Born in New Jersey and hailing from Sacramento, California, Gospel Dream 2008 winner Melinda Watts began singing at her preschool graduation. “I’ve always loved music and have been singing in church my whole life,” she says. “God’s grace brought me here...a lot of faith in God and remembering that it’s okay to dream even when you feel you can’t.”

Sharing the stage with artists such as Hezekiah Walker, Shirley Caesar, Mary Mary, Donnie McClurkin and CeCe Winans, it’s no surprise that Melinda would live out her dream on the stage of Gospel Music Channel’s hit reality talent search series, Gospel Dream.