Saint Lucia’s 2018 Groovy & Power Soca Monarch preliminaries competition will take place on Friday 29 June from 6pm, on the grounds of the National Cultural Centre in Castries. The event will see up to sixty artists, split evenly between the two categories, perform to win their place in the semi-finals.
Thomas Leonce, CEO of Events Saint Lucia, said, “The response to registration is a clear indication of how magnetic this genre is to the masses. This artform, with its roots in Carnival, has evolved over the years, becoming one of the most viable of genres not just during the carnival season, but year-round. Carnival acts as the platform for the launch of new soca music in preparation for an international stage, and ECSL is thrilled to facilitate this process as the producer for these major events”.
The following artists qualified for the preliminaries:
Groovy Soca Monarch
Ambi – Bacchanal Freedom
Antonion – Fantacy
Umpa – Drop Dat
Cooyah Fyah – Rev Up
Ezra d’Fun Machine – Money Dance
Garner – OMG Great – Oh My Gosh Great
Subance – Higher Level
Kaydene – Year Of The Progress
Crown – Don’t Spoil My Day
Private 6 – Issa Meal
Kisha – Vaval
Imran Nerdy & Saveion – Baddie
Mac 11 – Ready For Carnival
G-Punga – Soca Pumping
Versi-style & Spragga – Push Back Pon The Fender
Mantius – I Love Your Wine
Mongstar – Style Like That
Mighty – Inevitable
Mysterio – Fetting Life
Sedale – Stick on You
Sergie – Saucy
Flawless – Taking Over
Rashie – Pressure Up
Shemmy J – Dem Gyal
Young Vic & Multi – Alcoholic (Drinkers Anthem)
Power Soca Monarch
Ambi – Cataract
Daddy Yardie – Dad Dow (Belly Wine)
Twaka – Mr.Prickle
Nassis ft Krome – Bend Down For The Hmmm
Ti Carro – Your Wish
Ezra d’Fun Machine – X
Platinum George & Mr X – Jab Cry
Imran Nerdy – Work Somebody
Paulie & Oz – No Behaviour
Jiggy – Solid Waste Management
Soca Psycho – Pitch Fork
Bronxx – Not Going Home
Kisha – The People Man (TPM)
Mac 11 – Doh Stick
Da Great White – Mess/Trouble
Mata ft Migos – Upsetters
Mantius – Get Wild
Mongstar – Exotic Wine
Qpid – Who’s Di Boss
Kiki – Not On My Man
Subance & Mighty – Two Clap
Isla Man – Power Soca
Sedale – Balanmin
Sergie – Bacchanal Queen
Esteban – Twerk It
