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Nine time GRAMMY winner and multi-platinum-selling musician and producer Kirk Franklin—known for his unique style of gospel music that blends contemporary sounds, flawless harmonies and inspiring lyrics—has joined THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE as musical co-host for the second season of the network’s highly rated original one-hour game show.
Franklin, along with musical director Kris Pooley, is leading the show’s choir with additional new members joining to support GSN’s hit series.
Season 2 of THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE, hosted by Jeff Foxworthy and produced by RelativityREAL, premiered Thursday, March 21st at 8 pm ET/PT on GSN. It airs Thursdays at 9/8C on GSN.
Amy Introcaso-Davis, Executive Vice President of Programming for GSN, called the Foxworthy-Franklin team “a combination of incredible talent that will prove to be entertaining, fun and inspirational in this truly unique game format.”
“I’m very excited to create the musical environment for THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE,” says Franklin. “The show is a fresh and fun approach to celebrating the Word of God, and being able to provide an element of praise, worship and honor is both exciting and humbling.”
THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE is a studio-based game in which contestants compete based on their knowledge of the Bible. Utilizing current as well as historical references, questions are drawn from the rich, dense narrative found in the world’s best-selling book. The contestants share their compelling back-stories and each team plays for a charitable organization.
The first season of THE AMERICAN BIBLE CHALLENGE garnered the network’s highest delivery in its 18-year history with 1.7 million total viewers for its series premiere and over 13 million total viewers during its run. The success of the show has extended to digital and social platforms with the launch of The American Bible Challenge Game for iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle and Facebook, which currently has over 8 million game plays, and over 500,000 users.
For more information, visit http://gsntv.com/shows/the-american-bible-challenge/#.
Written by : Bob Marovich
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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