By Matters India Reporter
Indore, Nov 9, 2022: Three women from different parts of northern India have won the top prizes of the first Gospel Singer Reality Show conducted by a popular Church TV channel.
While Lynette John, a mother and an English music teacher from Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, notched the top position, S Jyoti from Bhilai, an industrial city of Chhattisgarh, stood second, and Garima Ekka from the Chhattisgarh capital of Raipur, came third.
The final was held October 26 at Indore, the commercial capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh where the channel Atmadarshan is based. The channel honored the 11 mega finalists and their families.
As a part of the selection process, the channel conducted auditions in April and May. Atmadarshan team travelled almost 6,000 km to conduct auditions in 15 major cities of eight northern Indian states. From the initial 250 participants, 50 were selected for the first round which was held from May 23-27 in Atmadarshan. The second round was held August 13-14. The semi finals were on October 23-24.
Some renowned musicians from Christian and other religions , who have enriched the North Indian Christianity, were also felicitated at the show.
They include Holy Spirit Sister Pushpanjali, Dilip Bose and Father Maria Stephan (Bhopal); Divine Word Fathers Deepak Suliya and Clarence Srambickal and Peter Jamra (Indore): Father Jose from Raipur; Benjamin Ninama from Jhabua; Divine Word Father Norbert Hermon (Udaipur); and Michael Peria (Hyderabad).
The chief guest, Father Stanley Kozhichira, president of Signis Asia, hailed the enormous services of Atmadarshan. He also commended the quality of the content produced by the channel.
The participants thanked Atmadarshan for organizing the event for the Church choir members and recognizing their dedication at national level.
Father Anand Chirayath, the founder director of Atmadarshan, expressed his gratitude to all the supporters and the organizers. He said the channel now plans another reality show in 2023.