Meet the Judges

Learn about the decision makers. 

Beth Bacall - Host 

Beth Bacall is an Encourager and best friend during afternoons on 104.7 The FISH. Making sure you’re having the best day of your life is her goal. “It’s an honor to hear about your family, your life, your struggle, your soldier and your favorite song,” says Beth.

She’s that cheerleader you can count on while navigating through all life’s different appointments, challenges and surprises. Beth Thrives off other peoples stories knowing it’s a privilege to hear listeners share their heart, struggles, secret dreams and praise reports.

Faith-Family-Food-Fitness: sums up Beth’s favorite things. She has now become friends with her Insta pot and has a new podcast with Laura Story.  She’s an advocate for many charitable organizations and ministries and is constantly humbled by God’s amazing grace.

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Barbara Beneville

Barbara has been dancing since age 2 and while in college performed with the Georgia Peaches Dance Troupe that ended up kick-starting her acting career.  From Atlanta to Los Angeles and back again,  Barbara has been acting for over 30 years and been in shows such as Desperate Housewives, The Mentalist, This American Life and most recently DMZ. She just got back from Charleston shooting SUNCOAST with Woody Harrelson. 

One of Barbara’s favorite things each year is to be able to see all the talent at GAC.   There is nothing better than watching talented young people live out their gifts.  Barbara is CEO of Beneville Imagery; benvil photography, Just Breathe Acting, and Just Breathe Films. 

Nia Reed

Nia Reed sings! She has also been a professional background vocalist and backing track singer for more than 15 years.  Nia has collaborated with legendary artists from Heatwave and the multi-Grammy Award Winner, Mariah Carey, with dozens of artists in between.  Nia is a prolific writer and poet.  She stared singing in church, working alongside the infamous Atlanta-based gospel choir, Deeper Shade of Soul and hit gospel writer and director, Wayne Wilson.  She also backed Grammy winning artist Speech from Arrested Development and many others.  During her time as a singer, writer, and poet, Nia traveled from Dubai to London backing artists, helping develop artists, and writing for artists all over the world – with music festivals in Australia, Nova Scotia, and London.  Nia has also been a regular on the BritBus Tour as well as Music Midtown in Atlanta. Most of her time on stage was under the development and management of Christopher Grey of Greyology Inc., where Nia spent time working alongside great artists like Ash King and April Showers.  She continues to work in the music industry on special projects. 

Nia loves God, family, travel, and experiencing life to the fullest.

Trivon Howard

Trivon Howard, was born in Atlanta Georgia, where he pursued his dreams as an athlete and artist. Before his acting career, Trivon played semi-pro baseball after graduating from Claflin University, a HBCU in Orangeburg, South Carolina. When he decided to hang up his cleats in 2011, the creative side of Trivon kicked in and he hasn't looked back. While taking acting classes, Trivon appeared as a featured extra in Jackie Robinson's biopic "42", starring Chadwick Boseman and Harrison Ford. Trivon learned so much from the "42" experience, and saw first- hand how his background as an athlete can work with acting. He knew in order to achieve that level of artistry, he had to get stronger as an actor and put in the work. He made his on-stage debut in 2012 in the classic production, "Our Town", which opened the door for other theater productions, including his role as George Bailey in "Its A Wonderful Life" and Massa Williams in "Blood Water". Over the years his most challenging role on-stage was portraying civil rights activist, Malcolm X in "The Meeting", where his hard work made way to portray the icon for 2 consecutive years. He recently shared the stage with a breathtaking cast in August Wilson's "Jitney" and is currently preparing for David Feldshuh's "Miss Evers' Boys" at The Renaissance Theater Project. His start in student films helped him make the transition to film and television. He could be seen in commercials for "Chick-fil-A", "Home Depot", and "Duke Energy" along with independent films, "Tremble", "Yogurt Raisin", "Jones Plantation", "The Long Way Home", and "Denied". Like others in the industry, Trivon believes that he has so much to give, and what sets him apart is his ability to bring a vision to life.