America Will Determine Who Will Be Crowned 'SUNDAY BEST' During the Live Season Finale of BET's Hit Series Tuesday, December 4 at 8:00 P.M. ET/PT

America Will Determine Who Will Be Crowned 'SUNDAY BEST' During the Live Season Finale of BET's Hit Series Tuesday, December 4 at 8:00 P.M. ET/PT

Gospel Superstar Yolanda Adams and Series' Host Kirk Franklin to Perform

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- The votes are in, and on Tuesday, December 4, America will decide who will become the country's next great gospel singer during the LIVE season finale of BET's SUNDAY BEST at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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Hosted by gospel great Kirk Franklin and judged by multi-award winning siblings Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary and Grammy Award-winning BeBe Winans, the competition, which began with thousands of hopefuls, has been narrowed down to two finalists -- Shari Addison of Chicago and Crystal Aikin of Tacoma, Wash. The live finale will feature performances by platinum- selling gospel songstress Yolanda Adams and series' host, Kirk Franklin. At stake for both finalists is a national recording contract with Zomba Gospel, a 2008 Toyota Camry and a $300,000 Tide "Loads of Hope" prize package to support the winner's community.

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BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B), is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.

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