Sunday Best (season 1)
Sunday Best is a reality television series on Black Entertainment Television.
The first season was filmed in Los Angeles, California and the winner was Crystal Aikin.
The Competition
During the second and third weeks of competition, the 20 finalists were divided into two groups of ten. All ten contestants in their respective groups performed one song, and five of the ten were eliminated the night of their performance.| Singing in Week 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Trevon Davis | Jermaine Sellers | Kenya Glover | Shari Addison | Janice Collins |
| Melody Betts | Saudia Mills | Daniel Parra | Christal Garrick | Tamara Thomas |
| Singing in Week 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Queensley Felix | Corey Webb | Emily Gomez | Crystal Aikin | Tasha Collins |
| Deanna Dixon | Lawrence Williams | Juanell Johnson | Yvonne Cobbs-Bey | Charisma Sweat |
Starting in Week 4 of the competition, the contestants complete performances in one week; however, the eliminated finalist are not announced until the following episode.
The two contestants that will compete in the season's finale will be determined by the results of a vote by the at home viewers.
Approximately 1.5 Million Votes were cast in the final vote.
Jermaine Sellers was also a contestant on American Idol season 9. He made it to the top 24, but was eliminated in the second week of the semifinal rounds alongside John Park, Michelle Delamor, Haeley Vaughn.
The 20 Finalists Season 1
| Contestants | Weeks 2-3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
| Crystal Aikin | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | WINNER |
| Shari Addison | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Runner up |
| Jermaine Sellers | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Eliminated | |
| Emily Gomez | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Eliminated | ||
| Tasha Collins | Moving On | Moving On | Moving On | Eliminated | |||
| Janice Collins | Moving On | Moving On | Eliminated | ||||
| Trevon Davis | Moving On | Moving On | Eliminated | ||||
| Queensley Felix | Moving On | Eliminated | |||||
| Kenya Glover | Moving On | Eliminated | |||||
| Corey Webb | Moving On | Eliminated | |||||
| Melody Betts | Eliminated | ||||||
| Yvonne Cobbs-Bey | Eliminated | ||||||
| Deanna Dixon | Eliminated | ||||||
| Christal Garrick | Eliminated | ||||||
| Juanell Johnson | Eliminated | ||||||
| Saudia Mills | Eliminated | - | |||||
| Daniel Parra | Eliminated | ||||||
| Charisma Sweat | Eliminated | ||||||
| Tamara Thomas | Eliminated | ||||||
| Billy Walls | Eliminated |
Contestants songs
| Contestants | Week 2–3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
| Trevon | "Sweeping Through the City" by Shirley Caesar | "Mary Don't You Weep" | "That's the Way God Planned It" | ||||
| Tamara | "I Need You Now" by Smokie Norful | - | - | - | - | ||
| Janice | "Glorious" by Martha Munizzi | "Blessed Like That" | "Merce Mercy Me" | - | - | - | - |
| Saudia | "Stand" by Donnie McClurkin | - | - | - | - | ||
| Shari | "You Brought the Sunshine" by The Clark Sisters | "Good Time" | "Sing a Song" | - | - | - | - |
| Jermaine | "Tis so Sweet" by Alan Jackson | "Tomorrow" | "Keep Your Head to the Sky" | - | - | - | - |
| Melody | "Reason Why We Sing" by Kirk Franklin | - | - | - | - | ||
| Kenya | "Can't Give Up Now" by Mary Mary | "For Every Mountain" | - | - | - | - | |
| Daniel | "Mighty High" by The Mighty Clouds of Joy | - | - | - | - | ||
| Christal | "He Cares" Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir | - | - | - | - | ||
| Deanna | "Jesus be a fence" by Fred Hammond | - | - | - | - | ||
| Charisma | "We Fall Down" by Donnie McClurkin | - | - | - | - | ||
| Queensley | "Going up Yonder" | "Silver and Gold" | - | - | - | - | |
| Corey | "Jesus Can Work It Out" | "Look at Me" | - | - | - | - | |
| Yvonne | "Spirit of the Lord" by Fred Hammond | - | - | - | - | ||
| Juanell | "Coming Out of the Dark" | - | - | - | - | ||
| Emily | "Excellent Lord" | "Presence of the Lord is Here" | "Jesus is Love" | - | - | - | - |
| Crystal | "Alabaster Box" | "Running Back to You" | "What's Going On" | - | - | - | - |
| Lawrence | "Changed" | - | - | - | - | ||
| Tasha | "I Love the Lord" | "For Once in My Life" | "You Bring Out the Best in Me" | - | - | - | - |