Since the continued success of live musical events such as The Wiz Live! or Grease: Live, television networks are all about finding new stories to explore.
That’s why Fox brought us The Passion Sunday night — a contemporary retelling of the Passion of Jesus Christ story, just with more popular music.
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The two-hour live show was narrated by Tyler Perry and starred Jencarlos Canela as Jesus, Trisha Yearwood as Mary, Chris Daughtry as Judas, Prince Royce as Peter, and Seal in his acting debut as Pontius Pilate.
With the show being both musical and faith based, several people took to Twitter to share their reactions to the best of the best moments (below):
Watching people worship on live TV in New Orleans right now is really cool. #ThePassionLive
— Carissa Kelley (@CarissaKelley) March 21, 2016
Not everyone will agree. Not everyone will like it. But this is a beautiful moment #ThePassionLive The Gospel reaching the masses
— Lady Brathwaite (@NevahFayzD) March 21, 2016
The fact that #ThePassionLive is on tv is proof so many people are searching for something more meaningful than what they have now. So cool!
— Emily MaynardJohnson (@EmilyMaynard) March 21, 2016
Whether you like #ThePassionLive or not, it’s opening up a dialogue about Christianity and why it’s okay to be a proud Christian.
— Caroline Craig (@CeeJayCraig) March 21, 2016
I’m just glad that Jesus is being celebrated this huge on TV… Y’all understand what this man did for us? #ThePassionLive
— Ayanna P. (@AyannaPrescod) March 21, 2016
One of the favorite stand outs of the night though was when Seal made his appearance — which just happens to be his FIRST acting role! The 53-year-old singer had people going crazy online tweeting:
Don’t know what’s going on but Seal looks good and the extras are FEELING IT #thepassionlive pic.twitter.com/fiBJpKWbMI
— Danielle Gibson (@danimop) March 21, 2016
ITS FINALLY LIVE!!! THANK YOU SEAL!!! #ThePassionLive
— Weva Blanket (@WevaBlanket) March 21, 2016
#ThePassionLive Thank God for DVR to watch this amazing performance again! So many performance had me in tears! Seal, amazing! Enough said!
— Vina St. Fran (@Vinastfran) March 21, 2016
Seal singing Mad World is what I have always needed and never knew. #PassionLive
— Damian Holbrook (@damianholbrook) March 21, 2016
Of course Daughtry got a lot of love too:
#thepassionlive: man, @CHRIS_Daughtry can sing! he just did a blowout performance!
— Bonnie Fuller (@BonnieFuller) March 21, 2016
@CHRIS_Daughtry I am writing to say I watched Passion Last night You were AMAZING thank you for your passion thru song
— kim L (@opta_mis_tic_12) March 21, 2016
@CHRIS_Daughtry gave me chills last night during #thepassionlive the way he captured Judas and his inner demons… Just amazing.
— mariah (@mariahnoelle17) March 21, 2016
@CHRIS_Daughtry – Amazing job on #thepasionlive last night. Loved your rendition of ‘Bring me to life’ and ‘Demons’. True talent!
— Dawna (@Dawnathedevil) March 21, 2016
@CHRIS_Daughtry did such a powerful job playing Judas in @ThePassionLive
— Nicole M. Burrell (@nicolemburrell) March 21, 2016
But our favorite reactions were fans who used GIFs or images to share their excitement:
AMAZING #ThePassionLive pic.twitter.com/moHicnS2Nv
— Talisha (@charmful) March 21, 2016
I feel like thirst/hate-tweeting goes against everything #ThePassionLive stands for but oh well, no one is perfect. pic.twitter.com/Ereqf85GCq
— Jason (@jaarlos) March 21, 2016
God 4give me but I’m ready 4 the disciples & John Travolta Jesus to break out in Grease lightening! #ThePassionLive pic.twitter.com/yIqxS13jJg
— Nikki Strong (@IAMNikkiStrong) March 21, 2016
Alternate song for the Judas betrayal… “Oops I Did It Again” #ThePassionLive pic.twitter.com/B6G6Sna2FF
— Ivan Strong Moore (@ivansmoore) March 21, 2016
What did you think of last night’s musical event?
[Image via FOX.]
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