Michelle Williams, one-third of the Grammy-award winning Destiny’s Child, who also has made a name for herself as a gospel artist, is one of the celebrity judges this season for the Gospel Music Channel’s (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) popular American Idol®-style talent search series Gospel Dream.

The fourth season of this series can be seen Wednesday nights this summer at 10 p.m. Eastern and Pacific times.


Williams joins Stellar Award winner J. Moss, and one of the music industry’s most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek.  The show is co-hosted by Mike Kasem and Kimberly Locke, the first American Idol alumna to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard charts with a non-Idol single.

This season, contestants will be surprised by the addition of two major musical artists who will coach them during the season.

Thirty-seven contestants were selected from thousands of people, 16-40 years old, from all genres of gospel/Christian musical styles, who auditioned. From that group 10 finalists will be chosen to vie for the grand prize, which includes record and music video exposure.

Williams certainly understands the demands of a musical career, first as a member of the highly successful Destiny’s Child with Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland, and then as a Grammy-winning solo artist with the success of her first Gospel album Heart To Yours, the best selling Gospel album of 2002.  

Unexpected, Williams’ third solo studio album is also her first full length dance-pop project.  The album recently produced more No. 1 album solo honors in both Japan and Australia, and her recent single, “We Break The Dawn” reached the No. 1 spot on the US Billboard Hot Dance chart. 

Williams also has found success on the stage, following runs in Broadway’s Aida and as Suge Avery in the touring production of The Color Purple. She is preparing for her debut in London in a run as Roxie Hart in a West End run of Chicago.  

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