You voted, and the results are in “CBS Mornings” announced Tuesday that Kyndle Wylde is the winner of its mixtape music contest
“It’s been such a journey to get to this point and it’s so surreal, but so grateful,” Wilde said on “CBS Mornings” after she was announced as the winner.
The singer-songwriter grew up outside of Memphis. He sang in his family’s worship band at church and moved to Nashville to pursue his dream of a career in music.
For the contest, talented musicians from around the country submitted covers of Johnny Nash’s legendary song “I Can See Clearly Now.”
Hundreds of entries were narrowed down to 14 in the competition Semifinalist And Three finalists Before Wylde was crowned victorious.
“There’s a lot of talented people in America and I knew that going into it, and so I definitely wanted to put my best foot forward with something that I felt really confident in,” he said.
Kyndle Wylde
Her husband, Adam, came up with the soul-style arrangement for the song she and her band performed.
“Whatever we are and grew up listening to, we just put who we are into that,” he said.
Before Tuesday’s announcement, “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King called Wilde to tell her she had won.
“We set it up and you thought you’d be talking to someone about marketing or advertising, so he didn’t know it was a call to say he won,” King explained.
Wilde was told she had won several weeks ago, after voting closed on August 13, and she joked that she had successfully kept the secret.
“The No. 1 person I couldn’t tell was my grandmother because if she knew, everyone would know,” Wild said.
Wilde will be featured in a new national promotional campaign for “CBS Mornings.”