'Gospel Dream' Premiers June 24th on GMC -- One Contestant from 37 Finalists will Live Their Gospel Dream
New Season of Gospel Music Channel Television Network's Hit American Idol®-Style Talent Search Series to be Seen Weds. Nights at 10 PM ET/9PM CT this Summer Starting June 24
ATLANTA, June 15 /
Christian Newswire/ -- They'll come from more than a dozen states......They'll come from as far as Kirkland, WA to Miami, FL; from Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA; from St. Paul, MN to Waxahachie, TX and as close as Atlanta, GA to Nashville, TN......37 contestant will come.
But only one will live their Gospel Dream
37 people will have the once-in-a-lifetime chance to pursue their dream of a musical career and do so in front of a national television audience as contestants in the fourth season on the Gospel Music Channel (GMC) television network's American Idol®-style talent search series Gospel Dream. The six week summer series will be seen Wednesday nights on GMC at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT beginning on June 24. The theme for the shows fourth season: The Greatest Inspirational Songs of All Time.
The contestants were selected during feeder auditions held over the past two months in nine major U.S. markets: Seattle, Minneapolis, Dallas, Los Angeles, Oakland, Nashville, Orlando, Atlanta, and Detroit. (Complete list of contestants attached.) Gospel Dream talent auditions invited solo artists between the ages of 16-40 years of age, from all genres of Gospel/Christian music styles, including traditional, rock, pop, country and soul to compete for the final competition in Nashville from which ten finalists-- and ultimately one winner--will be chosen by a celebrity panel of industry professionals. The winning artist will receive record and music video exposure, among other prizes.
The judges who will decide the fate of the contestants will be: Michelle Williams from the GRAMMY- winning group "Destiny's Child"; One of Gospel music's most prolific talents, J. Moss and one of the music industry's most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek. Kimberly Locke, the first "American Idol®" alumnae to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts with a non-Idol single, will serve as co-host along with Mike Kasem ("MTV's Top 20 Video Countdown" "American Top 10"). In addition, two major musical artists will serve as surprise coaches during the season.
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.
Gospel Dream Season Four Contestants
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Contestant
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Hometown
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Audition City
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Amber Davies
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Brownsville, TN
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NASH
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Antonia Edwards
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Austin, TX
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DALLAS
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Ashli Marie Pritchett
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Thomaston, GA
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ATL
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Brad Fontaine
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Rocky Mount, VA
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NASH
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Britney O'Bannon
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Hiram, GA
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ATL
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Charnell Thomas
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Los Angeles, CA
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LA
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Christopher Sinclair
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Farmington Hills, MI
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DET
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Clinton Quinn
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Miami, FL
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ORL
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Darrion Amar
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Munford, TN
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NASH
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D'Marcus Boone
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Dallas, TX
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DAL
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Eric Gordon
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Plymoth, MN
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MINN
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Erin Lyder
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Boston, MA
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ATL
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Frankie Shayne Pearman
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Hutchinson, KS
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DAL
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Garrett Macdonald
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Los Angeles, CA
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LA
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Heather Bateman
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Ringgold, GA
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ATL
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Jarika Roland
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Los Angeles, CA
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LA
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Jasmine Jackson
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Murfreesboro, TN
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NASH
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Jennifer Fiedler
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Waxahachie, TX
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DAL
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Joshua McNair
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Atlanta, GA
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ATL
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Kashimana Ahua
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St. Paul, MN
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MINN
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Kee Welch
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Novato, CA
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OAK
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Latasha Nash
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Knoxville, TN
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NASH
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Lawrice Flowers
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Chicago, IL
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LA
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Lindsey Ciresi
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Jacksonville, FL
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ATL
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Lindsey Cox
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Jasper, TX
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Online Winner
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Nevar Massey
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Hampton, GA
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ATL
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Omenesa Oruma
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Louisville, KY
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DET
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Pablo Coronado
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Oakland, CA
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OAK
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Pauline Bessire
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Cashmere, WA
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SEA
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Rachea Holliway
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Villa Rica, GA
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ATL
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Rashelle Garrett
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Ceres, CA
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OAK
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Robert Mauti
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Nashville, TN
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NASH
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Tim Stylez
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Atlanta, GA
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ATL
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Tony LeBron
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Boca Raton, FL
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ORL
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Travis Lindseth
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Kirkland, WA
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SEA
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Tyler Carson
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Mills River, NC
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LA
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Victoria Richardson
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Terrell, TX
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DAL
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