Fantastic Friday! Soca Monarch Today!

Ok, to day the big day before carnival, its Fantastic Friday!
Thats the day of the International Soca Monarch! International Soca Monarch is the biggest Soca Competion around the world and is comparable with what we call European Song Contest in Europe. The prize sum is a staggering 2 000 000 TT$!

I heard that they will stream it live online from www.ttentonline.com

You can also see it Live on www.socamonarch.net for a fee.


A lot of talk have been going on before the show who will win.
Bunji, Fay-Ann, Machel, Iwer?

Even if its called International Soca Monarch there is no chance that a non trini would win. First of all the international soca artist doing songs that are old, and that's impossible in the fast moving soca scene. Second of that, they are in Trinidad, a very patriotic country. Some people even call the competition staged.

Anyway they have a new scheme now where you can vote by your phone if you are in the caribbean. More info how to do this you find here.

Here is some articles that has been written about the competition;
Battle on for soca crown By Wayne Bowman (Trinidad Express Newspaper)
BUNJI BLASTS MACHEL By Joel Julien (Trinidad Express Newspaper)

Here is the video clip of Bunji talking about Machel:


Here is the artist that are in the finals:

Performance Positions – Finals and Compostions

		CATEGORY: POWER
Positions	First Name	Last Name	Sobriquet	Compostion
1	Jason/Ancil	Williams/Isaac	JW and Blaze	Wild and Frisky
2	Anderson	Armstrong	Blood	Foot on Fire
3	Gamal	Doyle	Skinny Fabulous	Charge Up
4	Michelle	Xavier	Michelle X	Feting for Days
5	Stevenson	Marshall	Shal Marshall	Doh Drag De Flag
6	Wilt	Cambridge	Tallpree	Lighters
7	Neil	George	Iwer (The Boss)	Come To Meh
8	Nadia/Patrice	Batson/Roberts	Nadia Batson/Patrice Roberts	We Not Leaving
9	Machel	Montano	Machel Montano HD	Advantage
10	Destra	Garcia	Destra	We Own It
11	Ravi	Bissambhar	Ravi B	Is Mas
12	Ian	Alvarez	Bunji Garlin	Hold A Burn
13	Tian	Winter	Tian Winter	Hurricane
14	Fay- Ann	Lyons	Fay- Ann Lyons	Consider It Done
		CATEGORY: GROOVY
Positions	First Name	Last Name	Sobriquet	Compostion
1	Kamaul	Franklin	Ras Star	Soca Fire
2	Jahmoun	Mendoza	Jahmoun	Flashing Lights
3	Kevon	Heath	Yankey Boy & Patch	Head Nice
4	Kees	Dieffenthaller	Kes	Wotless
5	Dexter	Stewart	Blaxx	Tanty Woi
6	Anthony	Hendrickson	All Rounder	Body Wine
7	Shurwayne	Winchester	Shurwayne Winchester	Paradising
8	Destra	Garcia	Destra	Cool It Down
9	Roderick	Gordon	Chucky	My Bad Thing
10	Rodney	Le Blanc	Benjai	Trini
11	Denise	Belfon	Saucy	Dance & Dingolay
12	Patrice	Roberts	Patrice Roberts	Mas &Winning
13	Kerwin	Du Bois	Kerwin Du Bois	Ah Ting
14	Megan	Walrond	Megan	Posse
15	Cassiano	Sylvester	Cassi	Town Ting