Audition

**Audition** is the first episode of the second season and the twenty-third episode overall. It premiered on September 21, 2010.

After a tough loss at Regionals, the Glee Club is back as the underdogs of McKinley High. When the school is faced with even more budget cuts, Will pushes the kids to help recruit new members for the club. The Glee Club has had some changes over the summer, new relationships, new activities and some relationships broken up.  Rachel and Finn disagree on new recruits, and aren't sure they will be able to come together in perfect harmony. Finn attempts to recruit new transfer student, Sam while Rachel attempts to recruit Sunshine. Jealousy gets in the way, which may cause some problems. Will and Sue team up together to take on Coach Beiste, the new football team coach when Figgins reveals that it'll cut Sue's Cheerios and Will's New Directions funding.

The episode was directed by Brad Falchuk and written by Ian Brennan.

## Plot

After a tough loss at Regionals, the Glee Club is back as the underdogs of McKinley High. Jacob interviews all the members to see what they have been doing over the summer. Rachel and Finn have dated all summer. Santana got a boob job. Brittany was lost in the sewers. Quinn is feeling better after having her baby and moving on. Puck is not totally over Quinn. Ash's dad died and she's been hooking up with Puck. Kurt is standing up for what he believes in. Artie and Tina broke up, and Tina fell in love with Mike during Asian Camp over the summer, leaving Artie heartbroken. Coach Beiste, the new football coach, persuades Figgins to cut the Glee Club and the Cherios' budgets and give more money to the football team. Mr. Schuester pushes the kids to help recruit new members for the club. But when no new kids sign up, Mr Shue joins in with Sue in an attempt to take down Beiste.

The kids perform *Empire State of Mind* to get more members. The crowd is not amused with the performance and doesn't even pay attention. Sam and Sunshine are the only two students who seem to notice and enjoy the performance. Rachel attempt to recruit Sunshine and Finn tries to recruit Sam. Finn walks in on Sam taking a shower singing *Every Rose Has Its Thorn*. However, Rachel feels threatened by Sunshine and so sings *Telephone* by *Lady Gaga* with her to express her anger. This ends up encouraging Sunshine further, as she thinks it's fun and so wants to join Glee Club. Rachel says she'll get back to her on that and storms off angrily. Later, she sees Sunshine in the hall and pretends to invite her to audition, while actually sending her to an (inactive) crack house.

Artie wants Finn to help him get on the football team after his break up with Tina who started dating Mike after their time from Asian Camp when they recreated the song *Getting to Know You*.

Sam performs *Billionaire* with the New Directions Boys and Ash as his practise audition and is very excited about joining the club. All the boys and Ash seem to really like him, Ash most of all, finding the new kid attractive.

Sue and Shue try to get Beiste to quit but it only causes her to get angry and hurt and she takes her anger out on Finn, who was trying to get Artie on the football team in hopes of winning Tina back. She kicks him off the football team. Shue finds out that Rachel sent Sunshine to the crack house and tells her to fix it.

Sue holds auditions for the Cheerios, she is not impressed with any of the tryouts, especially when Quinn auditions. Sue immediately dismisses her but Quinn tries to convince her anyway. Her plan appears to fail but she has a suggestive smile on her face as she leaves. Sue then confronts Santana about her boob job, stating that a 'little bird' told her (probably Quinn). Santana doesn't get what the big deal is but Sue is furious and demotes her to the bottom of the pyramid along with giving the head cheerleader spot to Quinn. Santana is mad at Quinn for her demotion and attacks her in the hallways. Santana slaps Quinn across the face and calls her a slut. They continue to fight until Will splits them up.

Sam doesn't show up to the actual audition because he is afraid to get kicked off the football team. He takes Finn's quarterback position.

Rachel convinces Sunshine to audition and she sings *Listen* from *Dreamgirls*. Sunshine is welcomed into the Glee Club, to the dismay of Rachel.

Shue apologises to Beiste. Sue is extremely upset that Will has turned on her and tells the rival team Vocal Adrenaline about Sunshine. They recruit her by giving her mom a condo and a green card. Rachel and Finn meet in the hallway. She asks how mad the Glee Club is at her for sending Sunshine to the crack house, Finn says they were pissed. Rachel tells him to just break up with her already. But he says that she should break up with him because he is no longer on the football team. She says she will never break up with him and he agrees. They kiss. Rachel sings What I Did for Love from *A Chorus Line* to show her regrets, and during her number we see the outcome of the certain members of Glee and what they "did for love." Quinn talks with Coach Sylvester with a victory face, while Santana unhappy trembles at the bottom of the pyramid, Artie watches sadly as Tina and Mike dance, and Rachel watches from outside the choir room as the members of Glee Club talk and laugh amongst themselves.

## Songs

### Background Songs

* *Salsation* by *David Shire* played during Glee's Big Gay Summer.
* *I've Got the Power* by *Snap* danced to by Finn.

## Cast

### Guest Stars

* Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins
* Dot-Marie Jones as Shannon Beiste
* Jake Zyrus as Sunshine Corazon
* Harry Shum Jr. as Mike Chang
* Chord Overstreet as Sam Evans
* Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel
* James Earl III as Azimio Adams
* Max Adler as Dave Karofsky
* Dustin Ingram as Pizza Guy

## Trivia

* As of this episode Kayleigh Davidson (Ash), Naya Rivera (Santana), Heather Morris (Brittany) and Mike O'Malley (Burt) are now billed as Main Cast.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Shannon Beiste, Sam Evans and Sunshine Corazon.
* Only premiere episode starting with the "Here's what you missed on Glee section".
* Matthew Morrison deemed the friendship between Will and Beiste, "Will-de-Beiste"
* Second time Tina sings an unreleased song in the first episode of the season.
* Sue says that Figgins can't cut her budget without word from the President of the Federal Reserve; however, when Figgins cut Sue's budget before for the Glee Club there was no word at all from the Federal Reserve, unless Sue was exaggerating. However, due to her budget being cut the first time, she could have made a few calls to the Federal Reserve to make sure it didn't happen again.
* The first episode to feature Chord Overstreet (Sam) shirtless.
* Sam was featured in two recreated scenes that featured Finn; one of them being the shower scene.
* Critic Brittany Drye of *The Stir* found this episode to be racist.
* Samuel Larsen, one of the winners of *The Glee Project*, had auditioned for the role of Sam Evans.
* This episode features Sunshine's first duet and solo.
* Chord was cast as Sam Evans the day before shooting *Billionaire*. The song could not be changed to suit Chord's voice so he was forced to sing a key higher than he normally would.
* Coach Sylvester criticises Santana for being too young to get plastic surgery because she got breast implants over the summer. This can be regarded as a comment on the widely reported rumour that before starting to film his role on *Glee*, Jake Zyrus received Botox treatments.
* When Rachel first talks to Sunshine in the bathroom, she says Sunshine is an exchange student from the Phillippines. Jake Zyrus was actually born in San Pedro, Laguna in the Phillippines.
* On the Glee club's sign-up sheet it says: "ButtFace McBallnutts," "Ass-braham Lin-colon," "Eat a bowl of balls," and "You are the suck."
* Rachel comments during this episode that she didn't believe that anyone could be shorter than her until she met Sunshine, but in Acafellas, dance choreographer Dakota Stanley is.

## Navigation

**Season Two****Audition** • Britney/Brittany • Grilled Cheesus • Duets • The Rocky Horror Glee Show • Never Been Kissed • The Substitute • Furt • Special Education • A Very Glee Christmas • The Sue Sylvester Shuffle • Silly Love Songs • Comeback • Blame It on the Alcohol • Sexy • Original Song • A Night of Neglect • Born This Way • Rumours • Prom Queen • Funeral • New York
**Season Three**The Purple Piano Project • I Am Unicorn • Asian F • Pot o' Gold • The First Time • Mash Off • I Kissed a Girl • Hold on to Sixteen • Extraordinary Merry Christmas • Yes/No • Michael • The Spanish Teacher • Heart • On My Way • Big Brother • Saturday Night Glee-ver • Dance with Somebody • Choke • Prom-asaurus • Props • Nationals • Goodbye
**Season Four**The New Rachel • Britney 2.0 • Makeover • The Break-Up • The Role You Were Born to Play • Glease • Dynamic Duets • Thanksgiving • Swan Song • Glee, Actually • Sadie Hawkins • Naked • Diva • I Do • Girls (and Boys) on Film • Feud • Guilty Pleasures • Shooting Star • Sweet Dreams • Lights Out • Wonder-ful • All or Nothing
**Season Five**Love, Love, Love • Tina in the Sky with Diamonds • The Quarterback • A Katy or A Gaga • The End of Twerk • Movin' Out • Puppet Master • Previously Unaired Christmas • Frenemies • Trio • City of Angels • 100 • New Directions • New New York • Bash • Tested • Opening Night • The Back-Up Plan • Old Dog, New Tricks • The Untitled Rachel Berry Project
**Season Six**Loser Like Me • Homecoming • Jagged Little Tapestry • The Hurt Locker, Part One • The Hurt Locker, Part Two • What the World Needs Now • Transitioning • A Wedding • Child Star • The Rise and Fall of Sue Sylvester • We Built This Glee Club • 2009 • Dreams Come True