Tony LeBron, a 32-year-old dual-language worship leader from Boca Raton, FL was crowned the winner of season four the American Idol-style talent search TV series Gospel Dream last night on the Gospel Music Channel television network

LeBron was chosen over Robert Mauti, 26 of Nashville, TN, and NeVar Massey, 34 from Hampton, GA in the dramatic season finale.

The theme for the Gospel Dreams fourth season has been The Greatest Inspirational Songs of All Time and the contestants delivered both classics as well as mainstream hits. Massey sang Stevie Wonders Higher Ground and How Great Is Our God. Mauti performed Give Me Jesus and the classic Ill Take You There. But it was LeBrons stunning, dual language performances of Bruce Hornsbys The Way It Is and I Surrender All that catapulted him to the crown.

LeBron, born in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, auditioned for Gospel Dream in Orlando and lives in Boca Raton where he is the Worship Leader and Director of the Young Adults Group at the Boca Raton Community Church. Fluent in both Spanish and English, Tonys seemingly effortless transitions between both languages within the same songs this season helped drive him to the top of the competition.

The judges who picked the winner were Michelle Williams from the GRAMMY- winning group Destinys Child; one of Gospel musics most prolific talents, J. Moss; and one of the music industry’s most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek. American Idol alumnae Kimberley Locke co-hosted the show along with Mike Kasem (MTVs Top 20 Video Countdown American Top 10).

The semi-finals and finale will be seen again on GMC back-to-back this Saturday night, August 1 at 9:00 and 10:00 pm. Respectively. The finale will encore Sunday, August 2 (8:00 & 10:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m.) GMC will present a Gospel Dream Season Four Marathon on Saturday, August 8 beginning at 8:00 am and again at 8:00 p.m. All times Eastern.

Gospel Dream invited solo artists between the ages of 16-40 years of age, from all genres of Gospel/Christian music styles, including traditional, rock, pop, country and soul to compete for the final competition in Nashville from which ten finalists– and ultimately one winner–will be chosen by a celebrity panel of industry professionals. The winning artist will receive record and music video exposure, among other prizes.

ATLANTALast night’s Season Four premiere of Gospel Music Channels (GMC) American Idol-style talent search series Gospel Dream had a little bit of everything: rousing performance highs, disappointing performance lows; tears of joy, tears of sorrow; judges praise, judges criticism; contestants moving on, contestants going home; drama, comedy and much more. (Viewers can catch special encores of the season premiere episode Sat. June 27 (8:00 P.M., 1:00 A.M.) and Sunday, June 28 (8:00 P.M., 11:00 P.M.) on GMC. All times eastern.

The judges deciding the fate of the contestants are: Michelle Williams from the GRAMMY- winning group Destinys Child; One of Gospel musics most prolific talents, J. Moss; and one of the music industry’s most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek. Kimberley Locke, the first American Idol alumnae to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts with a non-Idol single, serves as co-host along with Mike Kasem (MTVs Top 20 Video Countdown American Top 10). In addition, two major musical artists will serve as surprise coaches during the season. The theme for the Gospel Dreams fourth season: The Greatest Inspirational Songs of All Time.

Twenty-six people were sent home last night with the judges selecting these contestants as the Top Ten Finalists:

Gospel Dream to be Seen Wedsneday Nights at 10:00 P.M. ET/9:00 P.M. CT This Summer,
Series Premiere June 24th on GMC

ATLANTA - Gospel Music Channel gospelmusicchannel.com announced its line-up of celebrity judges and hosts for the fourth season of the networks popular American Idol-style talent search series Gospel Dream, to be seen Wednesday nights this summer at 10:00 P.M. ET/PT beginning on June 24.

The judges who will give one person the chance to live their Gospel Dream will be: Michelle Williams from the GRAMMY- winning group Destinys Child; one of Gospel music’s most prolific talents, Stellar Award winner J. Moss; and one of the music industry’s most respected executives, Mitchell Solarek. Kimberly Locke, the first American Idol alumnae to debut at #1 on the Billboard charts with a non-Idol single, will serve as co-host with Mike Kasem (MTVs Top 20 Video Countdown American Top 10.) In addition, two major musical artists will serve as surprise coaches during the season. The theme for the shows fourth season: The Greatest Inspirational Songs of All Time.

Gospel Dream talent scouts combed the country this spring, auditioned thousands and decided upon the 37 contestants who will have an once-in-a-lifetime chance to pursue their dream of a musical career and do so in front of a national television audience in the fourth season of Gospel Dream. Solo artists between 16-40 years of age, from all genres of Gospel/Christian music styles, including traditional, rock, pop, country and soul will compete. Ten finalists– and ultimately one winner–will be chosen. The winning artist will receive record and music video exposure, among other prizes.

Elvin Ross is the creator, executive producer and musical director of the Gospel Dream series. Tangible Vision will produce the series for GMC.

CO-HOSTS & JUDGES MICHELLE WILLIAMS (Talent Judge) From the very title of her latest album project Unexpected Michelle Williams describes the career she’s enjoyed first as part of the groundbreaking trio Destiny’s Child with Beyonce Knowles and Kelly Rowland who rocked the music world globally early in this new millennium with millions of unit sales of their music, multiple Grammys and a string of #1 records, Williams also became a Grammy winning artist in her own right with the success of her first solo Gospel album Heart To Yours, which became the best selling Gospel album of 2002.