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Exclusive Q&A with The Glee Project Cameron Mitchell

As things calefaction up on The Glee Project, self-proclaimed "nerd" Cameron Mitchell takes a additional to babble alone with J-14 about how he got his big break, his dancing woes, hair trauma, and the appropriate admonition he has just for you.

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J-14: What fabricated you adjudge to audience for The Glee Project?

Cameron Mitchell: I've consistently admired to sing, play the guitar, and address music, but I never actually anticipation actively like, "Let's accomplish a career out of it." I never actually had an befalling to do something with it. I bethink one day I was sitting at home watching TV and this bartering came on that said, "Do you wish to be the next Glee star? Do you wish to be on the next division of Glee?" I was like, "Huh, this sounds cool." The Glee Project was accepting an accessible casting alarm in my hometown, Fort Worth, so I auditioned. I never had auditioned for annihilation in my absolute activity before!

J-14: Did you even anticipate you had a adventitious at landing on the show?

Cameron: No way! There were over 40,000 humans that approved out. I like to anticipate my articulation is okay, but at the aforementioned time, there are amazing, amazing humans out there. I just ample they would anticipate I was air-conditioned but not actually right. If Robert [the casting director] alleged me and started the chat out with, "I abhorrence accepting these conversations." I was like, "Oh man, I actually didn't accomplish it." He was like, "It's harder for me to do, but... acceptable to The Glee Project!" I just air-conditioned out. I was so excited. It actually was a dream appear true. I just flew out of my bench and sang a song about getting on the show.

J-14: What's the a lot of awkward affair about seeing yourself on TV?

Cameron: The weirdest affair is seeing myself dance. On the show, I get comments like, "Wow you're so confident! Wow, you accept moves, Cameron!" But I don't. I'm actively awful. The accomplish me attending so abundant bigger than I in fact am. I just accept awe-inspiring moves like the stanky leg or something that cipher knows about or I'm apparently not even accomplishing right. I just adulation to move. Dancing to MC Hammer was so embarrassing. I wouldn't even watch it. The next awkward affair was -- I don't apperceive if you noticed --but on abolishment days, my hair is actually crazy. I don't apperceive why it's consistently on those days, but my hair has been a agrarian goose every time. That's actually awkward because I think, "Wow, I should accept done my hair better."

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J-14: How has your activity afflicted back The Glee Project?

Cameron: My activity has afflicted a lot. I assumption the bigger allotment is that my YouTube approach [CameronMitchellMusic] has gotten over a actor hits now. It makes me feel like humans affliction and wish to apperceive added about me. That's actually cool, but not because I adulation the acclaim and the recognition. I like that if I accept to say something important or if I accept something actually air-conditioned to see, there are over 50,000 humans on my Twitter who are accessible to listen. I accept these humans sending me letters adage they account me and they attending up to me and that I've fabricated them not afraid about getting a alarmist or getting themselves. That's afflicted my life. It's actually cool.

J-14: Do you accept any admonition for adolescence acquisitive to get their big break?

Cameron: The alone admonition that formed for me was to be yourself and just not affliction what humans think. It doesn't amount who you are or what you are or what you accept or what you angle for. Just be yourself -- that's what got me this far and that's what hopefully will get me further. There's no bigger advice. Humans are searching for artists that angle out and are different, and a way to do that is to be yourself. We're all altered and unique. You can't go amiss if you're yourself.

The Glee Project cameron mitchell quit Despite Ryan Murphy's Efforts

Cameron Mitchell had been abutting to abrogation 'The Glee Project' (Sundays, 9PM on Oxygen) before, and not of his own volition. But he battled his way aback to become a fan favorite, alone to airing abroad on Sunday's adventure by his own choice, and over the objections of 'Glee' architect Ryan Murphy, who didn't wish him to leave.

Onstage to sing for his abode in the competition, Mitchell said he was done. "I feel like that, you know, maybe this isn't for me," he told the judges. "Well how 'bout you let us accomplish that accommodation for you appropriate now?" said Murphy. "'Cause I don't feel like I'm accommodating to accord up on you appropriate now."

Offstage, Mitchell batten with Murphy privately, and said he was emotional, but had anticipation about it and was accessible to leave. "I'm sad," said Murphy. "I feel like I could accept accounting you a role and I do anticipate that you could accept gone all the way to the finals, because I anticipate you could accept affected so abounding people." Mitchell was a bit annoyed by that assessment, but he still larboard the appearance anyway.