Lea Michele Will Guest Mentor on ‘The Glee Project’

Lea Michele as Rachel in 'Glee'
Lea Michele as Rachel in 'Glee' - Photo by Danielle Levitt/ ©2011 Fox Broadcasting Co.

Glee‘s Lea Michele (‘Rachel’) will be a guest mentor on the premiere episode of season two of Oxygen’s The Glee Project. Season two started shooting this week in LA and will air this summer.

Michele tweeted about the gig to her followers: “So excited to announce that I’ll be guest mentoring on the season 2 premiere of ‘The Glee Project!’”

Michele’s the first guest mentor to be revealed for the upcoming season of the popular talent competition.

What’s The Glee Project About?

From Ryan Murphy, the creator and executive producer of Glee, comes a groundbreaking and authentic, ten-episode documentary reality series. The Glee Project will find and train a group of phenomenally talented performers who will compete against each other to win a role on the hottest show on television. From thousands of entries, and after a nationwide talent search, Robert Ulrich, the casting director for Glee, will uncover a unique group of artists from both professional and amateur backgrounds. In the true spirit of Glee, every underdog who has been waiting for the right opportunity to showcase his/her talent now has a fighting chance.

Across ten episodes, the hopefuls will be narrowed down through intensive rounds of workshops, Glee-themed assignments and call-backs as a team of Glee insiders carefully assess which one of them has what it takes to be the next new face, and voice, of Glee.