Journey to Regionals

"Journey to Regionals"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 22
Directed by	Brad Falchuk
Written by	Brad Falchuk
Featured music	"Magic / You Raise Me Up" "Faithfully" "Any Way You Want It / Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'" "Don't Stop Believin'" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "To Sir With Love" "Over the Rainbow"
Production code	1ARC21
Original air date	June 8, 2010 (2010-06-08)
Guest appearance(s)
Josh Groban as himself Jonathan Groff as Jesse St. James Idina Menzel as Shelby Corcoran Iqbal Theba as Principal Figgins Charlotte Ross as Judy Fabray Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez Bill A. Jones as Rod Remington Heather Morris as Brittany Pierce Harry Shum, Jr. as Mike Chang Dijon Talton as Matt Rutherford Olivia Newton-John as herself
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"Journey to Regionals" is the twenty-second episode and first season finale of the American television series Glee. The episode was written and directed by series creator Brad Falchuk, and premiered on the Fox network on June 8, 2010. In "Journey to Regionals", New Directions performs at Regionals in front of celebrity judges Josh Groban, Olivia Newton-John, Rod Remington (Bill A. Jones) and Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch). Club member Quinn (Dianna Agron) gives birth to her daughter, Beth, whom rival glee club coach Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel) adopts. Co-captains Finn (Cory Monteith) and Rachel (Lea Michele) reunite, and director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) professes his love for guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays). Although New Directions comes in last in the competition, Sue persuades Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) not to disband the club for another year.

The episode features cover versions of nine songs, seven of which are included on the EP Glee: The Music, Journey to Regionals, released on June 8, 2010. The album charted at number one in America, setting the record for the shortest span between first weeks at the top of the Billboard 200 with different releases, charting only three weeks after the soundtrack album Glee: The Music, Volume 3 Showstoppers also reached number one. While "Journey to Regionals" is the first episode of Glee to have none of its musical performances released as singles, all six EP tracks charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian Hot 100.

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