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 posi-tion, 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 sta-te 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 partici-pants, 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.