::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Music World Gospel Recording Artist and BET’s Sunday Best ’s Season 4 First Runner Up Andrea Helms’ New CD Project, Moving Forward, Debuts at #2 on Billboard ’s Top Gospel Albums Chart Label Prepares for Sunday Best ’s Season 3 First Runner Up New Solo Release, The Best of Elder Goldwire McLendon          In Stores April 24 (Houston, TX – March 19, 2012) –Music World Gospel recording artist and BET’s Sunday Best’s Season 4 first runner-up Andrea Helms’ new CD project, Moving Forward, debuts at #2 on   Billboard ’s Top Gospel Albums chart and #3 on the Top Christian/Gospel Albums chart. Moving Forward also debuts at #11 on Billboard ’s Independent chart, #66 on the Top Current Albums chart and #77 on the Top 200 chart. Andrea’s Moving Forward , which was released on March 6, is a collection of new recordings of songs from some of her highlight performances on Sunday Best . On her first single, “Yesterday,” she offers a pow...

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 ...