måndag 9 Jan 2012, 16:32

Best Finn Hudson Solo:

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 3x07: I Kissed A Girl
Originally peformed by Robert Hazard

As featured on Billboard's website, Finn put a whole new twist on this song in order to channel the perspective of Robert Hazard's original idea instead of the valley girl anthem Cyndi Lauper made famous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY2UYxi_m8k

Best Noah Puckerman Solo:

Fat Bottomed Girls
Episode 2x12: Silly Love Songs
Originally performed by Queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbwl_-0YsZk

Best Kurt Hummel Solo:

Blackbird
Episode 2x16: Original Song
Originally performed by The Beatles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81wTybumbj0

Best Mike Chang Solo:

Cool (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 3x03: Asian F
Originally performed by Leonard Bernstein

While we learned that he isn't the best male vocalist, the Asian dancer's long-awaited solo debut with this West Side Story number was nothing to scoff at.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVcDWJV-x0

Best Quinn Fabray Solo:

It's a Man's Man's Man's World (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 1x21
Originally performed by James Brown

I've always been a fan of Quinn's indie-soulful chops, and this James Brown cover satisfied my fixation on the half-good and half-evil Cheerio.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE8fn2nbUyY

Best Mercedes Jones Solo:

I Will Always Love You (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 1x16: Home
Originally performed by Whitney Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kZO6smypHw

Best Santana Lopez Solo:

Songbird (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x19: Rumours
Originally performed by Fleetwood Mac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPrSpqr-2mU

Best Rachel Berry Solo:

Take A Bow (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 1x02: Showmance
Originally performed by Rihanna

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17WYdrMk-Z8

Best Mash-Up:

I Feel Pretty / Unpretty
Episode 2x18: Born This Way
Originally performed by TLC and Leonard Bernstein

In a 90-minute episode overhyped by the cover of Lady Gaga's Born This Way, the frenemy bond between Rachel and Lucy Quinn Fabray shined more than any other song from that episode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-RbPVUzDlU

Best All-Male Performance:

Stop! In the Name of Love / Free Your Mind (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x06: Never Been Kissed
Originally performed by The Supremes and En Vogue

Best All-Female Performance:

Start Me Up / Livin' On a Prayer (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x06: Never Been Kissed
Originally performed by Bon Jovi and The Rolling Stones

Best Original Song:

Loser Like Me (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x16: Original Song

Best Collaboration With Will Schuester:

Toxic (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x02: Britney/Brittany
Originally performed by Britney Spears

Best Duet:

(I've Had) The Time of My Life
Episode 2x09: Special Education
Originally performed by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warner

Best Season 1 Group Performance:

Don't Stop Believin'
Episode 1x01: Pilot
Originally performed by Journey

The Glee version of Don't Stop Believin' was the moment when people stopped asking Steve Perry when he would perform with Journey again and started asking him when he would put out another solo album.

Best Season 2 Group Performance:

Don't Stop (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 2x19: Rumours
Originally performed by Fleetwood Mac

Best Season 3 Group Performance:

We Are Young (Glee Cast Version)
Episode 3x08: Hold On To Sixteen
Originally performed by fun.