Fresh off of being crowned 2024 Young King, Mical Teja (Mical Williams) pulled an early number for the Calypso Fiesta competition this Saturday, 3rd February at Skinner Park.
Teja will perform his popular ‘DNA’ in the fourth position.
Starting the show is former calypso monarch Karene Asche.
She drew the first position at draw at The Savannah Grass, Kaiso House on January 25.
A total of 40 semifinalists will be performing on Saturday, with the hope of making the final 12 for the National Calypso Monarch final, to compete against the reigning monarch Ta’zyah O’Connor.
The monarch will receive $500,000 along with a Suzuki Grand Vitara valued at $300,000, second place will receive $500,000, third place, $350,000, fourth place $250,000, fifth place, $175,000 and sixth-12th, $45,000.
Terri Lyons, the 2020 Calypso Monarch, will perform in position number five and back-to-back winner (2014 and 2015) Roderick “Chuck” Gordon is in position six.
Soca King Machel Montano will perform in the 27th position at the park, following Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters in 26th.
The reigning National Women’s Action Committee (NWAC) Calypso Queen Naomi Sinette will compete in 36th position.
Here is the order of appearance:-
1. Karene “The Calypso Princess” Asche – No Excuse
2. Hammond “Slick” Bruce – Trinidad is not a real place
3. Richard “Chromatics” Raj-Kumar – 2 Party
4. Mical “Mical Teja” Williams – DNA
5. Terri Lyons – Play Panman
6. Roderick “Chuck Gordon” Gordon – Charlsie
7. Myron “Calypso Nite” Bruce – Gun smoke in the dancehall
8. Romel “Papamel” Lazama – Real talk
9. Caston Cupid – Straight from the heart
10. Phillip “Black Sage” Murray – Stone
11. Garth St Clair – Is it we anthem or we and them
12. Giselle “GG” Fraser Washington – We going fighting
13. Ezekiel Yorke – No greater gift
14. Stephen Marcelle – Country of survival
15. Alana “Lady Watchman” Sinette-Khan – Shopping in Miami
16. Mark Eastman – Generation
17. Crystal “The Legal Diva” Charles – Standing my ground
18. Kurt “The Last Bardjohn of Calypso” Allen – The First Investigation
19. Eric James – Is d people
20. Nakasa Thatcher-Roberts – Find ah station
21. Rivaldo London – Here in T&T
22. Nicole Thomas – The truth is
23. Aaron Duncan – Character
24. Aaron Sinette – Tick Tock
25. Sean “Ifa (efa)” Singh – Jack and Jill
26. Winston “Gypsy” Peters – Ungrateful
27. Machel Montano – Soul of calypso
28. Shamika Denoon – Ah we saltfish
29. Stacey “Stacey Sobers” Sobers-Abraham – Respect the tribe
30. Victoria “Queen Victoria” Cooper-Rahim – The enemy
31. Keith “Def Prince” Wason – Identity crisis
32. Wendy Garrick – Keep yuh head up
33. Heaven “Snakey” Charles – Wake up calypso
34. Brian London – Hell
35. Michelle Henry – When the fighting start
36. Naomi Sinette – Dem Advisers
37. Kerine “Tiny” Williams-Figaro – Through these eyes
38. Alex “Tobago Chalkie” Gift – The Feud
39. Helon Francis – Representing we
40. Selvon “Mistah Shak” Noel – De return
The reserve is Arnold Jordon – The Message.