<P> Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen were both proclaimed the winners of the first season , each winning a seven - episode arc . Runners - up Lindsay Pearce and Alex Newell were given prizes of a two - episode arc on Glee , and Cameron Mitchell , who quit the competition in episode 7 , won the `` fan favorite '' competition and the associated $10,000 prize . Pearce 's two - episode arc , as a Rachel Berry-esque girl named Harmony , consisted of the season premiere episode `` The Purple Piano Project '' and the eighth episode `` Hold On to Sixteen '' , while McGinty began his arc as Rory Flanagan , an Irish exchange student , in the fourth episode `` Pot o ' Gold '' ; McGinty was retained on the show beyond his seven - episode prize . Larsen debuted on Glee in the thirteenth episode , `` Heart '' , as a transfer student named Joe Hart , also appearing beyond his original seven - episode stint . Newell 's first appearance was in the April 17 , 2012 episode `` Saturday Night Glee - ver '' . He played Wade Adams , a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir , and appeared briefly in `` Props '' , returning a few more times before transferring to McKinley High for the series ' fourth season and becoming a series regular for its fifth season . </P>
<P> Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen were both proclaimed the winners of the first season , each winning a seven - episode arc . Runners - up Lindsay Pearce and Alex Newell were given prizes of a two - episode arc on Glee , and Cameron Mitchell , who quit the competition in episode 7 , won the `` fan favorite '' competition and the associated $10,000 prize . Pearce 's two - episode arc , as a Rachel Berry-esque girl named Harmony , consisted of the season premiere episode `` The Purple Piano Project '' and the eighth episode `` Hold On to Sixteen '' , while McGinty began his arc as Rory Flanagan , an Irish exchange student , in the fourth episode `` Pot o ' Gold '' ; McGinty was retained on the show beyond his seven - episode prize . Larsen debuted on Glee in the thirteenth episode , `` Heart '' , as a transfer student named Joe Hart , also appearing beyond his original seven - episode stint . Newell 's first appearance was in the April 17 , 2012 episode `` Saturday Night Glee - ver '' . He played Wade Adams , a transgender member of the rival Vocal Adrenaline show choir , and appeared briefly in `` Props '' , returning a few more times before transferring to McKinley High for the series ' fourth season and becoming a series regular for its fifth season . </P>
who won season 1 of the glee project
who won season 1 of the glee project
Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen
Damian McGinty and Samuel Larsen