Season One

Season One is the first season of The Glee Project: Fan Fiction.

About
Season One of The Glee Project: Fan Fictionwill commence with Ryan Murphy and Dante Di Loreto continuing as executive producers, along with series executive producers Michael Davies and Shauna Minoprio of Embassy Row. During the eleven week run of the series, The Glee Project contenders will be narrowed down through intensive rounds of homework assignments, singing, dancing and acting-based assignments as the creative forces of Glee carefully assess who has what it takes to be one of the next new faces of the award-winning show. Murphy will once again join casting director Robert Ulrich and choreographer and Glee co-producer Zach Woodlee in the final deliberations of each installment of the series. Vocal coach Nikki Anders, who mentored the contenders on-air in season one, joins the judging panel in season two each week as a permanent member. Additionally, continuing with the format of season one, Glee series regulars will appear on The Glee Project as guest mentors, including Lea Michele (Rachel Berry on Glee) in the show's premiere episode.

Casting
Open casting calls for season two took place in Chicago, Nashville and New York, in addition to a competitive online search.

The possible audition songs were:
 * The Edge of Glory by Lady Gaga
 * You and I by Lady Gaga
 * I'm Yours by Jason Mraz
 * Drops of Jupiter by Train
 * Unchained Melody by Righteous Brothers
 * Before He Cheats by Carrie Underwood
 * Ordinary People by John Legend
 * This Kiss by Faith Hill
 * Out Here on My Own from the musical Fame

Contest Process
Each episode of The Glee Project is given an overall theme and covers events that have taken place in about the time span of a week.

Homework assignment
 * Contestants are given a "homework assignment" that entails learning and practicing segments of a chosen song. At the beginning of each episode, contestants perform their respective parts of the song in front of a mystery guest judge from the Glee cast. The contestant that completes the homework best is given a one-on-one session with the guest star and a principal part in the music video.

Music video (group performance) 
 * Contestants then create a music video "inspired by the performances on Glee". In preparation for the music video, contestants record parts of a song in a professional studio with vocal producer Nikki (née Hassman) Anders. They also learn choreography from Zach Woodlee and/or Brooke Lipton, his assistant. The music video is shot by video producer Erik White and the entire process is overseen by Glee's casting director Robert Ulrich.

Callbacks
 * During callbacks, the bottom three are revealed. They are critiqued by Robert Ulrich, Zach Woodlee, and Nikki Anders about their performances. They are then assigned a song that they will perform in hopes of being "saved".

Last chance recital
 * The bottom three of the week perform their assigned songs in front of Ryan Murphy himself. With input from Woodlee, Ulrich, and Anders, a decision is made and one of the bottom three is eliminated.

Final callbacks 
 * Unlike most reality competition shows, contestants are not directly informed of their elimination. Rather, the bottom three are notified when "the list is up" and discover their fate as they find their name on the list. Following the final callbacks, the eliminated contestant sings lead on a segment of "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne with the rest of the contestants as backup.

Contender Progress
IN  The contender was not at risk of elimination.

WON The contender won The Glee Project. FINALIST The contender made it to the finale but did not win. WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was first on the callback list.

WIN The contender won the homework assignment and was cited as needing improvement but was not at risk of elimination.

WIN The contender won the homework assignment, but was at risk for elimination. HIGH The contender was first on the callback list and not at risk of elimination.

LOW The contender was cited as needing improvement but was not at risk of elimination.

RISK The contender had to do a Last Chance Performance and was at risk of being eliminated.

RISK The contender had to do a Last Chance Performance but was not at risk of being eliminated.

OUT The contender won the homework assignment, but was eliminated from the competition. OUT The contender was eliminated.

QUIT The contender withdrew from the competition.