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All the entries are in and it’s time to announce the Top Ten finalists for our Gleek Talent Showcase Contest.
It’s Round 2!

We’ve looked through all the entrants’ videos, and we’ve picked our Top Ten! These finalists displayed some of the best talent with their videos entries. I’m really excited to announce them to you throughout the week!

Here’s how this is going to work: Every day (Monday through Friday) for this week, we will be announcing two of the Top Ten finalists in the contest. Make sure you check back every day to see if you or your friends have been added to the list!

Keep in mind the prizes that are at stake for the winners:
First Place -- 1 Signed Glee Script & 1 Signed Poster from the Gleek Tour
Second Place -- 1 Signed Glee Cast Photograph
Third Place -- 1 Glee Hat

Note that the Top 10 are revealed in random order and voting will start on Friday once all the finalists have been revealed.

Voting will end on March 29th, which is when we will announce the winners. Good luck!

So without further ado, here are the first two of our finalists!

1) Stephanie Ciotta
Singing “Hole in My Heart” by Alphabeat

Stephanie is 19 years old. Though she attends school in Boston, she was born and raised in New York. She loves music and hopes to pursue a career in the field later on. Enjoy her cover of the song “Hole in My Heart” by Alphabeat! She actually spliced together video of her singing both of the parts! Neat!

2) Jack Savige
Short Film -- “Don’t Stop Believin’”

Jack is 19 years old, from Melbourne, Australia and currently studying screenwriting. He made a hilarious video based on the concept of three Glee fans writing an episode for the premiere of Glee’s second season. It is hilarious and definitely shows off his talent for film making! When deciding who to vote for, remember: W.W.C.C.D.?

3) Mary Pascoe
Singing “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin

Mary lives in Los Angeles, California, and submitted a video of a live performance she did there. She’s both an actress and a singer-songwriter. She plays the guitar, trumpet, and piano, and even self-produced an album called “Who Brings a Cat to the Disco?”! Enjoy her lively rendition of “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin!

4) Cara-Lynn Branch
Painting…

Cara-Lynn Branch is 21 years old and lives in Canada. She writes books, lyrics & scripts for musicals. Despite her major in musical theater, the talent she chose to display is more unique. Describing it just as “painting” doesn’t do it justice. Just watch it. If you don’t appreciate it, then you aren’t a true Gleek! XD

5) Celeste Kamiya
Singing “A Case of You” by Joni Mitchell

Celeste lives in San Francisco, California and has been a huge Glee fan since the first 2 seconds of the pilot. Also a huge fan of the Broadway musical Spring Awakening, she enjoys singing, acting, and dancing. Although she’s too young to audition for Glee, I think you’ll love her version of “A Case of You” by Joni Mitchell that she sang for our Gleek Talent Showcase.

6) Steven Karunphand
Singing “Ordinary People” by John Legend

Steven Karunphand is from Belleville, New Jersey. He’s 21 years old and currently attending college at Fordham University in New York. For our contest, he sang “Ordinary People” by John Legend. Enjoy!

7) Rebecca Michelson
Singing “Terrified” by Kara DioGuardi & an Original Song

Rebecca goes to school in Boston, but lives just outside of Philadelphia. She’s a freshman in college and loves to sing, play the guitar and play the piano. She says that she secretly wants to be on Broadway someday, but has major nerves. Maybe one day! Enjoy an original song about her love of Glee, a Kara DioGuardi song and a bit of piano playing.

8) Jean Ryan Escalante
Singing “Swallowed in the Sea” by Coldplay, a cappella

Jean is 22 years old and his hometown is Yellowknife, NT in Canada. He’s currently attending Vancouver Film School. His musical background includes three years in his high school’s choir, one semester in concert band, and a supporting role in a musical with a solo. Also, he gets a lot of vocal practice by singing in the shower every day. Here’s his a cappella version of “Swallowed in the Sea” by Coldplay.
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That’s all for now! Come back tomorrow to see 2 more finalists! :)

Want to show off your talent to Glee fans around the world? Maybe even a Glee cast member or two? ;) Then this is an opportunity for you!

All you have to do is make a video entry for our contest, showcasing your talent! You’ll have the chance to be seen by thousands of GleeFan.com readers who will be voting on the videos, as well as some of the Glee cast members! :D

We’ll be awarding prizes to the winners:
[Edit 2/26/10: Click on the names of the prizes to see pics of them! :D]
First Place – 1 Signed Glee Script & 1 Signed Glee Poster from the Gleek Tour
Second Place – 1 Signed Glee Cast Photograph
Third Place – 1 Glee Hat

So here’s what you need to do:
1) Record a video of yourself showing off whatever talents you have! You can be singing, dancing, acting, whatever! You can perform a song from Glee, or a song from your favorite band or musical. You can perform a monologue of your choice or bust a move! Just show us what you’ve got. :)
2) Upload your video (no more than 5 minutes long) to YouTube or a similar video site. Make sure to mention that it’s for this contest and link to GleeFan.com in the video description.
3) Send us an email at Rob@GleeFan.com including your name, where you live, a link to your audition video and tell us about yourself.

We will be picking the top 10 videos and we’ll let YOU vote on them during Round 2 of the contest! [Edit 2/22/10: By "we", I mean myself, Tinkers, Travis, Rowell, Laurie and Shelly. =) Trust me, it will not be just MY top 10, it will be a general consensus of who should be the top 10.]

All entries must be submitted by Monday night, March 1st at 11:59 p.m. EST, which is when Round 1 ends.

Round 2 begins on March 8th, so come back ready to vote for your favorites! Good luck, Gleeks! :)

[Edit 2/27/10: If you're wondering about all the negative comments, they're FAKE! Go here for more info on the 1 person who commented with all those fake names!]

Note: By submitting your content, you are giving www.GleeFan.com and its affiliates permission to transmit, redistribute, and use such content in any promotional manner in perpetuity. A submission does not necessarily guarantee that your content will be featured. You must be at least 13 years of age to enter.

GleeFan.com is seeking new affiliates and giving away Glee merchandise at the same time!

GleeFan.com is starting a new Affiliates page and we want to exchange links with the best International Glee Fansites and Glee Cast Member Fansites!

We will be giving away some Glee merchandise to the winners. You can enter to be one of the 3 randomly selected winners in one of two ways:

1) Send us an email at Rob@GleeFan.com, linking to an international Glee fansite (main language cannot be English, unless it is specific to a country besides the USA) OR a fansite for any Glee cast member (can by in any language). These are the two categories we are trying to build up on our Affiliates page, but we need your help finding the best ones!

2) If you own an international Glee fansite or a Glee cast member fansite as described above, email us at Rob@GleeFan.com with the following mini-application:
Your Name:
The Website’s Name:
The Website’s URL:
Why you should be listed on our Affiliates page:
By sending us this information, you agree to link to our homepage (http://www.gleefan.com) from your fansite as an affiliate. Also, include your site’s affiliate button if you have one. (Completely optional.)

Please read the above post very carefully before sending us an email. Thank you!

We will ALWAYS be accepting applications to become an affiliate, but the contest portion will end at the end of the month, on February 28th.

How would you like to win the grand prize of a free trip for two to Hollywood to visit the set of Glee? Also, 1 second prize winner will get $250 worth of Glee merchandise and 10 third prize winners will receive $15 iTunes gift cards. All you have to do is record yourself singing your own karaoke version of Rehab, Take a Bow, Push It, Gold Digger, or Can’t Fight this Feeling. Go here (or click the link above) to enter or get more details. Good luck and have fun singing!

Tonight’s the night! Glee will premiere with an all new episode at 9/8c pm! In “Showmance“, the Glee club has to perform a song at an assembly in hopes that it will help them get more recruits. See how it works out for them and sound off on what you think about the episode in the comments section. Also, register for GleeForum and connect with other Gleeks. :)

Contest:
Update: The contest is now closed and a winner has been contacted.
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You want a teaser pic? You want to win a FREE Glee t-shirt? Then tune in to find out which of these pamphlets Emma has to give to Rachel when they “have a little chat” in the guidance office. Watch the episode and leave your answer in the comments section below. Make sure to use your real name and email, because the winner will be emailed an offer code that you can only get if you’ve bought a DVD of the Glee Pilot Director’s Cut. If you win the code, you can use it at GleeTShirtOffer.com to order your FREE Glee t-shirt! Make sure to submit your comments in by Thursday night at 11:59pm EST / 2:59am PST. Good luck!

Note: Once you submit your answer/entry, it will be listed as a pending comment. Then I will edit it to [Rob: Entry Received] so there can’t be any cheating! ;)

G-Pan, whose favorite quote was:
“Wait, I had a football scholarship? T-to where?” -Finn
Enjoy your prize, G-Pan!

Remember to watch the “Tweet-peat” on Friday!

Tonight (9/2/09), Fox will air the Director’s Cut of the Pilot episode of Glee. Make sure to tune into your local Fox station at 9/8c pm. Also you might want to set your DVR a few minutes early since it is starting at 8:58pm ET/PT in order to fit in those additional scenes.

Contest: We are giving away a copy of the Director’s Cut of the Pilot on DVD! On the DVD are a few bonus features with the cast and crew as well as a sneak peak at the new episode, Showmance! Also, there is a card with a special code so that you can receive a FREE Glee t-shirt from gleetshirtoffer.com.

All you have to do to win the copy is watch the Pilot when it airs and leave a comment on this post with your favorite quote! The contest will be open until Sept. 3rd 11:59 PST (2:59am EST) and then we will contact the winners on the morning of the 4th. Make sure to use your real first name and email address because that is how we will be contacting you if you win!

Also, we are giving away a few more copies through a contest on Twitter with our @gleeks twitter account on Friday while the “Tweet-peat” is airing! Just tweet with “@gleeks” in your tweet from 5pm PST (8pm EST) to about 10pm PST (1am EST) and then we will select winners on twitter since we have multiple copies to give away! Check out @gleeks for more info.