Photo Caption: Minister of Culture, Hon. Shawn Richards with newly crowned Groovy and Soca Monarch Winners, Rucas and LAX and KT
By: T. J. Chapman
SKN PULSE, Sunday, 24 December, 2016 – The 2016 Edition of the Soca Monarch competition lived up to its expectation last evening, Saturday 24 December 2016 at the Sugar Mill, Warner Park.
The artists and Guest DJ, DJ Chow who hails from New York exerted maximum energy and initiated crowd participation to keep the crowd entertained.
The 17 participants were spilt into power and groovy segments as they vied for Groovy Soca Monarch and Power Soca Monarch.
The power segment was comprised of the following artists:
LAX featuring KT with Big Truck, Mr Hype with Join Her, Foxy with Ladies’ Anthem, Daddy 2Sec with Real Pokeymon, Shanna with Warrior, X-man with Same Song, Lil Miss with XOXO, Take Over with One Way or Another.
While the Groovy segment included:
Dejour with Don’t Care, DJ Woodis with Only Other Woman, KT with Loose Me, Shanna with International Girl, Rucas HE with Sway, Vybz with Carnival Again, X-man with Session Starters, Nicha B with Just Can’t Stop, Pinocchio with Soca Teacher.
At the end of the night last year’s winners were dethroned. The results were as follows:
Rucas was crowned Groovy Soca Monarch King and LAX ft KT won the power segment.
GROOVY SOCA MONARCH
WINNER – RUCAS (617)
1st runner up – Dejour ( 581 points )
2nd runner up – Shanna (565 points)
3rd runner up – Xman (553 points)
POWER SOCA MONARCH
WINNER – LAX FT KT (583 points)
1st runner up – Mr Hype (539 points)
2nd runner up – Takeover (537 points)
3rd runner up – Shanna (513 points)
