The season finale of American Idol — it’s 22nd by the way — included an amazingly powerful version of a song called “Goodness to God” which aired while millions of people tuned in to watch the show and getting to see a performance by a legend in gospel music known as CeCe Winans and contestant Roman Collins who performed the uplifting spiritual song as a duet.
Too often we put God in a box, thinking He can’t use something like American Idol, which is typical reality television schlock — let’s face it, the show is super corny and most of the time the winners don’t really succeed in the industry — in order to spread the gospel and minister to His people. But then He moves through something like this and reminds people that He’s the ruler of the universe and there’s nothing that’s impossible for Him. And we do mean nothing.
Check out more on this performance from The Christian Tribune:
Winans, as background, is one of the most renowned gospel singers, being one of the best-selling and most-awarded female gospel artists ever. In fact, Winans has sold over 17 million records, making her an incredibly popular gospel singer. Roman Collins, alongside whom she sang “Goodness to God,” was on American Idol this season and was eliminated just before the Top 10 round.
Commenters on the clip of the duet that was posted to Instagram praised it and the Lord while writing about faith. One commenter, for example, wrote, “I love that American Idol embraced Roman’s faith and let him roll with it. So many shy. Away and this was refreshing to see.” Another added, “I pray that Katy Perry was truly moved and that she returns to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
Another commenter wrote, “There’s a reason this connects with us more deeply. It’s because we were made for this.” Another said, “Fav moment of American Idol of ALL TIME.” Still another said, “There’s nothing anyone can tell me, JESUS sat in that room and took over! Phew! Goosebumps! Jesus over everything 🙌” Yet another added, “They say the devil is in the details but NO, GOD was in every note and word. So beautifully done! May we continue to sing of the goodness of GOD!!🙌❤️🔥”
Another commenter stated, “This was HUGE for @americanidol to allow this incredible performance of this INCREDIBLE SONG!!! The outpouring truly shows the Goodness of God!!! @cecewinans bringing the message we all need to hear to prime time!! 👏❤️🙏”
A commenter also pointed out that Katy Perry, a pop sensation who grew up in a Christian home but moved away from the faith, was impacted by the performance and song choice, tears running down her face, going on to say, “seeing katy tear up at this makes me want to give her a hug. God is calling her back. i’ve seen so many auditions where christian’s come to american idol and she’s the judge. no coincidence there !!”
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Roman Collins, who currently serves as the director of Biola University’s Gospel Choir, took to Facebook to share thoughts on the opportunity to sing with Winans, saying, “What an honor to stand beside this GIANT IN THE KINGDOM. God is so amazing he continues to blow my mind. I pray you all were blessed by this just as much as I was.” That came in response to Winans writing, “It was an honor to sing #GoodnessofGod with you @romancollinsofficial!”