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TUNE-IN ALERT! Watch the Season 9 Finale of SUNDAY BEST TONIGHT at 8PM ET/PT on BET!

Photo Credit: (left to right) Erica Campbell, Bongiwe Madela, Kelly Price and Jonathan McReynolds
(Photo: Nathan Bolster/BET)

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With the competition officially over, this will be an unforgettable night of fun with the final two contestants Joshua Copeland and Melvin Crispell III, host Kirk Franklin, the judges Jonathan McReynolds, Kelly Price, and  Erica Campbell and an array of special guests as BET concludes the series with an all-star Gospel celebration. And of course, at the end of the show, BET will announce the winner of Sunday Best season 9!

Joshua Copeland, “Anything Is Possible”
Melvin Crispell, III, “Not the End of Your Story”

The season 9 winner will receive a recording contract with RCA Inspiration, a cash prize of $50,000 and the title “Sunday Best.” BET will crown the season 9 Sunday Best winner on tonight, August 25th at 8:00 PM ET/PT. The finale episode will feature special performances from GRAMMY Award®-winner Tasha Cobbs Leonard and multiple Stellar Award-winner VaShawn Mitchell.

Tasha Cobbs Leonard

VaShawn Mitchell

Fans will also see soul stirring performances from judges Jonathan McReynolds, Kelly Price, and  Erica Campbell debuting her new single “Praying & Believing.”

For updates and more information about Sunday Best, please visit BET.com/SundayBest. Join the conversation on social media by using the hashtag: #BETSundayBest.

Don’t forget! Tune into the season 9 finale of Sunday Best on Sunday, August 25th  (TONIGHT) at 8:00PM ET/PT on BET.

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Tune-In Alert: The Queen of Gospel Music Pastor Shirley Caesar Guest Stars on BET’s ‘SUNDAY BEST’ Tonight at 8PM ET/PT!

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The Top 4 Season 9 hopefuls take viewers back to where it all began…the church on tonight’s “SUNDAY BEST!” Each contestant will travel to a local church to lead praise and worship, then perform a traditional hymn live on stage. The Queen of Gospel Music Pastor Shirley Caesar will perform and be a guest judge.

For updates and more information about “SUNDAY BEST,” please visit BET.com/SundayBest. Join the conversation on social media by logging on to the social media platforms using the hashtag: #BETSundayBest.

Below is a snippet of what you will see TONIGHT!

Below are previous performances on “SUNDAY BEST!”

Donald Lawrence & Le’Andria Johnson shake something lose from Heaven with “Deliver Me (This Is My Exodus)!”

Keke Wyatt brings us to church with her performance of “God Will Take Care of You!”

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BET Announces Top 20 Contestants of ‘Sunday Best’ – Premieres Sun. June 30th at 8/7c!

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Returning from its four-year hiatus, America’s most inspirational singing competition, “Sunday Best,” makes its triumphant return to BET on Sunday, June 30that 8/7c with two brand-new back-to-back episodes. The well-established gospel show welcomes back Grammy Award®-winning music legend Kirk Franklin as host, gospel songstress and host of “Get Up Mornings,” Erica Campbell as a judge; and added two Grammy-Award® nominated artists Kelly Price and Jonathan McReynolds as new additions to the panel. With a brand-new stage and exciting themed challenges, this season has narrowed down the competition to 20 finalists.

The new season kicks off for the first time ever with in-person auditions in front of the judges, with no audience.  The contestants have to show their true talent, with no smoke and mirrors, by performing acapella with no band support, as they narrow the field from 20 to the top 10.  For the first time the contestants were able to use an online submissions process, after which the team lead a global search for this year’s contestants, leading up to the much-anticipated live auditions in Dallas, TX, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, GA, and Detroit, MI, Lagos, Nigeria and for the first time-ever London, England and Johannesburg, South Africa, which were open to select international contestants. The top 20 contestants are:

  • Antonio Santora, 31, Durham, North Carolina
  • Ashley Barnes, 24, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Brielle Frage, 21, Avenel, New Jersey
  • Cornelius Edwards, 33, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Chelsey Barnes, 22, Memphis, TN
  • Emorja Roberson, 27, South Bend, Indiana
  • Jamal Roberts, 22, Meridian, Mississippi
  • James Thompson, 23, Derby UK
  • Jason Warrior, 23, Chicago, IL
  • Joshua Copeland, 37, Salisbury, Maryland
  • Kayva Offord, 27, Orange, Texas
  • Keyla Richardson, 22, Pensacola, Florida
  • Lakeesha Rice, 36, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Linda Williams, 52, University Heights, OH
  • Melvin Crispell III, 21, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Opal Staples, 38, Chicago, IL
  • Roy Moye, 26, Wichita, Kansas
  • Tiffany Andrews, 35, Newark, New Jersey
  • Tiffany Moore, 35, Augusta, Georgia
  • Yoonjung Park, 32, South Korea

Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment (BET Awards, The New Edition Story), serves as executive producer of season nine of Sunday Best along with showrunner Josh Greenberg (The Sing-Off, Lip Sync Battle).  Dionne Harmon (The Bobby Brown Story, Hip Hop Squares) and Jeannae Rouzan–Clay (Dear Mama, Black Girls Rock!) and are co-executive producers.

For updates and more information about “SUNDAY BEST”, please visit BET.com/SundayBest. Join the conversation on social media by logging on to our social media platforms using the hashtag: #BETSundayBest.

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