*Song / mild plot(?) Spoilers*

The first episode of Series 2 is called ‘Audition’, which, unsurprisingly, saw new people audition for a place in New Directions – both of the auditionees that they got had absolutely phenomenal vocals I thought:

The brand new (and lead) voice on this track is Chord Overstreet, who plays Sam:

… and the below is Charice Pempengco (who plays Sunshine Corazon):

After a morning of catching up on X-Factor, and thus hearing this song to death, this still managed to make me sit back in my seat in surprise and admiration – good on her!

Episode One was very very strong vocally I felt and whilst I have already blogged about Empire State Of Mind, stalwart Lea Michelle deserves a big up for her version of the broadway classic, ‘What I Did For Love’ – proving that, despite all the excitement focused on the amazing newbies, she’s an absolutely phenomenal performer herself, and definitely is not to be written off!