News: Harry Shum, Jr. to Mentor on "The Glee Project" this Sunday

The Glee Project couldn’t have picked a better guest mentor for the fourth episode “Dance Ability.” Airing Sunday, July 10 at 9:00 pm ET/PT, the show will feature Harry Shum Jr. (Glee’s Mike Chang) as the surprise guest mentoring the remaining contenders on their dance moves. This week The Glee Project viewers will also be able take part in a watch-and-win sweepstakes during the episode.

News: Harry Shum, Jr. to Mentor on "The Glee Project" this Sunday 1

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Fresh off the announcement that he will be a Glee regular next year, Shum will be an inspiration for more than just his dance moves – which are legendary. Shum started out on the hit show as a featured dancer, earning a spot as a recurring character and now a regular. Fans of Glee know Harry Shum Jr. as the other Asian, Mike Chang, Tina’s boyfriend. Shum has also strutted his dance moves on the big screen in movies like You Got Served, Step Up 2: The Streets and Step Up 3D.

Each week the guest mentor selects a winner from one of the contenders in a homework assignment. The winner gets a special coaching session with the mentor. For the first three episodes, the coach has given singing advice and how to best embody the emotion and character that that week’s song embodied. While Shum is an accomplished singer, unlike his character, I’m really hoping we’ll get to see him coaching one of the contenders through some dance moves. I can tell you this week’s group number is MC Hammer’s “Can’t Touch This,” a personal favorite of mine from back in the day.

For more details, check out Oxygen’s official press release below.

From Ryan Murphy, the creator and executive producer of Glee, and executive producer of Glee, Dante Di Loreto, The Glee Project is a 10-episode competition series seeking to find the next star of Glee and will award one winner with the ultimate prize of a seven-episode role in season three of the hit FOX show. The series began with 12 extraordinarily talented individuals that were picked from thousands of entries, and an exhaustive nationwide and online talent search. The series uncovers a unique group of artists from both professional and amateur backgrounds, proving every underdog has a fighting chance at stardom. Each week one contender is sent home through intensive rounds of singing, dancing and acting based on assignments.

The Glee Project fans will be able to participate in a watch-and-win sweepstakes. During Sunday’s episode, fans will be prompted to find a secret word and enter the sweeps at Oxygen.com (http://www.thegleeproject.oxygen.com). One lucky winner will win a phone call from their favorite contender. The Glee Project Contender Call sweepstakes will only be available from 9pm EST to 1am EST.

For fans who want more of the “The Glee Project,” Microsoft’s search engine Bing is partnering with Oxygen to host the Bing Fan Favorite Contest, allowing fans to vote for their own favorite contenders. Shazam is also partnering with Oxygen to allow viewers to use the Shazam app to unlock exclusive content from each episode of the show. This week, Shazam users will be treated to extended footage from Harry Shum’s one-on-one session with the homework assignment winner.

Fans of “The Glee Project” can follow the show on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/thegleeproject, Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thegleeproject and Tumblr at http://thegleeproject.tumblr.com for access to all of the latest news and information. Additionally, fans can vote for their favorite contender in the Bing Fan Favorite contest beginning at 9pm ET on Sunday, June 12 and continuing throughout the run of the show. Log-on to www.OxygenLive.com for special live chats with cast as well as a special chat with the eliminated contender directly following the episode. Viewers can log on to http://thegleeproject.oxygen.com for a more in depth look at each contender and to meet the judges, complete with photo galleries and video.

For the first time ever, Shazam’s 125 million users will be able to engage with an Oxygen show and chat simultaneously with cast members and fellow fans. Viewers will be able to tag The Glee Project using the Shazam feature within the OxygenLive app to unlock an exclusive extended scene each week. Excusive content will also be available directly from the Shazam app itself.

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