Beyond the Gates is continuing to bring special guest stars to the DMV and Fairmont Crest. Next week, viewers can be on the lookout for none other than singer/songwriter and reality-star, Kandi Burruss and host/actress/author and cook, Tabitha Brown to make appearances and in new roles!

Burruss is taking on the role of Kalista Kilroy, while Tabitha Brown arrives on the scene as Tia Allen. Eagle-eyed viewers noticed this week that both of their names were revealed in the CBS soap opera’s closing credits.

Best known as founding member of the multi-platinum R&B vocal group Xscape and a prominent songwriter in the music industry Kandi Burruss spent fifteen seasons on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, won season three of The Masked Singer, starred in Showtime’s The Chi, and received a Tony Award nomination as a producer for Broadway’s The Piano Lesson.

REALITY STARS IN FAIRMONT CREST

The CBS soap is already known for featuring ‘Real Housewives’ franchise stars who happened to show up at Fairmont Crest and mix it up with the Dupress and Richardson clans. Previously, The Real Housewives of Potomac star Karen Huger made an appearance followed by Gizelle Bryant and Dr. Wendy Osefo.

Tabitha Brown is known by millions on social media as “America’s Mom.” She is the host of Food Network’s plant-based cooking competition It’s CompliPlated and is an Emmy winner for her YouTube series Tab Time.

Look for the two to first appear on the Thursday October 22 episode of Beyond the Gates where according to the series official spoilers on the episode, The family celebrates Dani’s life (Karla Mosley) and career, but a surprise guest brings old wounds to the surface, leaving Naomi (Arielle Prepetit), Chelsea (RhoniRoseMantilla), and Andre (Sean Freeman) to deal with the fallout.

You can check out the official BTG video preview for the action next week featuring Burruss and Brown in action below.

So, what do you think about Beyond the Gates continuing to bring some of the most notable reality and music stars to their storylines? Share your thoughts via the comment section.

The mighty cast of CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates is proving once again that they may indeed have the most musically talented cast in the history of soaps, with the just released music video featuring Lami (Izaiah Hawthorne) and RhonniRose Mantilla (Chelsea Hamilton).

The two stars perform a duet cover of Raye’s hit “Nightingale Lane” from her hit album, “This Music May Contain Hope” which is being highly-regarded to be a frontrunner in several categories at the upcoming Grammy Award nominations.

In this soulful take on the Raye track, Lami and Mantilla deliver and you can check it out now on You Tube. “Nightingale Lane” is said to be about Raye’s single greatest past heartbreak, grief, and quiet healing that comes with time.

Taking to Instagram on Friday, October 16, Lami explained, “IT’S FINALLY OUT! Let us know what you think!! We had so much fun covering RAYE’s “Nightingale Lane.” The talented musician also shared the video credits to videographer: Keith Nixon Jr. and colorist Charles Isaiah Lemons.

Several Beyond the Gates co-stars jumped into the comment thread with excitement over loving the video and the performances including: Jasmine Burke (June), Najah Jackson (Samantha), Ambyr Michelle (Eva), Jaden Lucas Miller (Tyrell), Mike Manning (Smitty), Lauren Buglioli (Vanessa) and more.

Watch below as RhonniRose and Lami perform “Nightingale Lane!”

Now, let us know what you thought of  the performances and the video and if you agree that Beyond the Gates just may have the most talented cast in all of soapland via the comment section!

After all the hype, The Young and the Restless is set to bring you the two-part nuptials of Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) to Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) which kicks-off beginning with the Friday, October 16th episode and continues on Monday, October 19th.

Ahead of the “I do’s” and the glitz and glamor of the Gatsby-inspired roaring 20’s themed wedding, the Y&R Insider You Tube Channel released a behind the scenes vide of the making of Billy and Sally’s wedding, featuring many of the participants from the cast to costume director Mandi Line.

In addition to the video, Michael Fairman TV is sharing some behind the scenes photos from the wedding tape day! At the epicenter though, is Daytime Emmy winners, Jason Thompson and Courtney Hope, who spoke on how the meaning of the wedding is much more than just about reciting lines of dialog.

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Also previewing the big days are: Peter Bergman (Jack), Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea), Beth Maitland (Traci), Zuleyka Silver (Audra) and more. Here’s a few excerpts from the behind the scenes video.

Jason Thompson: “A day like this changes the show and changes your character and changes how you show up, because it’s just the relationships are all different instantly. To be trusted with these types of storylines, you know it’s a lot. This is so much bigger than just Sally and Billy. It’s a soap wedding. And these go on for generations and decades as people continue to watch.”

Peter Bergman: “Anytime we have all the Abbotts together, I’m a happy man. It’s a great thing. It really is. It’s rare that we have all the Abbotts in one room.  I’m particularly happy.”

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Courtney Hope: “It never happens that we’re all together, really, unless we have a big event on set, whatever that looks like. I love these days. These are my favorite days. I know they can be the most stressful days for everyone, but I truly love it. They just did an amazing job pulling it all together, designing it. I mean, they worked such long hours. I felt like I was really getting married. It was multiple fittings, making sure it was all constructed and put together. It was not uncomfortable at all. I just felt it was beautiful.”

Melissa Claire Egan: “Sally asking Chelsea to be in the wedding will come as a surprise to many, because last year Chelsea slept with her boyfriend, which usually don’t get asked to be a bridesmaid on the show. I wanna be clear, on the show. Not in real life! But Sally, let bygones be bygones, as one does, and was nice enough and gracious enough to ask Chelsea to be in the wedding because they really repaired their friendship over the past few months. ”

“It’s been really long days here, but I think the result will be worth it,” added Egan. “It’s gonna be a bunch of really amazing shows with some twists and turns, and the wedding is really, really beautiful.”

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Zuleyka Silver: “Audra being Sally’s maid of honor has just meant the world to her, and it’s actually made me a bit emotional because I have such a deep and great relationship with Courtney. She’s my girl, and we’ve gotten very, very close.  I think you can see that in our relationship as Audra and Sally. And from Audra’s perspective, she’s never really had anyone who really gets her and doesn’t judge her.”

“I think everyone sees Audra in Genoa City at a surface level,” explains Silver. “I think Sally has been able to see past that.I think because she can relate to her, and she used to have some of the same qualities, so I think she’s rooting for her, but they also have a lot in common.  I love that we get to see that friendship.”

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Jason Thompson summed it up best, “For me to be able to have this moment on this show, it means the world to me. It really does. To be part of an epic wedding like this and to be the one standing up there, I’m just incredibly grateful for.”

You can check out Y&R’s official behind the scenes look at Billy and Sally’s wedding below.

Now let us know what are you most excited to see during and after the wedding? Do you think there will be a big bombshell at some point during the festivities, or everything will go off without a hitch? Weigh-in via the comment section.