Little update for ya! Tonight is the semi-finals for Grenada Soca Monarch. The list I posted earlier in the week was simply who got through. There are 31 semi-finals, but only 15 will pass through to the finals. The list below shows when each artist will perform. The show begins tonight at 8 pm Greenz time.
Here's the order of appearance:
GCC / LIME SOCA MONARCH SEMIFINALS 2009 1. MINEY 2. BOOGIE B 3. BROTHER B 4. SHORTPREE & TRINA 5. MR. RAZOR 6. PUPA LEENDI 7. D HAMMER 8. RANDY ISAAC 9. GOLDMINDZ 10. BLOODFIRE 11. MR. LEGS 12. INSPECTOR 13. 4 BRASS 14. LAKAY 15. SOCA STERLIN 16. SOCA BANTON 17. MR. KILLA 18. TOUCH IT 19. CROQUETA 20. SUPERSTAR 21. BOYZIE 22. TERROR KID 23. MAXIMILLION 24. LAVAMAN 25. KAGE 26. OTIS 27. SHELDON DOUGLAS 28. PAPA JERRY 29. ZINGO 30. GENERAL PEPE 31. BLACK BLINGERS
Reserve – MUSTIC
I'm told there will be temporary live stream available so you can watch a test stream of the Grenada Carnival action live at: http://www.spicemasgrenada.com/
On July 24, 2009, 30 semifinalists will compete to see who gets throught to the GCC LIME Soca Monarch finals. The semifinal will take place on July 24th at Victoria Par in Grenville.
Among the 30, there are four newcomers, two women, and six former road march winners. So, I don't need to tell you it's serious competition.
Does your favourite artiste still have a chance?
4 Brass Boogie B Boyzie Brother B Croqueta D Hammer General PP Gold Mindz. Inspector Junior Blood Fire Kage Lakay Lava Man Maximillion Mr. Killa Mr. Legs Mr. Razor Miney Otis Randy Isaac Papa Jerry Pupa Leendi Sheldon Douglas Shortpree & Trina Soca Banton Soca Sterling Super Star Terror Kid Touch It Zingo
I'm Nurse Karen and these are Dr. Jay's rounds. What a big week in the world of soca. While most of you were recovering from a wild and wonderful caribana season…so much of the Caribbean was smack dab in the middle of the action. Carnival still abounds! So this edition of the Rounds is all about RESULTS.
First to Antigua: It's no secret that Claudette "CP" Peters is still her nation's soca queen. She's dancing all the way to the bank this week after winning both the Groovy and Tempo Party Monarch competitions. This is the 4th year in a row that she's won the Party Monarch title. But this year, her Tempo win with "Bring It On" lands her automatic entry into Trinidad's international soca monarch competition in February. There, CP will compete against TnT's top acts as well as reigning monarchs from across the region like Khiomal, Ricky T, and Skinny Fabulous!
Moving along, Monday and Tuesday was all about Red Hot Flames in the Red Hot St. John's Antigua heat. Oungku called it! Antigua's new Road March is none other than Musical Bomb a.k.a Scyattah.
Over to sunny Barbados... There's this guy de people and dem refer to as De General. Known for consistant hits with his legendary band Krosfyah, Edwin Yearwood is smiling after an oh-so-successful Crop Over. The song is called Handle Yuh Business. And it's obvious - that is PRECISELY what he had in mind when he performed his way into 1st place at the Peoples' Monarch show last week Thursday.
Then Monday was the big finale…The Grand Kadooment parade. Why stop at one title when you can have two? Edwin walked away with Tune of the Crop as well. (For the non-bajans out there…that's Road March. This is the 4th ever Road March win for Mr. Yearwood. Congratulations Edwin – Handle Yuh Business!
Grenada is in the height of Spice Mas right now! On Wednesday, Yaga Miser became the brand new Groovy Soca Monarch. His performance of "Someone to Love" beat his closest competition (Terror Kid) by 19 points. Last year's winner, Scholar, chose not to defend his crown.
In the Power Category, the the action took place on Friday. Luny Sparks and Electrify took top marks with Clear D Way. Mr. Killa in 2nd and Mr. Legs 3. For you Lavaman fans, I should note that your boy withdrew his name from the competition due to a discrepancy over the rules that came to light at his Village Soca Monarch performance early in the week.
(Let's be real...that's what the management is saying in an official statement released to the media, but the evidence speaks for itself.) Lavaman was performing at the Village Soca Monarch earlier in the week. He had the crowd real going crazy. He instructed the fans to go down by the judges. So they did - the only problem is they were carrying chairs, torches and big flags. As he sang SPLASH wet up, wet up, the judges got a public bath. Needless to say...they didn't like that too much.
It was a real scene. See it for yourself.
I'm Nurse Karen and those were Dr. Jay's Rounds. Please leave me a comment online at the Nurse Karen Etc blog at triple w dot mustardseeds dot net. Now back to de docta!
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