Sixteen for soca monarch finals
his bouncy lyrics “tell Jumo to go his way, he old and grey’ he had the crowd swaying with laughter.
Lindeners also showed a good response to the other homegrown artistes including, Lil Colwin with his performance of ‘Full Access,’ and Collin ‘Real Proof’ Prince with his ‘Push Back’ performance.
Another of the high-ranking performances for the night was Vanilla’s One Voice which spoke of the need for Guyanese to live in love and unity, DPI said.
The competitors were assessed on their song topic, diction, party appeal, stage performance, crowd response amongst other things.
Those going through to the finals are, Jumo, Lil Colwin, Static, Vanilla, Nesta, Sexy Berry, Miss Finesse, True, Ryan T, Real Proof, Passion, Vintage, Natural One, Sasha Melody, Stephen Ramphal and of course, reigning Soca Monarch Brandon Harding who will be defending his crown.
According to DPI, Harding said, “This is a competition and I thrive on competition. I know I am up against the likes of Jumo and Vanilla and Nesta, and there are some really good songs and good talent who are in it to win it, however, the only person who will beat Brandon is Brandon,”
The Carib Soca Monarch will walk away with $1.5 Million, while the runner-up will take home $750,000, while there is $500,000 and $250,000 for third and fourth place respectively. There’s also the $100,000 `Best New Comer’ prize, DPI said.