More About Sunday Best in Nigeria

BET Bringing Sunday Best Auditions to Nigeria To Celebrate Agreement With MultiChoice

Through an agreement with MultiChoice, BET Networks has delivered high quality programming on DStv to countries in the sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. Since the November 30, 2008 launch BET has remarkably increased its reach from 11 to over 30 countries in the region. To commemorate its one year anniversary BET will bring its hit gospel music competition series, Sunday Best, to Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday December 6, 2009.

Hosted by gospel music legend Kirk Franklin, Sunday Best returns for its third season in search of the next great gospel singer and expands its auditions outside of U.S. borders for the first time. Gospel music artists and judges for the Nigerian try outs, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell and British-Nigerian gospel artist Muyiwa Olarewaju, will join Franklin during the auditions at the Eko Hotel located at Adetokunbo Ademola Street in Lagos.

An episode of the new season of Sunday Best will highlight footage taken from the Nigerian auditions and the series will air in the U.S., Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and Africa reaching more than 101 million households around the world.

The first round of Sunday Best auditions on Sunday, December 6, 2009 in Lagos, Nigeria will be open to the first 1,000 contestants age 21 and older who have a government issued form of identification. Doors to the venue will open at 10:00 a.m. Contestants who make it past the first round will be asked to come back on Monday, December 7 and judges will then determine who will travel to the United States to compete during the third season of Sunday Best. U.S. auditions cities and dates to be announced.

MultiChoice Nigeria Managing Director Joseph Hundah was also enthusiastic about the upcoming BET auditions saying, “Nigeria has some of the finest gospel singers in the world and so MultiChoice Nigeria is pleased and proud to be associated with this landmark BET initiative. We remain committed to developing strong and deep relationships with international and African channel suppliers to ensure that our partnerships create vital opportunities, such as this, to positively showcase Nigerian talent.”

I think this is very cool and I can’t wait to see the talent that comes out of Nigeria. Gospel music is certainly international!

Information for U.S. auditions have yet to be announced.

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