Just another one of those "reality" shows

My opinion on The Glee Project.

This is not to cause anyone any harm. This is just an opinion. Feel free to disagree. I don't usually do reviews because I hate the idea of having to criticize something, but after seeing this week's "Tenacity" episode of The Glee Project, I just had to get all the angst off my chest. So, here it goes.

I have never missed a single satellite screening of The Glee Project. First of all, I am a huge fan of Glee, and I am very much interested in its cast members. When I heard of The Glee Project, I was very excited because finally, I get to see how things work in the Glee set, plus, I have this chance of seeing a Glee star in the making. My bet in this "reality" contest was Marissa von Bleicken. I mean, clearly, this young lady has the looks, the talent, and the attitude. Frankly, I am writing this entry due to her being eliminated.

Up until Marissa's elimination, it has never occurred to me that The Glee Project is just another one of those reality shows. It is just another gig for the producers to make money and for teenagers all over the world get their hopes up only to have them crushed. I understand that these are such strong words, but I have only said them because I am very very very disappointed with the show in the past two episodes. Glee has always been preaching about never giving up on dreams no matter what, and initially, I thought The Glee Project made big dreams attainable. I guess I thought wrong. For Marissa to be in the bottom three this week, sure, but for her to leave, it just isn't rational to me. Call it bias, but if you have seen this week's episode, I think Alex should leave. Not even that. I think he should have left last week during the "Pairabillity" episode. That is, if their top criteria for leaving is one's attitude (that's what got Marissa off, wasn't it?). I don't know Alex or Marissa personally, but with what I saw on TV, I am not convinced that Alex is better than Marissa. Anyway, enough about them. The point of this review, really, is to show my thoughts regarding the strategy behind The Glee Project. Alex, Marissa, all of the contenders, they have amazing talent. It is just sad that this "reality" show exploited their talents. It could be that I have just been blinded by my excitement at first, that I did not see that The Glee Project is too good to be true. What I'm getting at is that Glee season 3 could has been already planned out. There is already a character who would guest-star for seven episodes. The Glee Project is just another money-making show. It is as simple as that. They just have to find one kid who fits the role already made, and cast eleven other kids to "compete" with him/her.

Going back, Alex is talented, but I am sad to say that he is not the best out there, but somehow, week after week after week of being in the bottom three, he slips right back in like magic. Why? Because I think the role has already been done. The script for season 3 has already been written. I am almost 100% sure that he will win this competition. If my predictions about Alex winning are wrong, I am willing to take back everything I have said and delete this entry completely, or even write a better review (trust me, I have a lot of good things to say about the show. I am just too disappointed right now). Until then, this stays here for people to contemplate.