Lea Michele knows a thing or two about surviving the rigorous schedule and demands of shooting Glee. So much so, she'll be mentoring a crop of new contestants in the season two premiere of The Glee Project.

Lea Michele was notably absent during Damian McGinty and Samuel Larson's winning season of The Glee Project, but it's all good, she's more than making up for it.

The star, who is confirmed to be returning for the fourth season of Glee, will serve as a guest mentor during the season two premiere.

Michele couldn't help but dish the deets on her Twitter account over the weekend, but Oxyg...

After yielding its timeslot to Major League Baseball for the past few weeks, “Glee” returned last night with an hour of leprechauns, cougars, and congressional candidates. Picking up where the series left off, this reasonably focused episode advanced several plotlines and introduced some new talent, in the form of ‘Glee Project’ winner, Damian McGinty.

The second of four new cast members that will, at some point, be transplanted from the Oxygen Channel’s competitive reality show to the Fox flagship, McGinty was front and center in his inaugural appearance as foreign exchange student, Rory...

This Sunday, OxygenLive is twice as nice. Homies Damian and Cameron are on hand to host OyxgenLive.com at 8:30pm ET! Then, stick around after the show to talk to this week's eliminated contender. This week, it's time to pump up the music! The contenders will learn to pop, lock, and drop it like it's hot! Whose dance moves will impress the judges and whose attitude gets him labeled a "divo"?

Tune in Sunday, 7/10, at 9/8c on Oxygen!

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About Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting

Robert Ulrich’s company Ulrich/Dawson/Kritzer Casting h...

‘Glee’ isn’t back yet but in the meanwhile, fans can indulge in “The Glee Project,” a competitive casting spin-off that debuted last night on Oxygen. In a market where there’s no shortage of performing arts-related reality competition shows (NBC’s The Voice and America’s Got Talent, Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance, Bravo’s Platinum Hit are four current offerings, with American Idol recently completing another cycle, and Simon Cowell’s The X Factor debuting in the fall), “The Glee Project” turns out to be an entertaining and surprisingly interesting twist on the formula. Perhaps the weakes...