Run was covered by what actor and singer from Derry, Northern Ireland, who won the Glee Project on August 21, 2011?
Damian McGinty Damian Joseph McGinty Jr. (born 9 September 1992) is an actor and singer from Derry, Northern Ireland. McGinty has been performing for over a decade, and was a member of the group Celtic Thunder for four years starting when he was fourteen. On 21 August 2011, McGinty won the Oxygen reality show "The Glee Project", earning him a seven-episode guest-starring role on the hit Fox television show "Glee" which was later extended to 18 episodes.
Hold On to Sixteen "Hold On to Sixteen" is the eighth episode of the third season of the American musical television series "Glee", and the fifty-second overall. The episode title is from a line in John Mellencamp's song "Jack & Diane". Written by Ross Maxwell and directed by Bradley Buecker, the episode aired on Fox in the United States on December 6, 2011, and featured the return of Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet) to McKinley High and New Directions, and their participation in the Sectionals show choir competition.