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Debut:

Pilot

Type:

Glee Club

Head:

Will Schuester (Director)
Finn Hudson (Assistant Director)

Institution:

William McKinley High School

Location:

Lima, Ohio

Awards:

Sectionals:
1st Place - 2009-2011 (2010 Tied)
1st Place - 2012 (Warblers eliminated)

Regionals:
3rd Place - 2010
1st Place - 2011-2013

Nationals:
12th Place - 2011
1st Place - 2012

Status:

Active

“

By its very definition, Glee is about opening yourself up to joy.

”

—Lillian Adler, Pilot

The New Directions is the Glee Club of McKinley High. It was given the name of "New Directions" after Will took over the group. The group has won Sectionals the three years it has been led by Will, 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 Source. 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 since 1993. As stated in Britney 2.0, the McKinley Glee club was established in 1954.

In Swan Song, they lost Sectionals for the first time in 4 years, leading to the group being disbanded and The Choir Room being currently occupied by The Cheerios. Despite this they still have regular meetings and performances in whatever areas they are able to find.

In Naked, the Lima Municipal Court banned the Warblers from competing due to using performance enhancers, effectively reinstating New Directions. The club yet again win Regionals in All or Nothing.

Contents

Members

Current members

Alumni

Former Members

Temporary Members

Rejected Members

New Directions Member List

Directors/Co-Directors

Consultants

Musicians

Sub Groups

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

New Directions Boys

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

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 Kids

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. It is no longer active.

Will's Group

Main article: Will's Group

This group is consisted of the members that Sue did not choose. It is no longer active.

The Justin Bieber Experience

Main article: The Justin Bieber Experience

This group was founded by Sam when trying to win Quinn back, thinking she was no longer interested. It is no longer active.

Booty Camp

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 who are having trouble with their dancing skills. When Sue becomes apart of New Directions, nearing the end of Season Three, to get back her Cheerios, she makes sure she works them hard at Booty Camp so they can win Nationals.

The Troubletones

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.

Competition Setlists

Sectionals, 2009

Planned

Performed

Regionals, 2010

Sectionals, 2010

Planned

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

Performed

  • (I've Had) The Time of My Life by Billy Medley and Jennifer Warnes. Solos: Quinn and Sam with Mercedes, Santana and New Directions.
  • Valerie by The Zutons (cover by Amy Winehouse). Solos: Santana with New Directions.

Regionals, 2011

Planned

  • SING by My Chemical Romance. Solos: Rachel and Finn with New Directions.

Performed

  • Get It Right by Glee. Solos: Rachel with New Directions Girls.
  • Loser Like Me by Glee. Solos: Rachel, Finn, Santana, Brittany and Mercedes with New Directions.

Nationals, 2011

Performed

  • Pretending by Glee. Solos: Rachel and Finn.
  • Light up the World by Glee. Solos: Rachel, Finn, Artie, Santana, Tina and Brittany with New Directions.

Sectionals, 2011

Performed

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

Regionals, 2012

Planned

  • Michael Jackson songs (As stated in Michael)

Performed

Nationals, 2012

Planned

Performed

Sectionals, 2012

Planned

  • An unknown Marley and Blaine duet.

Performed

  • Gangnam Style by PSY. Solos: Tina with Ryder, Kitty and New Directions.

Regionals, 2013

Planned

  • Dream Weaver by Gary Wright
  • Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics
  • You Make My Dreams Come True by Hall & Oates

Performed

Sung in a Competition Rank

Current members

  • Artie (Sung 8 times)
  • Tina and Blaine (Sung 5 times)
  • Sam (Sung 3 times) 
  • Joe, Unique, Marley, Jake and Kitty (Sung 1 time)
  • Sugar (Hasn't sung)

Alumni/Former Members

  • Rachel (Sung 13 times)
  • Finn (Sung 10 times)
  • Santana and Mercedes (Sung 9 times)
  • Brittany (Sung 5 times)
  • Quinn, Puck and Kurt (Sung 4 times)
  • Mike (Sung 2 times)
  • Ryder (Sung 1 time)
  • Matt, Lauren and Rory (Haven't sung)

Current and Previous Members

(Arranged in the chronological order of joining)

No. Name~ Status Solos* Position First Joined Last Appearance as Member
1 Mercedes Jones Graduated 37 Member, Composer Pilot Goodbye
2 Kurt Hummel Graduated 22 Member, Pianist Pilot Goodbye
3 Artie Abrams Active 46 Member, Guitarist Pilot N/A
4 Tina Cohen-Chang Active 26 Member, Pianist, Costume Committee Pilot N/A
5 Rachel Berry Graduated 45 Co-Captain, Female Lead, Composer Pilot Goodbye
6 Finn Hudson Graduated 42 Co-Captain, Male Lead, Drummer, Guitarist, Composer Pilot Goodbye
7 Quinn Fabray Graduated 12 Member, Female Lead, Composer Showmance Goodbye
8 Santana Lopez Graduated 24 Member, Choreographer, Composer Showmance Goodbye
9 Brittany Pierce Graduated 21 Member, Choreographer Showmance All or Nothing
10 Noah Puckerman Graduated 12 Member, Guitarist, Pianist, Ambadassador, Composer Preggers Goodbye
11 Mike Chang Graduated 4 Member, Choreographer, Booty Camp Instructor Preggers Goodbye
12 Matt Rutherford Transferred 0 Member, Choreographer Preggers Journey
13 Jesse St. James Transferred 2 Member, Consultant The Power of Madonna Funk
14 Sam Evans Active 19 Member, Guitarist Duets N/A
15 Lauren Zizes Quit 0 Member Special Education New York
16 Blaine Anderson Active 24 Member, Pianist The Purple Piano Project N/A
17 Rory Flanagan Transferred 2 Member, Costume Committee Pot O' Gold Goodbye
18 Sugar Motta Active 2 Member, Costume Committee Hold on to Sixteen

N/A

19 Joe Hart Active 4 Member, Guitarist, Costume Committee Big Brother N/A
20 Wade "Unique" Adams Active 5 Member The New Rachel N/A
21 Marley Rose Active 15 Member The New Rachel N/A
22 Jake Puckerman Active 11 Member, Guitarist Britney 2.0 N/A
23 Ryder Lynn Quit 11 Member, Drummer Dynamic Duets All or Nothing
24 Kitty Wilde Active 6 Member Dynamic Duets N/A

*Only solos where the whole club performed

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

Attendance

(Temporary Members are not Included)

Season 1 Table

  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 Table

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
Becky Jackson Rejected
Sunshine Corazon Joined / Transferred
Sam Evans Joined Active Transferred
Lauren Zizes Joined Active Quits

Season 3 Table

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 Graduated
Kurt Hummel Active Graduated
Artie Abrams Active
Tina Cohen-Chang Active Absent / Sick Active
Rachel Berry Active Suspended Rejoined Active Graduated
Finn Hudson Active Graduated
Quinn Fabray Rejoined Active Absent Active Graduated
Santana Lopez Kicked Out Rejoined Quits Rejoined Active Graduated
Brittany Pierce Active Quits Rejoined Active
Noah Puckerman Active Graduated
Mike Chang Active Graduated
Blaine Anderson Joined Active Absent / Surgery Active
Rory Flanagan Joined Active Absent Active
Sam Evans Rejoined Active
Sugar Motta Rejected Joined Active Absent Active Absent Active
Joe Hart Joined Active

Season 4 Table

Season 4 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 Mentor Mentor Guest
Artie Abrams Active Disbanded Active
Tina Cohen-Chang Active Active
Quinn Fabray Mentor
Santana Lopez Mentor Invited Guest
Brittany Pierce Active Quits/
Rejoined 		Active Active Absent Active Absent Active Graduated
Noah Puckerman Mentor
Mike Chang Mentor Mentor Guest
Kurt Hummel Guest
Blaine Anderson Active Quits/
Rejoined 		Active Disbanded Active
Sam Evans Active Active
Sugar Motta Active Absent Active Absent Active Quits Rejoined Absent Active Absent Active Quits
Joe Hart Active Absent Active Disbanded Active Absent Active Absent Active
Wade Adams Joined Active Absent Active Absent Active Active Absent Active
Marley Rose Joined Active Active
Jake Puckerman Rejected Joined Active Active
Ryder Lynn Joined Active Active Quits
Kitty Wilde Joined Active Active Absent Active

Complete Table

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 Graduated
Four Mentor Mentor Guest
Kurt Hummel One Joined Active
Two Active Transferred Rejoined Active
Three Active Graduated
Four Guest
Artie Abrams One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active
Four Active Disbanded Active
Tina Cohen-Chang One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Four Active Disbanded Active
Rachel Berry One Joined Active Quits Rejoined Active
Two Active
Three Active

Suspended

Rejoined Active Graduated
Finn Hudson One Joined / Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Two Active
Three Active Graduated
Quinn Fabray One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active Quits
Three Rejoined Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Graduated
Four Mentor
Santana Lopez One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Three Kicked Out Rejoined Quits Rejoined Active Graduated
Four Mentor Invited Guest
Brittany Pierce One Joined Active
Two Active Quits / Rejoined Active
Three Active Quits Rejoined Active
Four Active Quits/
Rejoined 		Active Disbanded Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Absent/
MIT 		Active Graduated
Noah Puckerman One Joined Active
Two Active Absent/Sent to Juvie Active
Three Active Graduated
Four Mentor
Mike Chang One Joined Active
Two Active
Three Active Graduated
Four Mentor Mentor Guest
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
Four Active Disbanded Active
Lauren Zizes Two Joined Active Quits
Becky Jackson Two Rejected
De'Wanda Four Rejected
Blaine Anderson Three Joined Active Absent/
Surgery 		Active
Four Active Quits / Rejoined Active Disbanded Active
Rory Flanagan Three Joined Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Transferred
Sugar Motta Three Rejected Joined Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Four Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Quits Rejoined Absent/
Sick 		Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Joe Hart Three Joined Active
Four Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Disbanded Active Absent/
Sick' 		Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Wade Adams Four Joined Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Absent/
Sick 		Active Disbanded Active Absent/
Sick 		Active
Marley Rose Four Joined Active Disbanded Active
Jake Puckerman Four Rejected Joined Active Disbanded Active
Ryder Lynn

Four

Joined Active Disbanded Active Quits
Kitty Wilde

Four

Joined Active Disbanded Active Absent/
Sick 		Active

Rivals

Enemies

Vocal Adrenaline

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 Players

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.

Frenemies

Bryan Ryan

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 Ryerson

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 Monico

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 Enemies

Quinn Fabray

In the first episodes of the Season One, Quinn has a disagreement 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 no longer considered an enemy

Sue Sylvester

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 Troubletones

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 competitors

Jane Addams Academy

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 Deaf

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 Adrenaline

Vocal Adrenaline competed against New Directions at 2010 Midwest Regional Championship, 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 Intensity

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

The Hipsters

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

Dalton Academy Warblers

In Season 2, The Warblers are New Directions main rival at Sectionals 2010. They are an a cappella 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 "Loser 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 Goblets

The Golden Goblets was a show choir who participated in the 2012 Midwest Regional Championship. 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 praise from Puck, were awarded third. They seemed to be quite content with their place, however.

The Unitards

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 Blazers

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

Competion Costumes

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Trivia

  • The name "New Directions" is a play on the words "Nude Erections," pointed out by Ryan Murphy in the visual commentary for Pilot who stated that "no one ever got that joke." This is reinforced by the fact Will gets the idea for the club name naked in bed.
  • The club never starts a school year with enough members.
    • First year: The club had just been created and only five auditioned and were accepted. Another had been recruited.
    • Second year: The club started off eleven members because Matt had transferred schools.
    • Third year: The club started off with ten members because Sam transferred and Lauren and Quinn quit the club.
    • Fourth year: The club members started off with eight members because eight of them graduated and one was deported.
  • The first six members joined separately, while the second six joined in threes.
  • Artie and Tina are the members that have been in the club the longest.
    • Along with Puck and Mike, they are the four of the original twelve members who have never left the club.
    • However, in Acafellas, they came close to quitting after the cruel treatment of choreographer Dakota Stanley, but Rachel convinced them not to.
  • 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).
  • Though they supposedly meet before and after classes, it appears that they often meet during school hours, but this is not explained.
  • The club is often the center of gossip on Jacob Ben Israel's blog despite the school not caring about it.
  • Every member has dated, made out with, crushed on or slept with at least one other member.
  • 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 rally assemblies and invitationals.
  • Though Emma said in Special Education that for the competition Will always has Finn and Rachel sing a ballad with Mercedes wailing on the last note, Will has only featured this setlist once. He planned the setlist this way for Regionals, but he never planned a setlist for Sectionals in Season One, the Glee kids did that on their own. She was probably to the normal group numbers that feature Finn and Rachel singing lead with Mercedes singing the last note.
  • Will often says that the Glee club will do a number that can be performed at a competition, but this has yet to happen (ex: Defying Gravity, Gold Digger, Flashdance... What a Feeling, etc.).
  • 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. They have never once lost in a competition when they were in the third or first slot.
  • Will states in one episode that the New Directions were one of the most diverse clubs in the school. Members have included at least five Christians (Quinn, Joe, Mercedes, Sam, and Kitty), three Jews (Jake, Puck, and Rachel), at least one atheist (Kurt), five LGBT members (Kurt and Blaine being gay, Unique being transgender, Santana being a lesbian, and Brittany being bisexual), three African-Americans (Matt, Mercedes, and Unique), one biracial member (Jake), one Latina (Santana), three Asians (Mike, Tina, and Sunshine), a foreign exchange student (Rory), and two disabled people (Artie and Quinn, but she recovered).
  • So far Rachel, Finn, Santana, Tina, Puck, Mercedes, Brittany, Will and Marley have all written at least one original song. Quinn aided in writing one, though unintentionally. Sue was also the inspiration for one of their original songs.
  • It seems that it has become tradition to have an annual "Girls vs Boys Mash-up competition," but in Season Three, it is a "Club vs. Club Mash Off," possibly due to the lack of balance among the sexes in New Directions at the time.
  • The only members who have never been slushied are Brittany, Lauren, Rory, Sugar, Joe, Ryder, and Kitty.
  • Finn, Santana and Mercedes only have one competition where they are not featured in at least one song, not including any competitions after their graduation.
  • Rachel, Santana, and Tina and are the only ones who have gotten a full solo in a competition. Coincidentally, they are all female.
  • Rachel, Finn, Quinn, Sam, Marley and Blaine are the only ones who have sung in a duet in a competition.
  • Sugar has the most amount of absences in almost twenty group numbers since she joined the club.
  • Every so often, New Directions performs musical numbers that are really not appropriate to be taught at schools; examples include Push It, Toxic, the entirety of The Rocky Horror Glee Show, Do You Wanna Touch Me, and Gimme More.

Known Songs

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

Season One

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

Season Two

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

Season Three

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
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Pot O' Gold Blaine
Hit Me with Your Best Shot/One Way or Another Mash Off Finn
I Can't Go for That/You Make My Dreams Finn, Quinn, Rory and Tina
Red Solo Cup Hold on to Sixteen Sam with Finn, Puck, Mike, Quinn, and Tina
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
Summer Nights Mercedes, Sam, Sugar, Rory, Tina, Puck, Santana, Finn and Kurt
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
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
Here's to Us Rachel
I'm Still Standing Big Brother Artie and Quinn
Hungry Like the Wolf/Rio Blaine and Cooper
Night Fever Saturday Night Glee-ver Will, Joe 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
Because You Loved Me Props Tina
Flashdance... What a Feeling Rachel and Tina
Paradise By The Dashboard Light Nationals Finn, Puck, Santana, Kurt, Blaine, Mike, Rachel, Brittany, and Mercedes
Tongue Tied Artie, Finn, Santana and Rachel
We Are The Champions Finn, Puck, Santana, Rachel, Kurt and Quinn
I'll Remember Goodbye Kurt

Season Four

Song Episode Solos
Chasing Pavements The New Rachel Marley
Gimme More Britney 2.0 Brittany
Born to Hand Jive The Role You Were Born to Play Mercedes, Marley, Jake and Ryder
You're The One That I Want Glease Ryder, Marley, Finn, Rachel, Santana, Brittany, Kurt, and Blaine
Some Nights Dynamic Duets Blaine, Sam, Ryder, Jake, Marley, Kitty, Joe and Tina
Holding Out For a Hero Marley and Kitty
Gangnam Style Thanksgiving Tina
Don't Dream It's Over Swan Song Finn, Tina, Marley, Blaine, Sam and Brittany
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Glee, Actually Marley ( episode ), Brittany, Sam, Puck, Jake, Kurt and Blaine
This Is the New Year Naked Blaine, Artie, Brittany, Sam, Marley, Jake, Ryder, Tina and Unique
Don't Stop Me Now Diva Blaine
Anything Could Happen I Do Marley, Artie and Jake
Shout Girls (and Boys) on Film Blaine and Brittany
In Your Eyes Will with Unique
Footloose Sam, Artie and Joe
The Bitch Is Back/Dress You Up Feud Ryder and Unique
I Still Believe/Super Bass Blaine and Sue
Closer Ryder and Jake
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go Guilty Pleasures Blaine and Sam
Mamma Mia Rachel, Santana, Kurt, Blaine, Sam, Marley, Kitty and Unique
Copacabana Sam
More Than Words Shooting Star Brittany and Sam
Say Blaine, Ryder, Brittany, Sam, Kitty and Marley
Outcast Sweet Dreams Marley, Jake, Ryder, Unique and Kitty
We Will Rock You Lights Out Artie, Blaine, Jake, and Ryder
Longest Time Artie, Jake, Marley, Kitty, Ryder, and Sam
For Once in My Life Wonder-ful Artie
Superstition Mercedes, Marley and Blaine
I Wish Jake with Marley
Hall of Fame All or Nothing Artie, Ryder, Sam, Jake and Joe
I Love It Tina, Kitty, Unique and Brittany
All or Nothing Marley and Blaine

Auditions

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Rachel's audition.
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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. Ryder and Kitty didn't audition for New Directions due to their talent in the school production of Grease, and to complete the number of members needed for New Directions. It is assumed that Artie auditioned, though it wasn't shown.

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

Assignments

From time to time Mr. Schue, Finn (I Kissed a Girl and Dynamic Duets) 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):

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):

Original songs for Nationals 2011 (New York)

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):

Songs to say Goodbye (Goodbye):

Songs by Britney Spears (Britney 2.0):

Auditions for Grease (The Role You Were Born to Play):

Grease rehearsals and show (Glease):

Dynamic Duets (Dynamic Duets):

Ladies' Choice (Sadie Hawkins):

Men of McKinley Calendar (Naked):

DIVA Week (Diva):

Songs from Movies (Girls (and Boys) on Film):

Musical Feuds (Feud):

Guilty Pleasure Songs (Guilty Pleasures):

Last Chance Songs (Shooting Star):

Unplugged Songs (Lights Out):

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