It was around 2:30 am on Sunday morning that the results for the Wadadli Calypso Monarch competiton were announced. They really kept people waiting for the results with a lot of presentations that could have taken place during the intermission between rounds one and two. The final call came and a new Calypso Monarch was crowned to the surprise of many who expected De Bear to repeat tonight!
I listened to the show and the read the comments in chat boxes and other sites and listened to the radio commentary and the feeling was that no one competed well enough to dethrone De Bear! Well someone forgot about the judges and the biggest surprise came when the results were announced and De Bear did not even place in the top three - talk about a slap in the face for the vast majority of listeners!
The results were read and Eddie Mello (Light of Hope & Ghetto Boys) was announced as the New Calypso Monarch for Antigua's Carnival 2013! Some may say that he deserved to win and that he trounced De Bear and wrested the title however, no one saw this result coming! The rest of the top three were as follows: First runner up was "King Singing Sudden" (Raw Confusion & Looking for the King) while the second runner up was "Blade" (The World Is Watching Us & Capture De Bear).
I listened to the show and the read the comments in chat boxes and other sites and listened to the radio commentary and the feeling was that no one competed well enough to dethrone De Bear! Well someone forgot about the judges and the biggest surprise came when the results were announced and De Bear did not even place in the top three - talk about a slap in the face for the vast majority of listeners!
The results were read and Eddie Mello (Light of Hope & Ghetto Boys) was announced as the New Calypso Monarch for Antigua's Carnival 2013! Some may say that he deserved to win and that he trounced De Bear and wrested the title however, no one saw this result coming! The rest of the top three were as follows: First runner up was "King Singing Sudden" (Raw Confusion & Looking for the King) while the second runner up was "Blade" (The World Is Watching Us & Capture De Bear).
The information above was updated after the results were announced!
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The reigning Calypso Monarch for Antigua/Barbuda is Keithroy Morson aka "De Bear". The following are the singers who will compete for the Wadadli Beer Calypso Monarch title for Antigua's Carnival 2013.
Round 1
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The list of singers and songs presented on this post were sourced from Antigua Carnival Webpage (Copyright-National Festival Office). The listing was posted as a service to the Caribbean Community and by no means done for monetary value. All rights are reserved/belong to the National Festival Office Antigua.