Each season's winner receives a national recording contract, a new automobile, and an undisclosed cash prize benefiting his or her community as well as the title of 'Sunday Best'.
On April 18, 2019, it was announced that the series will return for a ninth season, which premiered on June 30, 2019.[3] Franklin returned as host and former Mary Mary member Erica Campbell also returning as a judge, with Kelly Price and Jonathan McReynolds joining as judges. Sunday Best was renewed by BET for a tenth season which premiered on July 5, 2020.
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sunday, best, american, series, sunday, best, reality, television, singing, competition, series, hosted, kirk, franklin, first, aired, october, 2007, sunday, bestsunday, best, logo, used, from, seasons, 8genrereality, competitionpresented, bykirk, franklinjudg. Sunday Best is a reality television singing competition series hosted by Kirk Franklin It first aired on BET in October 2007 Sunday BestSunday Best logo used from seasons 1 8GenreReality competitionPresented byKirk FranklinJudgesBebe Winans CeCe Winans Erica Campbell Tina Campbell Donnie McClurkin Yolanda Adams Kim Burrell Kierra Sheard Kelly Price Jonathan McReynoldsCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons10No of episodes91ProductionProducersD Angela Proctor Steed and Nia T Hill of Strange Fruit Media Kirk Franklin Erica and Tina CampbellRunning time60 minutesReleaseOriginal networkBETOriginal releaseOriginal series October 1 2007 2007 10 01 August 28 2015 2015 08 28 Revived series June 30 2019 2019 06 30 presentRelatedNominated GospelIn each season the show and its judges set out to find the best undiscovered gospel talent in America Finalists competed each week until a winner was crowned The judges throughout the series run included Gospel singers Yolanda Adams Kierra Sheard Donnie McClurkin Mary Mary Bebe Winans amp Cece Winans 1 Gospel singer Kim Burrell served as the on screen mentor 2 Each season s winner receives a national recording contract a new automobile and an undisclosed cash prize benefiting his or her community as well as the title of Sunday Best On April 18 2019 it was announced that the series will return for a ninth season which premiered on June 30 2019 3 Franklin returned as host and former Mary Mary member Erica Campbell also returning as a judge with Kelly Price and Jonathan McReynolds joining as judges Sunday Best was renewed by BET for a tenth season which premiered on July 5 2020 Contents 1 Winners 2 Seasons 3 References 4 External linksWinners editSeason 1 Crystal Aikin Verity RecordsDebut album Crystal Aikin released March 17 2009 Season 2 Y Anna Crawley Imago Dei Music GroupDebut album The Promise released August 24 2010 Season 3 Le Andria Johnson Music World GospelDebut album Awakening of Le Andria Johnson released September 6 2011 Christmas EP Christmas Best released December 6 2011 First winner to receive a Grammy Award 2012 Best Gospel Contemporary Christian Music Performance Season 4 Amber Bullock Music World GospelDebut album So In Love released July 10 2012 Season 5 Joshua Rogers 4 Debut album Well Done released December 4 2012 Season 6 Tasha Page Lockhart 5 Debut single Different released in mid 2014 Debut album Here Right Now released on August 5 2014Season 7 Geoffrey Golden 6 Debut album Kingdom Live released on August 17 2015Season 8 Sunday Best All Stars Dathan Thigpen also from Season 3 7 Debut album GetUp Vol 1 Get Exposed To Unadulterated Praise released on January 1 2006Season 9 Melvin Crispell III 8 Debut album Prologue III released on September 20 2019Season 10 Stephanie Summers 9 Debut album Mighty Strong God released on October 22 2021Seasons editSee also Sunday Best season 1 Sunday Best season 2 Sunday Best season 3 Sunday Best season 4 and Sunday Best season 5 References edit Gospel Greats Donnie McClurkin and Yolanda Adams Join the All Star Team of Judges PASADENA Calif Jan 14 PRNewswire Press release California Nigeria Prnewswire com Retrieved 2011 09 12 Date 04 29 10 SR Gospel Kim Burrell Joins Sunday Best 3 Singersroom com Retrieved 2011 09 12 BET Networks Announces the Return of All Inspiring Gospel Competition Series Sunday Best for Its Ninth Season The Futon Critic April 18 2019 Behind the Stage Joshua Rogers is Sunday Best BET com 2 September 2012 Tasha Page Lockhart Is Sunday Best BET com 1 September 2013 Geoffrey Golden Is Sunday Best BET com 31 August 2014 Jackson native wins BET s Sunday Best competition www clarionledger com 31 August 2015 Melvin Crispell III Declared Winner of Sunday Best blackchristiannews com 28 August 2019 Stephanie Summers Crowned Winner of BET s Sunday Best Season 10 gospelmusic org 26 August 2020 External links editBET Shows Sunday Best Sunday Best at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sunday Best American TV series amp oldid 1173942088, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
