 The second of the two winners of The Glee Project 's seven @-@ episode arc , Samuel Larsen , debuts in this episode as a new transfer student to McKinley named Joe Hart . Larsen had arrived on the set by January 17 , 2012 , according to Cory Monteith , who described Larsen 's role as one that " ties into a lot of preexisting storylines " , and " a smart way to bring him into the show " . Larsen 's first day of filming with the glee club was January 25 , 2012 , and a number of his fellow actors tweeted of his arrival , including Lea Michele , Dianna Agron , and fellow Glee Project winner Damian McGinty . 
