Central City Productions’ “40th Stellar Gospel Music Awards,” hosted by Stellar and GRAMMY Award-winning duo, BeBe & CeCe Winans, will premiere at 8PM ET/7PM CT on BET. Gospel Music’s Greatest Night previously taped August 16th, 2025 at the historic Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville, TN.

Under the show theme, OUR MUSIC, OUR VOICE, OUR CULTURE, performers include: Jamal Roberts, Jonathan McReynolds, Nathan Davis Jr., Todd Dulaney, New Direction Gospel Choir of Tennessee State University, and Lisa Knowles-Smith, Adia, Donnie McClurkin, Dottie Peoples, Jekalyn Carr, Jason Nelson, Lisa Page Brooks, MAJOR., Melvin Crispell III, Pastor Mike Jr., Pastor Mike Todd & Transformation Worship, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Tasha Page-Lockhart, Tramaine Hawkins, and William Murphy. The 40th ceremony will include special guest presenters Lil Rel Howery, Dominique Perry, Dante Bowe, Isaac Carree, Trina Braxton, and more.