Naya Rivera didn’t get her start there, but she sure rose to a household name during her time on Glee.

The late actress starred in all six seasons of the musical series as Santana Lopez, the cheerleader turned Gleek who dated Heather Morris‘ Brittany S Pierce.

During her time on the show, Naya took part in over 60 musical numbers, and even had her own solo numbers.

20th Century Fox TV, the studio behind Glee, shared their condolences on the heartbreaking loss of the star.

“Naya was a fierce talent with so much more to do and this is such a terrible tragedy. We are forever grateful for the indelible contribution she made to GLEE, from the first episode to the last. Our hearts are broken and our thoughts go out to her family, friends and young son,” they wrote on Twitter.

In remembering Naya and in honor of her performance as Santana Lopez, we took a look back at her musical numbers and hand picked 20 of her best ones, including duets, solos, and group performances.

Click through the slideshow to see Naya Rivera’s top Glee performances…

Naya Rivera has been missing since Wednesday afternoon (July 8) after a boating trip with her son Josey.

The former Glee star went out to Lake Piru in California and rented a boat with her boy, but hasn’t been seen since.

Four-year-old Josey was found on their boat by himself on the lake and the search for Naya began. As of Thursday morning (July 9), authorities said the search and rescue mission has turned into a search and recovery mission, as she is presumed to be dead.

Many of Naya‘s former Glee co-stars have taken to social media throughout the night and next day asking for prayers for her safety and that she is found alive.

“love and hug on the people you can, while you can. I love you. Everyone please send out your prayers,” Chord Overstreet wrote on Twitter.

Demi Lovato, who played a love interest for Naya, wrote on her Instagram story, “Please pray for @nayarivera to be found safe and sound.”

Heather Morris, who played Brittany S. Pierce, also wrote on her Instagram story, “We need all the prayers we can get to bring our Naya back home to us. We need your love and light.”

Click inside to see more Glee cast messages… More Here! »

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Happy Throwback Thursday!

On this day, May 28th, ten years ago in 2010, the cast of Glee hit the stage at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City for a sold out concert.

The McKinley High New Directions rocked stages in sold out venues across the United States after the show’s first season of the instant hit series had wrapped up.

Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Jenna Ushkowitz, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera and more toured the country for the first Glee tour.

They performed hits “Don’t Stop Believin’”, “Somebody To Love”, “Don’t Rain On My Parade”, “Jump”, “Bust Your Windows”, “Like A Prayer”, “Bad Romance”, “Sweet Caroline” and more.

After the massive success of the first tour, and the first two seasons of Glee, the cast embarked on an even larger, world tour the next summer. The second concert tour was much bigger, many more costumes, and so many different performances from the New Directions kids and their rivals, The Warblers.

In case you missed it, Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy recently revealed that he would love to redo the pilot episode and include these two celeb BFFs!

Just last year, the cast celebrated the show’s 10th anniversary. See what they said!

Ryan Murphy has an idea to do-over the Glee pilot!

The co-creator of the series recently shared on Instagram that he wants to re-make the series with Lea Michele, Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein.

“Imagine it’s 2009, and I lived in a world where I knew Lea Michele, Ben Platt and Beanie Feldstein (Ben and Beanie, I believe, were in high school then…and I think they dressed up as Glee characters once for Halloween?)” Ryan wrote. “If I had access to that talent, here’s the new pilot: Lea and Ben are frenemies who fight for the heart and soul of Glee Club. Ben is also on the football team, and pretty much sleeps with the entire school and is the heartthrob of McKinley.”

“Beanie is their mutual best friend, and torn. Suddenly, Beanie joins forces with Sue Sylvester, joins Glee Club and becomes the main soloist and the ruthless star of the club. Lea and Ben have to then join forces to dethrone her. I WANT TO SHOOT THIS DO OVER PILOT. Maybe I will?” he added.

UMM… YES, PLEASE! Can we make this happen?!

And THAT’s what you missed on Instagram!

Darren Criss made an appearance on the one night only revival of The Rosie O’Donnell Show!

During his segment, the 33-year-old actor and musician performed “Being Alive” from the musical Company.

Darren pointed out that that was the first time he’s ever sang the song, and he just learned it right before going on live!

The one night event was a benefit for The Actors Fund to support members of the entertainment industry in need during the health crisis, as Broadway is completely shut down. The special raised over $600k for members of the performing arts and entertainment community.

Gleeks freaked out in the comments of the live event on YouTube, because Darren‘s Glee co-star and on screen love interest Chris Colfer actually sang the same song in season four of the show, for Kurt Hummel’s NYADA audition!

Click inside to watch Chris Colfer’s ‘Glee’ version of the same song… More Here! »

It has been six years since Cory Monteith passed away and Lea Michele is speaking out to remember her late boyfriend.

If you don’t remember, Cory died in July 2013 from a tragic drug overdose.

Lea shared a quote that continued her sentiment from this day last year. In 2018 she posted, “There are some who bring a light so great to the world, that even after they have gone, the light remains.”

This year, Lea shared a tweet that said, “The light always remains ❤️.”

You can click inside to see what other members of the Glee cast said.

More Here! »