Audition (Glee)
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"Audition"[1] is the first episode of the second season of the American television series Glee, and the 23rd episode overall. The episode is scheduled to premiere on the Fox network on September 21, 2010. According to series creator Ryan Murphy, the episode is about "the idea that everybody['s ...] daily life is an audition for something."[2]
Summary
Still smarting from their loss at Regionals, the club is forced to recruit new members in the face of a new wave of sweeping budget cuts by Principal Figgins.
Production
On January 11, 2010, Fox President Kevin Reilly announced that Glee had been picked up for a second season, and would be holding nationwide, open casting calls to fill three new roles. The auditions were intended to be the subject of a multi–part television special, which would air in the lead–in to the second season premiere, with the new cast members revealed in the first episode.[3] Murphy stated that Glee aimed to become "the first interactive musical comedy on television."[4] Ultimately, the reality show did not go ahead, due to Murphy's desire to concentrate on the main series and fear that the distraction of the reality show may damage Glee.[5]
"Audition" is scheduled to air on September 21, 2010,[6] in the 8 pm (ET) timeslot.[7] Formerly recurring cast members Heather Morris, Naya Rivera, and Mike O'Malley have been promoted to series regulars as Brittany, Santana Lopez, and Burt Hummel respectively.[8][9] The episode will mark the first appearance of Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans, a recurring character who is initially an athletic protégé of glee club member Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith), but becomes his rival,[10] and Charice as Sunshine Corazon, a recurring character who is a foreign exchange student and becomes the nemesis, but later frenemy, of Rachel Berry (Lea Michele).[11]
This episode will feature cover versions of "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, Lady Gaga's "Telephone" (featuring Beyoncé), "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy featuring Bruno Mars, and "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison. "What I Did for Love" from A Chorus Line, "Getting to Know You" from The King and I, and "Listen" from the film adaptation of Dreamgirls will also be performed.[12]
