GLEE PROJECT

The Glee Project is an American reality television series from Oxygen. It serves as an audition for the FOX TV series Glee. Although originally planned to begin broadcasting in late May 2011, The Glee Project premiered on June 12, 2011. In Canada, the series began airing on Slice on June 26, 2011 with a two hour extended premiere where the first hour showed the audition process and selection of the Top 12. In the UK, the series began airing on Sky One on July 14, 2011 with a two hour extended premiere where the first hour showed the audition process and selection of the Top 12.
Glee executive producers Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto are executive producers for The Glee Project. Glee's casting director, Robert Ulrich, is casting director for the project.^[1][2]
Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen were both proclaimed the winners of the first season. Runners-up Lindsay Pearce and Alex Newell will also be starring on a 2-episode arc on Glee, and Cameron Mitchell, who quit the competition in episode 7, won the "fan favorite" competition and the associated $10,000 prize.^[3]

Contender	Age	Hometown	Result	Date eliminated	References
Damian McGinty, Jr.	18	Derry City, Northern Ireland	Winner	N/A	[4]
Samuel Larsen	19	Los Angeles, California	Winner	N/A	[5]
Lindsay Pearce	19	Modesto, California	Runner Up	N/A	[6]
Alex Newell	18	Lynn, Massachusetts	Runner Up	N/A	[7]
Hannah McIalwain	19	Asheville, North Carolina	8th eliminated	August 7, 2011	[8]
Cameron Mitchell	21	Fort Worth, Texas	7th eliminated	July 31, 2011	[9][10]
Marissa von Bleicken	19	New York, New York	6th eliminated	July 24, 2011	[11]
Matheus Fernandes	19	Atlanta, Georgia	5th eliminated	July 17, 2011	[12][13]
McKynleigh Abraham	19	Paducah, Kentucky	4th eliminated	July 10, 2011	[14]
Emily Vásquez	22	New York, New York	3rd eliminated	June 26, 2011	[15]
Ellis Wylie	18	Grayslake, Illinois	2nd eliminated	June 19, 2011	[16][17]
Bryce Ross-Johnson	22	Westlake Village, California	1st eliminated	June 12, 2011	[18]