By Clement Afreh (CBCIncHypes)
Posted on 10/07/2020
Ghanaian & UK gospel artiste, Niiella Coffie has been unveiled as one of the contestants on the tenth season of “BET Sunday Best“
Sunday Best is the Black Entertainment Television (BET) gospel singing competition show, that has unveiled and outdoored many great talents.
Previous Sunday Best winners are:
- Crystal Aikin (season 1)
- Y’anna Crawley (season 2)
- Le’Andria Johnson (season 3)
- Amber Bullock (season 4)
- Joshua Rogers (season 5)
- Tasha Page-Lockhart (season 6)
- Geoffrey Golden (season 7)
- Dathan Thigpen (season 8)
- Melvin Crispell III (season 9)
Season 10 auditions were previously held earlier this year in Atlanta, GA at The House of Hope. The season 10 winner will receive a recording contract with RCA Inspiration, a cash prize of $50,000 and the title “Sunday Best.”
Who is going to win the winner of Season 10?
This edition is hosted once again by the GRAMMY-winning music legend Kirk Franklin. Returning as judges are GRAMMY winning songstress & host of “Get Up Mornings”, Erica Campbell, GRAMMY nominated artist & star of BET’s “American Soul” Kelly Price and GRAMMY nominated & multiple Stellar Award-winning artist, Jonathan McReynolds.
Aspiring contestants were to be age 18+ and were to ready to sing a song from the list below:
Amazing Grace
Blessed Assurance
Have Thine Own Way, Lord
His Eye is On The Sparrow
I Need Thee Every Hour
I Surrender All
It Is Well With My Soul
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
Love Lifted Me
Mary, Don’t You Weep
Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
O Come, All Ye Faithful (O Come Let Us Adore Him)
Oh, How I Love Jesus
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus
What A Friend We Have In Jesus
The judges had a tough time going through 20 top contestants to pick out 10 finalists.
The top 20 contestants were:
Armyia Bryant – Vienna, GA
Ashling Cole – El Sobrante, CA
Niiella Coffie – London, England
Edward “Busta” Fields – Philadelphia, PA
Jada Spight – Buffalo, NY
Jamal Roberts – Meridian, MS
John Houston Smith – Detroit, MI
Kay Racquel – Baton Rouge, LA
Lonnie Banks – Charlotte, NC
MarQuis Harris – Emporia, VA
Mikaela Brown – Austell, GA
Nicole Gregory – Kansas City, MO
O’Livya Walker – Millington, TN
Roman Collins – Hawthorne, CA
Stephanie Summers – Colorado Springs, CO
Sterlin Hill – Greenwood, SC
Takira Rogers – Robbins, IL
Tonyce Hollis – Toledo, Ohio
Tyree Miller – Philadelphia, PA
Veronica Stephens – Groveland, FL
Niiella Dankwah-Coffie, did “His eye is on the sparrow” for her audition. The judges were impressed. This is how it went.
She was born in the UK into a Christian family of seven. Her mum and dad are both pastors. Most of her other siblings are also into music. They either sing or play instruments.
Niiella started singing at a very tender age. She revealed that “I have always sung when I was a kid but then I started taking it seriously from when I was 15. I started writing songs and I was 19 when I came to Ghana to join “Stars of The Future” reality show season 5 and I was the first runner-up. After that I decided that I really want to do music and then I decided on gospel music.” She released her debut album “Shades of Mercy” in 2017. She features Joe Mettle on “Obiara Nni Ho”.
In light of the of COVID-19 pandemic and in an effort to keep the shows judges, contestants and crew safe – new and innovative technology, techniques and artist-generated content were used to complete production of episodes four through eight of season 10 – allowing the viewing audience to join in on weekly praise & worship during the time when America needs it most.
Jesse Collins, CEO of Jesse Collins Entertainment (BET Awards, The New Edition Story), and Dionne Harmon (The Bobby Brown Story, Hip Hop Squares) serve as executive producers of season ten of Sunday Best along with executive producer and showrunner Jeannae Rouzan-Clay (Dear Mama, Black Girls Rock!), and Torrence Glenn (Celebration Of Gospel, Trumpet Awards) is co-executive producer.
For updates and more information about “Sunday Best”, please visit BET.com/SundayBest.
Join the conversation on social media by logging on to BET social media platforms using the hashtag: #BETSundayBest.
Follow Niiella on all her social media handles
YouTube: Niiella Official
Facebook: NIIELLA
Instagram: @niiella_official
Twitter: @NiiellaOfficial
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