Le'Andria prevailed over thousands of hopefuls who auditioned for the show and was crowned Sunday Best after receiving the majority of the more than two million votes cast in the televised contest. She describes her experience on Sunday Best as “amazing,” and says that during the competition, she learned a lot about herself and the television business. “It was like watching my life unfold before my eyes,” she recalls. “I come from a traditional background, so this was all new to me. I didn’t know about stage managers, timing, or cues, and Kirk Franklin always had to take me to the spot where I was supposed to stand when I performed. But every step of the way I was thanking God that he allowed me to pass another round.”

Le’Andria’s star-turn on Sunday Best was not an “overnight success” story. For the 28-year-old divorced mother of three, it has been a long and often arduous journey to the spotlight in the gospel music industry. An accomplished singer and songwriter and an anointed praise and worship leader, Le’Andria was born in Orlando, Florida and began singing and performing for her family at two years old. When she was four, the family moved to the small town of Palatka, Florida, where her father Dr. G.A. Johnson, Sr., served as presiding Bishop of the Head Quarters (HQ) Ministries. She began singing at her father’s church at the age of six and became praise and worship leader when she was 16. Throughout her childhood and teen years, Le’Andria sang in school choruses and in community talent shows. At 17, she had her first performance before a major audience when she sang for 8,000 people at a conference sponsored by gospel legend Pastor Shirley Caesar. She also sang with gospel artists Luther Barnes, Jimmy Hicks and Voices of Integrity and the Williams Brothers, as well as at churches in Southern Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.

Le’Andria moved back to Orlando in 2003. She lost her house to foreclosure a few days before the final Sunday Best audition in New Orleans, LA. Encouraged by family and friends to take a shot at the competition, she made the 10 hour drive to New Orleans with her uncle, brother and best friend, arriving just in time for the audition.

Signed to Music World Gospel in a joint venture with BET with the Sunday Best brand, Le’Andria’s debut CD, The Awakening of Le’Andria Johnson is produced by GRAMMY® Award winner Chuck Harmony (Rihanna, Fantasia, Chrisette Michele). The songs on the CD showcase Le’Andria’s unique combination of power, skill and reverence, which made her a favorite of Sunday Best fans. Her new single, “Jesus,” co-written by Le’Andria, is an urban contemporary song, with traditional gospel roots. In it, Le’Andria offers a soulful and stirring testimony about the difference Jesus has made in her life, and she makes an impassioned plea to the listener to turn to Jesus and “call Him like you want Him, call Him like you need him.” Le’Andria loves the single and its message, and she believes her fans will be blessed by it.

Le’Andria is excited about all the songs on the CD and can’t wait to perform them for audiences around the world. She hopes that her songs will make a difference in people’s lives. “We can’t just reach in the circle, we have to do like the Bible says – go out and compel them to come in,” she says. A licensed minister, Le’Andria believes that singing is her God-given talent, but that ministry is her calling. As the season three winner on Sunday Best, she now has the platform to touch countless lives by doing both.