pinoy is making waves in youtube and has become another sensation. he in kellen sarmiento from the US (but with filipino lineage). his video was posted by his mother since his relatives wants to see him perform. the video shows him singing along with the choir group, the warblers of the hit tv series, the glee. he is so cute and his costume really mimics what the warblers wear.

here is the video:

after only 4 days after it was posted, it already has more than 1,200,000 hits and counting. it was also shared through twitter by darren criss and in the official glee twitter account: