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Semi-Finals Week on “Gospel Dream” Three of the Six Contestants to be Eliminated

  2009-07-21
 

Premieres Wednesday, Night July 22 at 10 PM ET/9PM CT on GMC

Gospel Music Channel’s www.gospelmusicchannel.com American Idol®-style talent search series Gospel Dream has two episodes and six contestants left and the penultimate semi-final round tales place Weds. July 22 at 10:00 P.M. ET/9:00 P.M.CT on GMC.

Highlights of this week’s Gospel Dream include:

  • Rousing and nerve-wracking performances which will determine which three of the final six contestants will be sent home.
  • Judge for yourself: Dream judge and star in his own right, J. Moss will perform

The remaining six contestants -- three women, three men -- are: Amber Davies, Brownsville, TN (Age 18); Erin Lyder, Boston, MA (24); Jasmine Jackson, Murfreesboro, TN (21); NeVar Massey, Hampton, GA (34); Robert Mauti, Nashville, TN (26); Tony LeBron, Boca Raton, FL (32).

The judges deciding their fate are: Moss, one of Gospel music’s most prolific talents; Michelle Williams from the GRAMMY- winning group “Destiny’s Child”; and one of the music industry’s most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek. Kimberley Locke, the first American Idol® alumnae to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts with a non-Idol single, serves as co-host along with Mike Kasem (“MTV’s Top 20 Video Countdown” “American Top 10”). The theme for the Gospel Dream’s fourth season: The Greatest Inspirational Songs of All Time.

The Gospel Dream series was created by Executive Producer Elvin Ross, who is also the series’ executive producer and musical director. Gospel Music Channel is the fastest-growing network in television and can be seen in 45 million homes on various cable systems around the country, on DIRECTV on channel 338 and on Verizon FiOS on channel 224.