"Alright guys, Nationals. We've made it and we're going to kill it." Finn states, while writing Nationals on the whiteboard. Sam punches Blaine, who's once again texting and motions to the board, chuckling at Finn's incorrect spelling of the word Nationals. "Uh are we going to Nationals or 'Natonals'?" Blaine mocks, pointing out the missing 'I' in the spelling. "Alright smart ass, moving on. I know that we only have two weeks so I brought in some help to decide who will be singing the five solos for Natonals." Finn purposely mispronounces the word and leaves the incorrect spelling on the board just to piss off Blaine. "Alright so I know that some of you have already managed a Nationals win,-"
"Multiple times." Blaine mutters, yawning to show his disinterest. Finn rolls his eyes and lets the comment slide, continuing on with what he was trying to say. "But some of you, have never competed in anything more than sectionals and well, we didn't do so good in that so I figured what's a better way to get you all up to speed than a little friendly competition." Finn suggests and that gets everyone's attention, including Blaine who was acting disinterested and Sam who was almost asleep. "Another boys vs girls cause we all know that the guys will dominate again." Sam suggests, perking up.
"No, actually I asked some of the grads to help with this. Each of you, will ask a grad to compete with them in a battle. One song, the two of you and then the winners battle until we have a winner. We'll work for Nationals after school but the best thing to do is not to over prepare and stress so during lunches we'll have a little bit of fun." Finn says and then Quinn, Santana, Rachel, Kurt, Puck, Mercedes and Mike walk in. "So does everyone understand?"
Ryder and Jake whisper, laughing silently and then Ryder asks for a demonstration. "I mean, we don't have anything planned or anything but-"
"Alright Free Willy, allow me to shed some light here. Your pervy football star wants a demo so let's give him something. Warbler get up here." Blaine looks up, surprised that Santana is dragging him into this. "Smooth Criminal, MJ, remember it?" She asks, talking about the arrangement of her and Sebastian from last year. Santana told Blaine about them singing together, and then so did Sebastian but no one else knows. "Yeah, I think I can manage a little MJ." He states, shedding his cardigan and approaching her, her telling the band how to back them up. They perform the song, exactly like she originally did with her now boyfriend only minus the insults and slushees. The group of new members stand and applaud, even the graduates applaud them. "So that's the basic idea, then we'd vote and the finalists will perform together in the auditorium and we'll choose a winner from there and you will have to challenge the grads, so don't be afraid, only a few will bite." Finn jokes as the bell rings, ending the lunch period.