NEW YORK, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The excitement revs up to full throttle on BET as the top three finalists Shari Addison (Chicago), Jermaine Sellers (Joliet, Ill.) and Crystal Aikin (Tacoma, Wash.) find out who will be sent home and who will continue on the road to SUNDAY BEST. Plus, Grammy Award winner and Broadway star Stephanie Mills will share her wisdom with the remaining contestants as well as perform some of her most memorable songs on the next episode of SUNDAY BEST, premiering Tuesday, November 27 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BET.

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Hosted by gospel great Kirk Franklin, SUNDAY BEST is among this year's top BET series, averaging more than 1 million viewers per week. Since BET began the nationwide auditions this summer, the celebrity judges, Grammy Award- winning gospel superstars BeBe Winans and dynamic singing siblings Erica and Tina Campbell of Mary Mary, made evaluations, gave advice to the hopefuls and had the hard job of deciding who would move forward. However, at the conclusion of next week's episode, the judges' job is over and the fate of the final two contestants rests in the hands of the viewers. Phone lines will be open from 9:00 p.m. ET (6:00 p.m. PT) Tuesday, November 27, until 12:00 p.m. ET (9:00 a.m. PT) Monday, December 3, for America to cast their vote to decide the winner of SUNDAY BEST.

At stake is a national recording contract, a 2008 Toyota Camry and a $300,000 Tide "Loads of Hope" prize package to support the winner's community. Viewers can watch encore broadcasts of SUNDAY BEST on Fridays at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT and Sundays at 11:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

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BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital Networks -- BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, a service venture into the lucrative world of ringtones, games and video content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET network programming for global distribution.