::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . BET NETWORKS ‘ SUNDAY BEST ’ SEASON FINALE STRIKES A CHORD WITH AMERICA AND BREAKS RATINGS RECORDS 2.1Million Viewers and 1.5 Million Households Tuned in to Watch Amber Bullock Take Home the Title SUNDAY BEST SUNDAY BEST Season 4 Finale Ranks as the #1 Telecast in Franchise History SUNDAY BEST Season 4 is the #1 Cable Competition Show and Sunday’s #1 Cable Series Among Blacks in 2011 The 4 th season of SUNDAY BEST came to a sensational conclusion as millions watched Amber Bullock , from St. Louis, Missouri emerge as America’s choice over Andrea Helms of Dallas, Texas. According to the Nielsen Company, the Sunday, September 11, 8: 00 P.M.* telecast drew in 2.1 Million viewers, garnered a 1.63 rating making it the #1 SUNDAY BEST   telecast in franchise history. As BET’s #1 reality series of the season , a dditionally SUNDAY BEST season 4 is now the #1 cable competition show and Sunday’s #1 cable series among blacks in 2011. For the past four consecutive y...

buzzz worthy. . . Amber Bullock, a single mother from St. Louis, MO has won season 4 of Sunday Best.  In the two hour finale show that aired on BET Sunday night Bullock was selected by viewer votes to defeat a First Lady from Denton, TX, Andrea Helms.   The prize pack included a new Ford Explorer and record deal. Following a week-long delay of the finale due to a wrong contestant call-in number and poor weather preventing call-ins in the Eastern U.S., it was the most dramatic result show to date.

buzzz worthy. . . St. Louis Native, Amber Bullock and Dallas Native Andrea Helms Named As This Season’s Finalists SUNDAY BEST Winners Commemorate the Late Mahalia Jackson’s 100 th Birthday with a Special Tribute NEW YORK — September 7, 2011— BET’s gospel reality competition, SUNDAY BEST , is close to naming the winner of season 4.  After auditioning thousands of hopefuls from around the country and narrowing down the top 20 contestants, only two remain standing. In a special 2-hour finale On Sunday, September 11 at 8:00 p.m.*, Finalists Amber Bullock , 25, from St. Louis, Missouri and Andrea Helms , 37, from Dallas, Texas will compete for a national recording contract with Music World Gospel, a cash prize, a brand new 2011 Ford Explorer and the coveted title of SUNDAY BEST.  The 9-week singing competition with gospel greats Kirk Franklin as host along with Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary, and Pastor Donnie McClurkin as judges will allow viewers to vote for their...

buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Hurricane Irene not only devastated buildings and lives along the East Coast last week, but partially interfered with the voting process of the nationally televised singing competition, Sunday Best.  The final episode was expected to run on BET last night, Sunday, September 4 at 8 p.m., but was postponed due to “significant power outages” from the storm and an error with a contestant call-in number during Episode 11.  Votes cast by phone during the period of August 29–August 31 were not counted. BET Blogger Torrence Glenn  stated in a post on August 31: “. . .we decided it would be best to re-air last week’s episode with the correct information and extend the voting process. . .” Matters got confusing as some fans of the show got that message and some didn’t possibly leaving thousands of viewers who voted the week prior expecting to hear the results last night.  Phone lines were re-opened for voting after the encore airing and the ...