Gospel Star Competition on today
The Gospel Star Competition of the annual Jamaica Festival will take place today, July 9.
The 10 finalists for the competition include Daneille Clarke, Michaela Jacke, Tashaunae Greenland, Shanika McLeggan, Fabian Wright, Donica Dennis-Chambers, Shevelle Clarke, Tamara Hylton, Kemar Eccleston, and Oral Lawson.
Produced by Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC), an agency of the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, the event will be streamed live on JCDC’s social media platforms.
Gospel Star Coordinator Alicia Taylor said she is pleased with this year’s entrants.
“The line-up of ministers that we have, they are quite dynamic. We are quite impressed with the different sounds that we are getting from them as well, and so it should be a good show,” she said.
Finalists were selected from over 100 video entries.
Members of the public will be able to vote for the contestant of their choice.
“I want to implore people to get up and vote or else your favourite is not going to go anywhere,” Taylor said, adding that each contestant will get a voting number which will be on the JCDC’s social media pages and on the screen during the televised performances.
The Gospel Star Competition is a rebrand of JCDC’s Jamaica Gospel Song Competition.
