‘The Glee Project’: Shanna Henderson On Her Shocking Elimination, Golden …
Shanna Henderson might have been a favorite going in to this week’s part of “The Glee Project,” though unfortunately for a proud 22-year-old, infrequently being too ideal has a disadvantages.
Throughout a competition, Shanna had consistently ranked as one of a show’s tip contenders. Not usually was she plain in a outspoken booth, though she also valid to be a tough aspirant during a song video challenges. After all, wearing Lady Gaga’s 20-pound beef dress during a five-hour fire is no easy task. However, when Shanna and Aylin were asked to integrate adult during “Romanticality Week,” a duo’s witty dancing finished a mentors uneasy. Ultimately, Shanna and Aylin’s bad intrigue sent them, along with golden child Blake, to a bottom three. Needless to say, viewers were usually as repelled as a 3 tip contenders themselves.
Despite it being her initial time in a bottom 3 — review that to Aylin and Blake’s second time in a “Glee Project” gauntlet — Shanna was sent make-up when Murphy usually couldn’t get desirous by her eager persona.
HuffPost TV chatted with a latest “Glee Project” castoff about her intolerable elimination, her critique of associate competitor Michael and what she would tell destiny “Glee Project” castmembers.
I consider everybody was a small repelled to see you, Aylin and Blake in a bottom three. Do we remember what went by your conduct when all 3 of we were station there?
I knew that if we was in a bottom 3 opposite Blake and Aylin, I’d be a one to go home. As shortly as they announced it, we was like, “That’s it. I’m going home.” we knew that Blake was hands-down a many gifted man there, and they weren’t going to get absolved of him. And afterwards Aylin’s story, being a Turkish Muslim, was so intriguing to Ryan. Then there was me. we had all of these opposite qualities, though there wasn’t one that stood out for him.
Did we consider that we deserved to be in a bottom three?
I did. we consider that all 6 of us had a reason to be in a bottom three, though we was not OK meaningful that one of a 3 of us was going home when there were still people in a foe that we didn’t consider deserved to be there. That was so intolerable to me. It usually didn’t make clarity to me, and we was carrying a unequivocally tough time perplexing to hang my conduct around it. we wasn’t angry; we was floored!
You were flattering vicious of Michael. You told Ryan Murphy we felt he deserved to be in a bottom. Do we still mount by that?
When we were in a concern for a bottom three, he suspicion that it was going to be him. So that was since we were all shocked. we suspicion that it was going to be Blake, Michael and we in a bottom three. we still mount by my opinion. Everything that we pronounced on camera, we told Michael to his face. we wanted to be open with him, and we’re still friends, so there’s no weirdness there.
Did we bewail anything about your final possibility performance?
I was myself 100 percent during a show. My personal story is like a Lifetime movie, and we know what it’s like to struggle. we usually didn’t know when it was a right time to speak about a deeper aspects of my life and, to be honest, we didn’t feel like it was appropriate. we have been by a lot that we didn’t speak about on a show, and we don’t bewail that. we would cite to keep certain tools of my life to myself.
It’s also transparent that Ryan likes to lift from people’s vulnerabilities, and we didn’t put yours on full display.
Right. we satisfied that after examination everybody else’s final possibility performances. I’m not one to desire for things. I’m not going to desire to be on anything. At a finish of a day, if I’m not what we want, afterwards that’s usually how it is. we don’t consider we should have to desire your approach onto a show.
I consider that when it comes to a “Glee Project,” a some-more times you’re in a bottom three, a improved possibility we have of creation it to a culmination since Ryan unequivocally gets to know you. Do we feel that way?
Of course! we totally was during a disadvantage. we was a loser in a bottom three. If we could do it all over again, we would feign my approach to a bottom 3 each week, and afterwards we would lift out all of a stops during my final possibility performance. Ryan would have been spooky with me! That seems to have been a approach to do it. If there’s a Season 3, all of we people on “The Glee Project” need to get into a bottom three. That’s my advice.
At slightest we got to wear Lady Gaga’s barbarous beef dress as a satisfaction prize.
It was disgusting! But we know what? we wasn’t going to complain. we threw adult after that. It was literally 20-pounds of tender beef on my body. It was gummy and gross, though we kept revelation myself since Lady Gaga wore it in a initial place. we remember what she pronounced about it during a time and how she was creation a matter opposite observation women as a square of meat. So we usually kept revelation myself that this was a time to infer to everybody on set that women aren’t a square of meat. That’s a usually thing that helped me tarry that experience!
You were interconnected adult with Aylin for a “We Found Love” song video. The mentors pronounced that we dual overacted. Do we determine with that criticism?
In a moment, we took a criticism, though we consider a finish product looked great! we suspicion that we looked unequivocally genuine and authentic. we remonstrate with a critique now, carrying seen a song video. we unequivocally suspicion that we had a genuine tie on screen. we enjoyed examination it. We worked it!
Do we consider that, had we been partnered with Blake, we would have finished better? On a uncover it seems like Blake is this enchanting force who brings out a best performances in all of his partners.
Well, we don’t know that everybody wanted to work with Blake … we consider Lily finished a criticism that everybody had a vanquish on Blake. we didn’t have a vanquish on Blake. Let’s usually set that straight. we consider Blake is a good partner since he creates things easy. we consider that’s since people wanted to work with him. To be honest, we usually didn’t wish to be with Lily or Michael that week.
Why was that?
Lily has a unequivocally rude personality. we adore her, though my celebrity doesn’t filigree unequivocally good with that. we like to put in a work, and she’s some-more like, “We’re going to do things my approach since it’s easier.” And afterwards her opinion isn’t unequivocally positive. With Michael, we usually didn’t wish to work with him after a task assignment — it was such a struggle.
I know that you’re a unequivocally eremite person. Did anyone in your family have a problem with we personification a lesbian on TV?
My family and my friends knew that we was acting. I’m from a South — a deep South — so there were really whispers around my town, though we consider that everybody has a right to be who they are. we don’t decider people for being gay. we indeed get dissapoint when people associate me with those forms of people who do contend those awful things since that’s not what we trust during all. we don’t chuck scripture during people and reject them with it. I’m unequivocally open with my faith, though I’m also outspoken toward all forms of people. My family knows that.
You told Ryan that we are a jaunty chronicle of Rachel Berry, so are we now chasing your dreams like Rachel out in New York?
I’m relocating to Nashville! I’m on a highway right now, and I’m such a goal-oriented person, so we finished a list of goals for myself. I’m going to make them happen. My goals are to win a Grammy in 5 years and to be on Broadway. we also wish to make nation music. we can’t wait to share my story by my music.
“The Glee Project” front Tuesdays during 10 p.m. ET on Oxygen.
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