I liked the show and I liked the contestants, but I agree with Sam's comment. It felt like Ryan was suffering from writer's block and was hoping a bunch of kids would give him some good ideas. I think it would be more "fair" if they won some other type of prize (a new car!) and then he could bring in as many or as few as he chose. Making the prize be a part on Glee, and then handing out parts to everyone, really cheapened the whole competition. I think many of the other kids could have great storylines written for them as well, and it would make as much sense as the top 4.

I think you have to look at this show as a long, ongoing audition, not a reality TV event. If Ryan thinks the final 4 are worthy candidates for parts on Glee, why not? Both shows are his. As long as the shows stay entertaining, all these "rules" are just ridiculous.

suggestions like this are easy to write, but really don't amount to much.

We are getting a good look at actual casting by an actual production team. They don't do it with formulas -and they routinely change the rules as they go.

If they worked the way you say you want, Chris Colfer would never have been cast two years ago.

Great show.

I think this show is what it is, and it's not trying to be Big Brother or any other competition show. It feels like Glee, and I loved it. Ryan Murphy doesn't really care about the juicyness of the show, he wants to cast the people he wants on Glee and hey, he got people watching didn't he?

I agree. Who's to say that Mr. Murphy may not actually cast Hannah in a role or Mattheus. I never viewed it so much as a competition (although that is the way the show was billed) as an extended open casting call. I wasn't surprised or disapponted by the ending and wouldn't be surprised to see any number of the competitors show up on the show.

Totally disagree with the assessment of Damian. He is far superior in both singing and dancing ability to current male-lead-and-golden-boy Cory Monteith (Finn).

I feel really bad for Hannah. She may have been a little less talented in some areas, but I liked her as a potential character. And even though it irritated me that Cameron couldn't separate kissing a girl in an acting role from some sort of premarital cheating on his girlfriend, I like the idea of writing a Christian character. I can't quite figure out where these four fit in. There's already a flaming gay boy with a more feminine voice, and there's already a girl who thinks she has to be perfect all the time and won't shut up about how awesome she is. Damien is probably the most unique -- I did love Ryan's idea that Britney wouldn't be able to understand his accent. All that being said, I do like these ideas for changing the show.

Lindsey really did have a great voice, as did Alex. So I don't have a problem with seeing them for a couple episodes of Glee. I just hated their attitudes so very much that I ended up rooting against them. (Lindsey with the whole fake crying crap after she saw that it won some of the other contestants some shine. Alex with his constant need to cut the other competitors down while touting himself as the best thing since sliced bread. Argh...) Even though Damian wasn't the most talented of the bunch, I just loved him and I'm glad he won a role. Samuel I didn't care about one way or the other until he sang Jolene, which was genius. Sucks that Hannah didn't win a role, but how awesome was it when Damian dedicated his performance to her and Cameron? That was definitely a fantasy scenario for any girl who's had a secret crush. (And yes, that made me love Damian even more.) I, too, was perplexed as to why acting challenges were not part of the show at all. I guess they just figured they wouldn't make for good TV. (The acting segments on Star Search back in the day were super awkward.) Plus, the writers obviously didn't want to do any actual writing. They probably would have made the kids write their own scenes. And finally, how is it that it never occurred to Cameron that if he'd been cast as a teenager in high school--a good-looking teenager at that--he would have been asked to kiss a girl at some point? I bet even his girlfriend would have been like, "Kiss her! Jeez..."

Please, no twists. I did not watch this show for backstabbing, drama, or shocking twists. I watched for two reasons: I like Glee and I like singing.

If you want to make the show more interesting, start by choosing contestants who can all sing, dance, and act off the bat.

Then watch Grease: You're the One That I Want or How Do Solve a Problem Like Maria to see how to present a show where the contestants, shockingly, are asked to sing, dance, and act each week.

If the "team" would have taken time face to face or even one on one outside of the last chance performances i think it would have made such a huge difference in how things turned out. Personally Hannah and Damian should have been cast as a "couple" Sam did do a great job on Jolene. As far as Alex and Lindsay go i was torn because their talent by far out weighed their personalities.