Season 3 of BET’s Sunday Best continues. Last week, the first batch of finalists were eliminated. This week, the remaining contestants competed for the top spot. One of the eliminated contestants rejoined the show as the wild card.
J. Moss opened the show with a medeley that consisted of “We Must Praise” and “Rebuild.” I thought it was outstanding performance. If you missed it, then you missed something really good.
Here are my observations of the finalists.
Brian Smith
Gave an upbeat performance of “I Won’t Complain.” It felt very average to be, but the judges seemed to really like it.
Orlando Wright
His performance of “Can’t Nobody Do Me Like Jesus” was good. I liked the upbeat feel and I was with him from the beginning. The judges thought his performance was very genuine.
Martha Buries
It is always great when we get second chances in life. Martha was the wild card. She was voted off the show last week, but the judges decided to bring her back. She definitely made the most of her opportunity. Her performance of “Changed” was outstanding. The judges absolutely loved it!
Franklin Davis
The judges didn’t seem too impressed by his rendition of “More Than Life To Me.” There wasn’t anything in his performance that really stood out to me. There is a fine line between performance and ministry. It feels a little like he was more on the performance side than ministry.
Dathan Thigpen
He gave an absolutely stirring performance of “Speak to My Heart.” The audience seemed to be extremely moved by his singing. It was easily one of the best performances of the night.
Tawanna Tarvin
There were a whole lot of high notes in her performance of “Now Behold the Lamb.” I don’t think anyone will question the quality of of her voice. The judges weren’t overly impressed though. I think they wanted more from her.
Durward Davis
His rendition of ”That’s When You Bless Me” was very powerful. There was a lot of passion in his voice. In my opinion, he has clearly established himself as one of the top male contestants remaining.
LeAndria Johnson
She absolutely destroyed “He Was There.” I was following reactions to the show on Twitter and she received more comments and reactions than any other contestant. Kim Burrell made a comment that placed LeAndria in the same company as Aretha Franklin and The Clark Sisters.
David Wilson
His performance of “Great is Thy Faithfulness” was very smooth. Nothing he did blew me away, but I thought it was a solid performance overall.
Tiffany Carlin-Laird
She has a beautiful voice. The judges loved her performance of “I Need Thee”. I thought it was very good.
Elder Goldwire McLendon
“How can you put your hands on something that the Holy Ghost has already established.” That is what Donnie McClurkin said after Elder McClendon’s performance of “Yes, Jesus Loves Me.” It was a simple song with a powerful result.
In the end Tawanna Tarvin, Franklin Davis, David Wilford, and Orlando Wright were eliminated. I don’t have any issues with this at all. I don’t think any of them were serious contenders to win the entire competition.
Did you see episode 7? Who do you think should have been eliminated?
