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New Directions
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Debut:

Pilot

Type:

Glee Club

Head:

Will Schuester (Director)

Institution:

William McKinley High School

Awards:

1st Place - 2009 Sectionals
3rd Place - 2010 Regionals
1st Place Tied - 2010 Sectionals
1st Place - 2011 Regionals
12th Place - 2011 Nationals
1st Place - 2011 Sectionals
1st Place - 2012 Regionals
1st Place - 2012 Nationals

Status:

Active

“

By It's very definition. GLEE is about opening yourself up to joy.

”

—Lillian Adler,, Pilot

New Directions is the Glee Club of William McKinley High School. It was given the name of "New Directions" after Will Schuester took over. The group has won Sectionals the three years it was led by Mr. Schuester, and although they placed third at Regionals in 2010, they placed first place at Regionals 2011 with the Original Songs: Get It Right and Loser Like Me, as they did at Regionals 2012 consisting of three songs. Two songs performed by New Directions, and a third sung by the former Troubletones.

In their first appearance at Nationals in 2011 they placed 12th and did not qualify for the showcase. In the competition they sang Pretending and Light Up the World. They returned to Nationals in 2012 for a second year in a row, performing Edge of Glory, It's All Coming Back To Me Now and Paradise By The Dashboard Light. They went on to win, marking the club's first National win.

Contents

Members Edit

Former MembersEdit

Rejected MembersEdit

SubpagesEdit

For charts of New Directions members, check here .

For all the New Directions songs, check here .

For a gallery of New Directions images, check here.

New Directions Member ListEdit

Directors/Co-Directors:Edit

Consultants:Edit

Musicians:Edit

Sub GroupsEdit

Even though New Direction is a club, multiple sub groups have existed within it.

New Directions BoysEdit

Main article: New Directions Boys

As it's name suggests, this group is consisted of the male members of New Directions. This group was created/founded in the episode Vitamin D after Mr. Schue announced that there will be a Boys vs Girls Mash-up competition.

New Directions Girls Edit

Main article: New Directions Girls

As it's name suggests, this group is consisted of the female members of New Directions. Just like the New Directions Boys, this group was created/founded in the episode Vitamin D after Mr. Schue announced that there will be a Boys vs Girls Mash-up competition.

Sue's KidsEdit

Main article: Sue's Kids

In the episode Throwdown when Sue was appointed as Co-Director of New Directions. Intending to paint Will as racially insensitive, Sue takes all she considers the minority members of New Directions under her. (No longer active)

Will's GroupEdit

Main article: Will's Group

This group is consisted of the members that Sue did not choose. (No Longer active)

The Unholy TrinityEdit

Main article: The Unholy Trinity

They are consisted of Quinn, Brittany and Santana.

The Justin Bieber ExperienceEdit

Main article: The Justin Bieber Experience

This group was founded by Sam when trying to earn money. (No Longer active)

The Celibacy ClubEdit

Main article: The Celibacy Club

First scene in Showmance as an open club when returned in Sexy, the club consisted of New Direction members.

Booty CampEdit

Main article: Booty Camp

Created in the episode I Am Unicorn in hope of improving the dance skills of most of the members of New Directions.

The TroubletonesEdit

Main article: The Troubletones

Originally a rival glee club which have ND's former members Mercedes, Santana and Brittany as leads. After they lost in Sectionals the 3 are offered to rejoin ND and they brought the rest/some of the Troubletones with them.

Setlists of CompetitionsEdit

Sectionals, 2009Edit

PlannedEdit

PerformedEdit

Regionals, 2010Edit

Journey Medley

Sectionals, 2010Edit

PlannedEdit

  • Unknown Song. Solos: Kurt. (He didn't do it due to his transfer to the Warblers as seen in Furt )

PerformedEdit

Regionals, 2011Edit

PlannedEdit

  • "SING" by My Chemical Romance. Solos: Rachel and Finn.

PerformedEdit

Nationals, 2011Edit

PerformedEdit

Sectionals 2011Edit

PerformedEdit

Jackson Medley

  • "ABC" by The Jackson 5. Solos: Tina, Mike, Kurt and Quinn.
  • "Control" by Janet Jackson. Solos: Artie, Blaine and Quinn.
  • "Man In The Mirror" by Michael Jackson. Solos: Finn, Puck, Artie, Sam, Mike and Blaine.

Regionals 2012Edit

PlannedEdit

  • Michael Jackson songs (As stated in Michael)

PerformedEdit

Nationals 2012Edit

PlannedEdit

PerformedEdit

Solos in a Competition RankEdit

  • Rachel (14 solos)
  • Finn (11 solos)
  • Santana (8 solos)
  • Mercedes, Artie (6 solos)
  • Blaine, Brittany, Puck, Quinn (4 solos)
  • Tina (3 solos)
  • Kurt, Mike and Sam (2 solos)
  • Matt, Lauren, Rory, Sugar and Joe (0 solos)

Current and Previous Members:Edit

(Arranged in the chronological order of joining)

No. Name~ Status Solos* Position
1 Mercedes Jones Active 28 Member, Composer
2 Kurt Hummel Active 15 Member, Pianist
3 Artie Abrams Active 32 Member, Guitarist , Rapper
,4 Tina Cohen-Chang Active 18 Member, Pianist
5 Rachel Berry Active 39 Co-Captain, Female Lead, Composer
6 Finn Hudson Active 39 Co-Captain, Male Lead, Drummer, Guitarist, Composer,Rapper
7 Quinn Fabray Active 11 Member, Composer, Pianist
8 Santana Lopez Active 19 Member, Choreographer, Composer,Rapper
9 Brittany Pierce Active 9 Member, Choreographer, Composer
10 Noah Puckerman Active 7 Member, Guitarist, Pianist, Ambadassador, Composer,Rapper
11 Mike Chang Active 3 Member, Choreographer, Booty Camp Instructor
12 Matt Rutherford Transferred 0 Member, Choreographer
13 Jesse St. James Transferred 2 Member, Consultant
14 Sam Evans Active 7 Member, Guitarist,Rapper
15 Lauren Zizes Quit 1 Member
16 Blaine Anderson Active 11 Member,Rapper
17 Rory Flanagan Active 1 Member
18 Sugar Motta Active 1 Member
19 Joe Hart Active 1 Member, Guitarist

*Only solos where the whole club performed


~Only members who have been part of the club for more than one episode.

AttendanceEdit

(Temporary Members are not Included)

Season 1 TableEdit

Season 1 Summer Break
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Mercedes Jones Joined Active
Kurt Hummel Joined Active
Artie Abrams Joined Active
Tina Cohen-Chang Joined Active
Rachel Berry Joined Active Quits Rejoined Active
Finn Hudson Joined / Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Quinn Fabray Joined Active
Santana Lopez Joined Active
Brittany Pierce Joined Active
Noah Puckerman Joined Active
Mike Chang Joined Active
Matt Rutherford Joined Active Absent / Sick Active Transferred
April Rhodes Joined / Dropped Out Visited
Jesse St.James Joined Active Absent Active Absent Transferred


Season 2 TableEdit

Season 2 Summer Break
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Mercedes Jones Active
Kurt Hummel Active Transferred Rejoined Active
Artie Abrams Active
Tina Cohen-Chang Active
Rachel Berry Active
Finn Hudson Active
Quinn Fabray Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits
Santana Lopez Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Brittany Pierce Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Noah Puckerman Active Absent / Sent to Juvie Active
Mike Chang Active
Jesse St.James Rejoined as a Consultant Active Resigned
Sunshine Corazon Joined / Transferred
Sam Evans Joined Active Transferred
Lauren Zizes Joined Active Quits


Season 3 TableEdit

Season 3 Summer Break
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Mercedes Jones Active Quits Rejoined Active
Kurt Hummel Active
Artie Abrams Active
Tina Cohen-Chang Active Absent / Sick Active
Rachel Berry Active Suspended Rejoined Active
Finn Hudson Active
Quinn Fabray Rejoined Active Absent Active
Santana Lopez Kicked Out Rejoined Quits Rejoined Active
Brittany Pierce Active Quits Rejoined Active
Noah Puckerman Active
Mike Chang Active
Blaine Anderson Joined Active Absent / Surgery Active
Rory Flanagan Joined Active Absent Active
Sam Evans Rejoined Active
Sugar Motta Joined Active Absent Active Absent
Joe Hart Joined Active

Complete TableEdit

Episode Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Summer Break
Mercedes Jones One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active Quits Rejoined Active
Kurt Hummel One Joined Active
Two Active Transferred Rejoined Active
Three Active
Artie Abrams One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active
Tina Cohen-Chang One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Rachel Berry One Joined Active Quits Rejoined Active
Two Active
Three Active

Suspended

Rejoined Active
Finn Hudson One Joined / Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Two Active
Three Active
Quinn Fabray One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits
Three Rejoined Active
Santana Lopez One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Three Kicked Out Rejoined Quits Rejoined Active
Brittany Pierce One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Three Active Quits Rejoined Active
Noah Puckerman One Joined Active
Two Active Absent/Sent to Juvie Active
Three Active
Mike Chang One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active
Matt Rutherford One Joined Active Absent/ Sick Active Transferred
April Rhodes One Joined / Dropped Out Visited
Jesse St.James One Joined Active Absent Active Absent Transferred
Two Rejoined as a Consultant Active Resigned
Sam Evans Two Joined Active
Three Rejoined Active
Lauren Zizes Two Joined Active Quits
Blaine Anderson Three Joined Active Absent/
Surgery 		Active
Rory Flanagan Three Joined Active
Sugar Motta Three Joined Active
Joe Hart Three Joined

RivalsEdit

Enemies Edit

Vocal AdrenalineEdit

New Direction's enemy has been Vocal Adrenaline since "Pilot" when they sang "Rehab". The real tension didn't start until "Hell-O", when Rachel started to go out with Jesse St. James, the lead of Vocal Adrenaline. Jesse then joined New Directions, in which everyone thought he was a spy. Also, Will made out with Shelby Corcoran, who was coach at time for Vocal Adrenaline (but now, she is a former coach of Vocal Adrenaline) in "Hell-O". In "Funk", Jesse switched back to Vocal Adrenaline, and they put New Directions in a funk by singing "Another One Bites the Dust". New Directions got them back by singing "Give Up the Funk". At Regionals, Vocal Adrenaline won. But later, Shelby Corcoran adopted New Direction member Quinn Fabray's baby, Beth Corcoran. Now, Shelby is no longer the coach. Instead, it is now run by Dustin Goolsby who took New Direction's newest star singer, Sunshine Corazon and transferred her to Vocal Adrenaline. They competed against Vocal Adrenaline at Nationals in 2011. Despite their respective groups being enemies, leads Rachel and Sunshine Corozon made up before their Nationals performances.

Football PlayersEdit

The Football players normally pick on the glee kids. In Mattress, Dave Karofsky and Azimio Adams threaten to draw on Finn's face. In Theatricality they bully Tina and Kurt. Karofsky and Azimio however later goes to attack Kurt for his Lady Gaga costume, but are stopped when the entire New Directions appears in their own Lady Gaga and KISS costumes, forcing them to retreat.

In Never Been Kissed, Dave bullies Kurt in a far more personal and constant manner which becomes more and more difficult for Kurt to deal with. When Kurt finally stands up to him, he kisses Kurt, but when Kurt does not return the kiss, he becomes enraged and begins to bully Kurt even more intently to the point of threatening to kill him should Kurt ever tell anyone about the kiss.

In The Sue Sylvester Shuffle, Mr. Schuester and Coach Beiste, arrange to have the Football Team and New Directions join forces to perform Thriller/Heads Will Roll at the halftime show at the championship game. Both groups were reluctant at first, especially Dave. They put aside their differences at first but when the Hockey Team slushies the Football team, The Football Team backs out of the performance and quit the team. Later, the girls join the football team to fill in and almost cause them to lose. Puck convinces the football team except Dave to return and perform during the halftime show. Dave later watches the halftime show and enthusiastically joins in halfway through. After the performance the football team wins the championship game. When Finn later asks Dave to join New Direction permanently, Dave refuses, telling him that nothing has changed.

In Silly Love Songs, Finn mentions that it's been a week since anyone in the Glee Club has been slushied. This shows that even though the Football Team and the Glee club aren't friends, they have reached an understanding.

FrenemiesEdit

Bryan RyanEdit

Bryan Ryan was an old friend of Will, and he talked to the glee club during "Dream On" about how they will never get far. He ended up almost getting rid of them, but later he started to like them, and then hated them again, and then didn't do anything to them.

Sandy RyersonEdit

Sandy was the old coach of the Glee club, and he teamed up with Sue in "Preggers" to get Rachel to quit New Directions. This worked, but Rachel returned. He befriends Will, and helps New Directions win the battle in "Funk". Later in "A Night Of Neglect", he joins Sue's League of Doom, and helps form the hecking club. He and members Azimio, Becky and Jacob manage to heckle Tina off the stage. Later, after watching Mercedes's performance of "Ain't No Way", he breaks-down and decides to use his drug money to help the Braniacs go to Detroit

Terri Del MonicoEdit

Terri hasn't been so much about the Glee club. In "Throwdown" she encourages Will to get in the gutter to win the battle between Sue and him. In "Mattress", she blames her fake pregnancy on the Glee Club. In "Funk", she helps members like Puck and Finn. She scored them plane tickets to New York in "Funeral".

Former EnemiesEdit

Quinn FabrayEdit

In the first episodes of the Season 1, Quinn has a desagreement with Finn joining to the glee club, because she thinks that the glee club was stupid and only for nerds and geeks. In the episode Showmance she joins New Directions just to be sure that Finn doesn't cheat on her with Rachel. When Sue Sylvester knows that she joins with Santana and Brittany, she accepts just if they spy the club, Quinn, Santana, and Brittany accept. She is longer considered an enemy

Sue SylvesterEdit

Sue has been a common enemy of New Directions since the pilot where she wanted the Glee club to be demolished. She has made several attempts to get rid of them. These include becoming a co-director of New Directions in "Throwdown," where she divided the team up to foster discord; sending Quinn, Santana, and Brittany to spy on the club; attempting to disqualify the club for their mattress commercial, and leaking their setlist to the opposition for Sectionals in Season 1. She also upset several individual members, such as Quinn Fabray by kicking her off the Cheerios, leaving her with just Glee club. In "Funk", she let Vocal Adrenaline put New Directions in a funk by giving them access to the choir room to vandalise it, and the auditorium so they could prepare their "funk-ification" number. In "Audition", she told Vocal Adrenaline about Sunshine Corazon, a very talented student who had joined New Directions, and Sunshine was subsequently poached to the other team. During "The Substitute", she developed a hatred towards New Direction member Mercedes Jones for demolishing her car. She also fired Will in her capacity as the new school principal (but later rehired him after Holly Holiday proved incompetent).

However, she does have her moments of being kind/considerate to New Directions and its members. During "The Power of Madonna", she lets Kurt and Mercedes join the Cheerios after they help boost her self-esteem by making a video recreation of "Vogue." In "Wheels" she realizes she could do more to help the handi-capable students and writes a check to install three new wheelchair ramps in the school, including into the auditorium. In "Grilled Cheesus" she took an unpopular stance against religious/spiritual music in Glee Club on behalf of Kurt, and when questioned about it proved to have sincere motives. In "Furt" she utilised her authority as new school principal to try and stop the constant bullying Kurt faced, going so far as to expel Dave Karofsky. When the expulsion was overturned, she resigned her new post in protest.

Despite her hatred of New Directions, she actually saved them from disbanding. When she was a judge at Regionals, she defended New Directions to the other judges, and voted for them as the winner, but sadly they still came in last place. Later she saw the club perform "To Sir, With Love", and utilised the last of her blackmailing leverage against Figgins to give the Glee club another year. As of Big Brother she is helping them win Nationals

The TroubletonesEdit

As another show choir at McKinley High, The Troubletones' main performers all used to be in New Directions, until swapping over to become featured more frequently. After watching them in Mash Off, New Directions knew they had some competition to beat at the 2011 Sectionals. They competed against New Directions at the 2011 Sectionals, and placed 2nd, losing out to New Directions. After Sectionals, director Shelby Corcoran left the school and the choir disbanded, with Santana , Brittany, and Mercedes rejoining New Directions along with Sugar.

Championship competitorsEdit

Jane Adams AcademyEdit

After witnessing the Academy's routine for sectionals, New Directions decided to attempt hairography, but fails to put together a routine that looked as good as the Academy's. At Sectionals 2009, Sue leaked the New Direction's setlist to the Academy and Haverbrook's School for the Deaf. Hesitantly, they copied the routines, but ended up failing anyway.

Haverbrook School for the DeafEdit

Two other teams were at Sectionals 2009, and cheated off of New Directions. Emma defended them, and eventually New Directions won, having to make a new setlist.

Vocal AdrenalineEdit

Vocal Adrenaline competed against New Directions at 2010 Midwest Regional Championships, and Vocal Adrenaline won. They also competed against New Directions and other show choirs in the whole country for the 2011 Nationals, wherein they placed in the top ten.

Aural IntensityEdit

Aural Intensity competed with New Directions at 2010 regionals. At 2011 regionals, they competed again against New Directions but lost.

The HipstersEdit

The Hipsters are a group of adults in high school. They are New Directions' competition for Sectionals 2010. They placed third overall.

Dalton Academy WarblersEdit

In Season 2, The Warblers are New Directions main rival at Sectionals 2010. They are an acappella group from an all boys school. Kurt spies on them, and sees that they are really good. Kurt develops a friendship with their lead singer, Blaine, and they become good friends. He eventually transfers to Dalton and performs "Hey Soul Sister" with them at Sectionals. Unlike prior Glee Groups, there appears to be no actual dislike or rivalry between New Directions and the Warblers, as seen when the Warblers call Kurt out on spying, and then invite him for coffee in a friendly gesture.

In "Furt", Kurt switches to the Dalton Academy Warblers, causing the tension to become even deeper. But later, they both tie at Sectionals and thus move onto the regional competition. Then at Regionals, as the New Directions perform "Lose Like Me", Kurt gets the other Warblers to wear foam fingers and lead the crowd in cheering on the New Directions.

New Directions faces off with The Warblers for a third time in "On My Way", but not before having a showdown three episodes prior to see who could perform Michael at Regionals. The New Directions allow their opponent to take the victory, however neither of the show choirs perform Michael Jackson. After Sebastian's menacing goes too far, he apologizes to several members of New Directions after Dave's suicide attempt. He decides to donate his proceeds to the Lady Gaga "Born This Way" Foundation, and things are settled. Sebastian leads The Warblers in both their songs at Regionals, and eyes their competition, who stand and praise. To return the favor, The Warblers enthusiastically participated during New Direction's final two numbers. In the end, Dalton Academy is awarded with 2nd place.

The Golden GobletsEdit

The Golden Goblets was a show choir who participated in the 2012 Show Choir Midwest Regional Championships. They faced off against the New Directions and the Warblers, and come from a religious institution. Although being quite good, as they won their Sectionals and got a praise fromPuck, were awarded third. They seemed to be quite content with their place, however.

The UnitardsEdit

The Unitards are a showchoir that competed in the 2012 Sectionals. Their lead singer is Harmony met Rachel and Kurt at the NYADA mixer. They seemed very happy with their result although they only placed third.

Portland Scale BlazersEdit

Portland Scale Blazers are a show choir that won the 2011 Show Choir National Championship and will compete with New Directions, Vocal Adrenaline and 37 other groups in 2012 Show Choir National Championship in Chicago, IL.

Competion CostumesEdit

Sectionals, 1st YearEdit

Regionals, 1st YearEdit

Sectionals, 2nd YearEdit

Regionals, 2nd YearEdit

Nationals, 1st YearEdit


Sectionals, 3rd YearEdit

Regionals, 3rd YearEdit

Nationals, 2nd YearEdit

Girls: Red dress, black bowtie, black heels, black belt with black sash, black heels.

Boys: Black vest and shirt with red tie and black pants with black shoes.

TriviaEdit

  • The first six members joined separately, while the second six joined by threes.
  • Artie and Tina are the members that have been in the club longest, since they never left the club in any form. Along w/ Puck and Mike they are the 4 of the original 12 members who never quit/kicked out of the club.
  • With the exception of Kurt and Rory, no male member of the club has been shown to have a proper audition (though it is assumed Artie had one off screen).
  • Every member has dated, made out with, crushed on or slept with at least one other member.
  • Several members have left the club for a short while - Finn, Rachel, Will; while several have left it while transferring - Matt, Jesse, Kurt and Sam doing both, with only Jacob, Lauren and April leaving without returning or transferring.
  • Tina, Artie, Rory, Sugar and Joe never threatened to quit New Directions.
  • Though called a club, they often meet when a bell rings and are dismissed by a bell as well, making it seem like they meet during school hours, but this is not explained. It can be assumed that the bell represent after-school schedules. There are also students seen walking around the halls during their meetings.
  • They have had two Boys vs Girls competitions but the winners were not announced for either. It's assumed that the Boys won the first one, while the Girls won the second one.
  • Though the Glee club is not treated very kindly by the rest of the school, they get applauded and cheered for by McKinley students when performing at pep assemblies and invitationals.
  • Though Emma said in Special Education that for competition, Will always has Finn and Rachel sing a ballad with Mercedes wailing on the last note, Will has only set this up once. He planned the setlist in this way for Regionals, but he never planned a setlist for Sectionals in season 1, the Glee kids did so on their own.
  • Will often says that the Glee club will do a number that can be performed at Regionals or at Sectionals, but they have never done this (Ex: Defying Gravity, the winning number of the Boys vs. Girls competition, Gold Digger, and many more)
  • The club is often the center of gossip on Jacob Ben Israel's blog,
  • Out of the 21 students to be part of the club since 2009, 11 have also been part of the McKinley Titans (Finn, Matt , Mike , Puck , Sam , Artie , Kurt, Rachel, Tina, Lauren, Mercedes), five have been part of the Cheerios (Santana , Quinn, Brittany, Kurt, Mercedes, with Lauren and Finn both unsuccessfully auditioning for a part), with only five individuals never being part of either group - Jesse, Rory, Blaine, Joe and Sugar
  • Nicknames received are Lullaby League, No Directions, Geek Club (by Dave), Island Of Misfit Toys, Pack Of Losers (by Sue), Homo Explosion (by Puck) and Circus Freaks (by Azimio).
  • The only members that never got drunk on screen are Finn, Sugar, Joe and Rory.
  • In Sectionals, Rachel states that when you are last to perform you are the one that is fresh to the judges minds and when last the judges will appreciate it more. When they lost at Regionals the 1st year they were slotted second.
  • Will states in one episode that the New Directions were one of the most diverse clubs in the school. Members have included at least four Christians (Quinn, Joe, Mercedes and Sam), two Jews (Puck and Rachel), four non-heterosexual members (Kurt and Blaine being gay, Santana being a lesbian, Brittany being bisexual), one African American (Mercedes) one Latina (Santana), two Asians (Mike and Tina), one foreigner (Rory being Irish) and two disabled people (Artie and Quinn).
  • The name "New Directions" is a play on the words "Nude Erections", pointed out by Ryan Murphy in the visual commentary for Pilot. ("No one ever got that joke.") This is reinforced by the fact Will gets the idea for the club name naked in bed.
  • The only current members confirmed as virgins are Rory and Joe. We know that Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Blaine, Santana, Brittany, Puck, Quinn, Mike, Tina, Artie and Sam are not virgins, while we do not know if Mercedes and Sugar are virgins.
  • So far Rachel, Finn, Santana, Tina, Puck, Mercedes, Brittany and Will have all written at least one original song.
  • It seems that it has become tradition to have an annual "Girls vs Boys Mash-up Competition".
  • They never start a school year with enough members.
    • First Year - 5 people auditioned and all got accepted.
    • Second Year - 11 Members
    • Third Year - 10 Members
  • Only two students were rejected off in New Directions.
  • In the episode Big Brother, The New Directions broke their 13 members barrier. They ended up having 16 members.
  • Even though they have a pianist and the Jazz Band helps them out, some of the members play instruments during some of their numbers. (Finn - Drums, Puck, Artie, Joe and Sam - Guitar, Puck, Kurt, Blaine, Brittany, Tina - Piano)
  • All current members of the New Directions, apart from Rory, Sugar and Joe have had a solo at a competition.
  • Only Rachel, Mike, Quinn, Finn, Kurt, Puck, Sugar and Sam have had their parent/parents appear in an episode; Santana's grandmother has also appeared, but not her parents, Blaine's brother has also appeared, but not his parents.
  • So far, only Mercedes, Brittany, Tina, Joe, Rory and Artie haven't had a relative shown on Glee.
  • The only members who have never been slushied are Brittany, Sugar, Rory, Lauren and Joe. (Blaine has been slushied, but it wasn't by a McKinley student.)
  • Finn, Santana and Mercedes only have one competition where they don't have solos.
  • Sectionals is the only competition they have yet to lose.
  • By the end of Season 2 and as of Season 3, the Football Players have not been seen bullying and flinging slushies at the New Directions. Instead, the Hockey players are the ones bullying several ND members.
  • Jesse St. James and Blaine Anderson are the only ones who joined ND from different glee clubs.

GalleryEdit

Known SongsEdit

Below is a list of songs New Directions have sung as a group.

Season OneEdit

Song Episode Solos
Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat Pilot Artie
You're The One That I Want Rachel & Finn

Don't Stop Believin'

Rachel & Finn
Le Freak Showmance None
Gold Digger Mercedes, Artie & Will
Push It Artie, Finn & Rachel
Last Name The Rhodes Not Taken April
Somebody to Love Finn, Rachel, Mercedes & Artie
Ride Wit Me Throwdown None
Keep Holding On Rachel & Finn
Bust a Move Mash-Up Will
Proud Mary Wheels Mercedes, Artie & Tina
Lean on Me Ballad Mercedes & Artie
Hair/Crazy in Love Hairography Mercedes & Artie
Imagine Deaf Choir Member, Mercedes, Rachel, Finn & Artie
True Colors Tina
Jump Mattress Finn, Rachel, Artie & Mercedes
Smile (Charlie Chaplin) Rachel, Finn, Artie & Mercedes
You Can't Always Get What You Want Sectionals Finn & Rachel
My Life Would Suck Without You Rachel, Finn & Tina
Gives You Hell Hell-O Rachel
Hello Goodbye Rachel & Finn
Like a Prayer The Power of Madonna Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes & Jesse
Ice Ice Baby Bad Reputation Will
Total Eclipse of the Heart Finn, Rachel, Puck & Jesse
One Laryngitis Rachel & Finn
Dream a Little Dream Dream On Artie
Give Up the Funk Funk Kurt, Finn, Mercedes and Artie
Faithfully Journey Rachel & Finn
Any Way You Want It/Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' Finn, Rachel & Puck
Don't Stop Believin' Finn, Rachel, Puck, Santana, Kurt, Artie & Mercedes.
To Sir, With Love Rachel, Mercedes, Kurt, Tina, Artie, Santana & Finn

Season TwoEdit

Song Episode Solos
Empire State of Mind Audition Artie, Finn, Puck, Rachel, Mercedes & Santana
Toxic Britney/Brittany Brittany, Rachel, Will, Tina, Santana & Quinn
One of Us Grilled Cheesus Tina, Finn, Rachel, Kurt, Quinn & Mercedes
There's a Light (Over At the Frankenstein Place) Rocky Horror Glee Show Rachel, Finn & Kurt
The Time Warp Kurt, Quinn, Finn, Artie, Santana, Brittany, Tina & Mercedes
Forget You The Substitute Holly, Artie & Mercedes
Singing In the Rain/Umbrella Artie, Holly, and Will
Marry You Furt Finn, Rachel, Quinn, Sam, Artie, Brittany, Tina & Mike
Just the Way You Are Finn
(I've Had) The Time of My Life Special Education Sam & Quinn
Valerie Santana
Dog Days Are Over Tina & Mercedes
The Most Wonderful Day of the Year A Very Glee Christmas Tina, Artie, Sam, Quinn (Kurt on album version) & Brittany
We Need a Little Christmas Mercedes & Tina
Welcome Christmas Rachel, Artie and Mercedes
Thriller/Heads Will Roll The Sue Sylvester Bowl Shuffle Artie, Santana, Rachel & Finn
SING Comeback Rachel & Finn
Blame It (On The Alcohol) Blame It On The Alcohol Artie, Puck, Mercedes & Santana
Tik Tok Brittany
Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah) Sexy Holly
Get It Right Original Song Rachel
Loser Like Me Rachel and Finn
Born This Way Born This Way Kurt, Tina & Mercedes
Don't Stop Rumours Sam, Quinn, Finn & Rachel
Pure Imagination Funeral Kurt, Tina, Finn & Artie
I Love New York/New York, New York New York Finn, Santana, Artie, Mercedes, Brittany & Rachel
Light Up The World Santana, Artie, Brittany, Finn, Tina & Rachel

Season ThreeEdit

Song Episode Solos
We Got the Beat The Purple Piano Project Rachel, Santana and Brittany
You Can't Stop the Beat Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Artie, Mercedes and Tina
Fix You Asian F Will and Artie
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Pot O' Gold Blaine with Mike and Artie
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)/You Make My Dreams Come True Mash Off Finn, Tina, Rory and Quinn
Red Solo Cup Hold on to Sixteen Sam
ABC Tina, Kurt, Mike and Quinn
Control Quinn, Artie and Blaine
Man In The Mirror Finn, Puck, Sam, Artie, Mike and Blaine
We Are Young Rachel, Finn, Sam, Quinn, Santana and Mercedes
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed The World)

Extraordinary Merry Christmas

Finn, Mercedes, Rachel, Blaine, Kurt, Artie, Brittany, Puck, Tina and Santana
We Found Love

Yes/No

Rachel and Santana
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Michael Blaine
Bad Artie, Blaine, and Santana
Black or White Artie, Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes and Santana
Sexy and I Know It The Spanish Teacher David and Artie
Love Shack Heart Mercedes, Kurt, Blaine, Rachel, Sugar, and Brittany
Fly/I Believe I Can Fly On My Way Rachel, Artie, Santana, Blaine, Mercedes and Finn
Night Fever Saturday Night Glee-ver Wil, Joe, Sue, and Blaine
Stayin' Alive Finn, Mercedes and Santana
It's Not Right But It's Okay Dance With Somebody Blaine
My Love Is Your Love Artie, Mercedes, Kurt and Blaine
Paradise By The Dashboard Light Nationals Finn, Puck, Santana, Kurt, Blaine, Rachel, Brittany and Mercedes
Tongue Tied Artie, Finn, Santana, Rachel and Quinn
We Are The Champions Finn, Puck, Santana, Rachel, Kurt and Quinn

AuditionsEdit

Rachel's audition.
Homer-simpsonAdded by Homer-simpson

Almost every member of the club auditioned, although some of them didn't because they already proved their talent like Puck, who was in Acafellas; Finn, who sung in the showers and was heard by Will; Matt and Mike, who danced to Single Ladies; Sam, who sung with the New Directions Boys; Jesse and Blaine, who were the leads of Vocal Adrenaline and the Dalton Academy Warblers respectively and Joe, who was heard singing with The God Squad. However, Jacob and Lauren joined without an audition because they joined as quick replacements for Finn and Kurt, respectively. It is assumed that Artie auditioned, though it wasn't shown.

Other people joined after performing a number with/before other New Direction members

AssignmentsEdit

From time to time Mr. Schue, Finn (I Kissed a Girl) or Sue, Coach Roz and Coach Beiste (Choke) gives the students an assignment. This is the list of songs sung as an assignment.

Songs for the Assembly (Showmance):

  • Le Freak sung by New Directions
  • Push It sung by Rachel, Finn and Artie with the New Directions

Songs for the Invitational (The Rhodes Not Taken):

Boys vs Girls Mash-Up Competition (Vitamin D):

Sue's Kids vs Will's Group (Throwdown):

Song to mash with Bust a Move (Mash-Up):

First Diva-Off (Wheels):

Wheelchair Number (Wheels):

Ballads (Ballad):

Hairography Number (Hairography):

Songs that say Hello (Hell-O):

WWMD (What Would Madonna Do?) (The Power of Madonna):

Finding a new Home (Home):

Songs with Bad Reputation (Bad Reputation):

Songs that best represent your feelings (Laryngitis):

Theatricality Number (Theatricality):

Funk Number (Funk):

Song to recruit new members (Audition):

Adult Contemporary songs (Britney/Brittany):

Religious songs (Grilled Cheesus):

Duets Competition (Duets):

Songs for the school musical (The Rocky Horror Glee Show)

Boys vs Girls Second Mash-Up Competition (Never Been Kissed):

Songs for Burt and Carole's Wedding (Furt):

Christmas Carols (A Very Glee Christmas):

Halftime Routine (The Sue Sylvester Shuffle):

Love Songs (Silly Love Songs):

Anthems (Comeback):

Songs that show the dangers of drinking (Blame It on the Alcohol):

Original songs for Regionals (Original Song):

Songs for the Benefit Concert (A Night of Neglect):

Songs that show Acceptance (Born This Way):

Fleetwood Mac Tribute (Rumours):

Songs for Junior Prom (Prom Queen):

Auditions for the solo in the Nationals 2011 (Funeral):

Songs for the Purple Piano Project (The Purple Piano Project):

Audition for the West Side Story Musical (I Am Unicorn/Asian F):

West Side Story Musical Rehearsals and Show (The First Time):

New Directions vs. Troubletones (Mash Off):

Songs performed by a female artist "Lady Music Week" (I Kissed A Girl):

Songs for the Christmas Special: (Extraordinary Merry Christmas):

Proposal Songs (Yes/No):

WWMJD (What Would Michael Jackson Do?) (Michael):

Songs of Hispanic Relation (The Spanish Teacher):

World's Greatest Love Songs (Heart):

Songs from "Saturday Night Fever" (Saturday Night Glee-ver):

Whitney Houston Tribute (Dance With Somebody):

Anti-Domestic Violence Songs (Choke):

Songs for Senior Prom (Prom-asaurus):

FamilyEdit

Rachel BerryEdit

Finn HudsonEdit

Mercedes JonesEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Throwdown)
  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Funk)
  • Unnamed brother (mentioned in Funk)

Kurt HummelEdit

Tina Cohen-ChangEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Theatricality)
  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Theatricality)

Artie AbramsEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Wheels)
  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Rumours)

Quinn FabrayEdit

Santana LopezEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Britney/Brittany)
  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in I Kissed a Girl)
  • Alma Lopez (grandmother)

Brittany PierceEdit

  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Mattress)
  • Unnamed sister (mentioned in The Power of Madonna)
  • Unnamed father (mentioned in A Very Glee Christmas)

Noah PuckermanEdit

Mike ChangEdit

Jesse St. JamesEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Funeral)
  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Funeral)
  • Unnamed brother (mentioned in Funeral)
  • Unnamed sister (mentioned in Funeral)
  • Unnamed uncle (mentioned in The Power of Madonna)

Sam EvansEdit

Blaine AndersonEdit

Rory FlanaganEdit

  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Extraordinary Merry Christmas)
  • Unnamed mother (talked to in Pot O' Gold)
  • Seamus Flanagan (brother) (mentioned in Extraordinary Merry Christmas)

Sugar MottaEdit

Joe HartEdit

  • Unnamed mother (mentioned in Heart)
  • Unnamed father (mentioned in Heart)
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  • SharkInManhattan

    So they started off as a 6 member show choir and now they have over 24 members? Damn. Remember when they were struggling to make the 12 man mark?

    by SharkInManhattan
  • Gleek4ever2012

    I really think Summer Nights should be added, Sexy and I Know It is there, while Sam, Mercedes, Blaine & Tina weren't there.

    by Gleek4ever2012
  • Dragonwish

    Puck doesn't quit in choke!

    by Dragonwish
  • KonohamaruGleeK

    in this version of Pilot >http://vimeo.com/34613518< it shows that emma joined new directions, is that right?

    by KonohamaruGleeK
  • Bobbobin

    I don't know if it's early to talk about this, but once the seniors grauduate I suggest that we have an alumnus/alumni section. We will put them there instead of the former members section.

    by Bobbobin
  • EliteShadow

    The way I think the competetions were in order based on the songs

    1.) Season One Regionals

    2.) Season Three Regionals

    3.) Season Three Sectionals

    4.) Season Two Sectionals

    5.) Season Two Regionals

    6.) Season Two Nationals

    7.) Season One Sectionals

    by EliteShadow
    • FinchelFan728

      I'd rank them:

      1. S1 Regionals

      2. S2 Regionals

      3. S2 Nationals

      4. S3 Regionals

      5. S1 Sectionals

      6. S3 Sectionals

      7. S2 Sectionals

      by FinchelFan728
    • Dayheart

      For me:

      1. S1 Sectionals

      2. S3 Sectionals

      3. S2 Regionals

      4. S3 Regionals

      5. S1 Regionals

      6. S2 Nationals

      7. S2 Sectionals

      by Dayheart
    • Tatertot623

      ok just saying but S1 and S3 Sectionals were the best

      by Tatertot623
  • GleekGuy

    britanny has a dad who was mentioned in a very glee christmas

    by GleekGuy
  • Station7

    Tina isn't listed as Absent/Sick during the episode The Spanish Teacher. Can somebody fix that?

    by Station7
  • Veterangleefan

    Joe's dad is mentioned too. In Heart. He sells Bibles.

    by Veterangleefan
  • S m f a h

    Is it just me or do the boys not cheat on the girls at all, but the girls cheat on the boys all the time? Actually, I'm pretty sure that every girl in New Directions but Sugar has cheated on their boyfriend at one point. I think the closest the boys have gotten is Puck sexting Santana when he was supposed to be with Quinn.

    by S m f a h
  • EliteShadow

    Season Four New Directions..... My Predictions

    Artie'

    Tina

    Blaine

    Sam

    Sugar

    Rory

    Joe

    Sebastian

    Lauren

    Brittany?

    (Winner of Glee Project Season 2)

    by EliteShadow
    history
    • YoshiyaKiryu

      I'd really like this lineup a lot. I'd like to see how Sebastian would be brought in, and I especially love Lauren's return. If possible, I'd love Harmony and Wade to join, although I doubt it (I think Wade has more of a chance though). I'd like new characters too.

      by YoshiyaKiryu
  • Gleek2363

    i think that they will go to nationals and VA and ND will be in showcase and then Wade/Unique will reveal that he's male and that will cost them 1st place and then ND will win

    by Gleek2363
  • Zhiichiro

    will scheuster didnt allowed becky jackson to join ND because of nationals on the way but he accepted Joe though on the same situation....

    by Zhiichiro
  • Brittanalovers

    in the trivia joe also plays guitar

    by Brittanalovers
  • Veterangleefan
    • Random thought: Squares

    Have you guys realized that in New Directions there's been a lot of relationship-squares? Here are some examples:

    Finn/Rachel/Puck/Quinn.

    Puck/Mercedes/Sam/Quinn.

    Finn/Sam/Rachel/Quinn.

    Artie/Tina/Mike/Brittany.

    Brittany/Artie/Rory/Sugar.

    Finn/Quinn/Puck/Santana.

    Puck/Mercedes/Sam/Rachel

    And the list goes on...

    by Veterangleefan
  • Station7

    Why are the Bassist and Drummer listed as former members. They do the music in the background, which means that they are active.

    by Station7
    history
  • Animal Gleek

    Joe's in!

    by Animal Gleek
  • Djulienr

    Rory did have his family shown on Glee through pictures in his locker

    by Djulienr
  • ThePenultimatePeril


    My DREAMY ideas: Nationals

    NEW DIRECTIONS

    1) The Planets Bend Between Us by Snow Patrol (Finn and Rachel) or Up by James Morrison feat. Jessie J (Santana and Artie)

    2) So What/What The Hell by Pink/Avril Lavigne (New Directions/The Troubletones) orTogether In Electric Dreams/Flashdance...What A Feeling by Philip Oakey/Irene Cara (New Directions)

    3) All These Things That I've Done by The Killers (New Directions) or Viva La Vida byColdplay (New Directions)

    VOCAL ADRENALINE

    1) I Am Changing from Dreamgirls (Alex) or Memory from Cats (Alex)

    2) Radioactive by Kings of Leon (Alex with Vocal Adrenaline) or Walk by Foo Fighters (Alex with Vocal Adrenaline)

    Showcase:

    NEW DIRECTIONS

    1) Had It All by Katharine McPhee (Tina or Quinn) or Cannonball by Damien Rice (Rory or Puck) or My Heart Takes Over by The Saturdays (Rachel or Santana)

    2) Rock With You/Rock That Body/We Will Rock You/ by Michael Jackson/The Black Eyed Peas/Queen (New Directions) or Never Miss A Beat/Shut Up And Let Me Go by Kaiser Chiefs/The Ting Tings (New Directions)

    3) The Edge Of Glory by Lady Gaga (New Directions) or Fire With Fire by Scissor Sisters(New Directions)

    VOCAL ADRENALINE

    1) Permanent by David Cook (Alex) or Through The Rain by Mariah Carey (Alex)

    2) Time For Miracles by Adam Lambert (Alex) or Run by Snow Patrol (Leona Lewis Cover)(Alex with Vocal Adrenaline)

    by ThePenultimatePeril
    history
  • Rabroub1234

    in the Trivia under members play instruments during some of their numbers does Brittany count as a piano player because we cans see her in Season 2 Episode Rumors at the end playing piano.

    by Rabroub1234
  • Tartiefan
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    I look forward to being friends with all of you for the rest of my life
     
    I love this gif :')
    by Tartiefan
  • Kathyism

    i heart them

    by Kathyism
  • XIamAweSam

    I wish I have real friends like the ones in ND, you know they accept you for who you are :)

    by XIamAweSam
  • IAmRumbleRoar

    Someone should add Sugar under rejected members considering she WAS rejected.

    by IAmRumbleRoar
  • CruzyWuzy

    how come ride wit me ain't a group number

    by CruzyWuzy
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