Kerwin wins Groovy, Machel retains Power. Killa is the Breakout

(mylime.ca) International Soca Monarch Final results were announced shortly after 4am this morning after 21 artists went head to head for Soca Monarch bragging rights. In the end it was King Machel being crowned Power Soca Monarch for the 4th consecutive time, but his bid for a 3-peat in the Groovy category was denied by the crowd favourite, Kerwin Du Bois.   The ISM 2014 Final Results are as follows:   

2014 Power Soca Monarch Final Results 

1. Machel Montano (MOR) 

2. Mr. Killa (Rolly Polly) (Tie) 

2. Destra (Mash Up) (Tie) 

2. Iwer George (Mama Yo) (Tie)

2014 Groovy Soca Monarch Final Results 

1. Kerwin Du Bois (Too Real) 

2. Machel Montano (Happiest Man Alive) 

3. Farmer Nappy (Big People Party) 

4. Destra Garcia (First Time) 

Congratulations also goes out to crowd favourite Mr. Killa for securing the 'Breakout Artist' title ahead of Erphaan Alves.

Watch some of the best/most talked about performances of the night below: (1hr 26min)

Best of Trinidad Carnival 2014 - Soca Mix

CalgarySoca's Drew Atlas delivers our annual compilation of the biggest hits of Carnival 2014.  This year's mix combines the best of the contenders for the International Soca Monarch Competition, with Road March contenders and other 'Fete' favourites.  Enjoy!

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1. Machel Montano - Drop It Down 

2. Patrice Roberts - Doh Rough Meh 

3. Preedy - Wining Champion 

4. Nutron and Jaiga - Gyal Season 

5. Kes - Never See Come See

6. Denise Belfon - Chuku Chuku 

7. Bunji Garlin - Carnival Tabanca 

8. Biggie Irie - Need A Riddim 

9. Kimba Sorzano - How Me Name Does Taste

10. Mr. Famous - Play More Local 

11. Machel Montano - HMA 

12. Skinny Fabulous - Behaving the Worst 

13. Bunji Garlin - Truck On D Road 

14. Kes - True Masquerader 

15 .Destra Garcia - State Of Mind 

16. Machel Montano - She Coming 

17. Kerwin Du Bois - Spoil Mehself 

18. K.I. - Professor Feter 

19. Nadia Batson - Bad Influence 

20. Cassi - Man In Yuh House 

21. K.I. - Runaway 

22. Jo Jo - Shake That 

23. Kerwin Du Bois - Too Real 

24. Lyrikal - Conquer Meh 

25. Destra Garcia - A Little Bit 

26. Kes - Bad Habits 

27. Farmer Nappy - Big People Party 

28. Machel Montano - Shameless 

29. Ravi B. - Bread 

30. Shal Marshall - Feel2Wuk 

31. Jaiga - Keisha 

32. 5Star Akil - To Meh Heart 

33. Kerwin Du Bois - Press A Button 

34. Machel Montano - E.P.I.C 

35. Kerwin Du Bois & Lyrikal - Lockdown 

36. Blaxx - Fettin Away 

37. Tallpree - Jab Jab Nation 

38. Benjai - Come Out To Play 

39. Snakey - The Dhoti Song 

40. Iwer George - Mama Oh 

41. Olatunji - Fete Ram 

42. Machel Montano - Ministry Of Road 

43. Erphaan Alves - Hearing Ah Talk 

44. Nadia Batson - Rated R 

45. Soka Kartel - Roll It 

46. Super Blue - Carnival Yo Yo 

47. Kes - Ram Jam 

48. Machel Monatno - The POWER 

49. Destra Garcia - Mash Up 

50. Mr. Killa - Rolly Polly

Watch Soca Monarch 2014 Streaming LIVE

Thank you to CarnivalTV (broadcasters of last year's Soca Monarch) for the link to this year's competition.

We can all experience the Pay-Per-View event for $19.95USD and the stream appears available for all internet devices including iOS and Android.

The names have been drawn for the order of appearance, plus confirmed performances from Bunji Garlin and Kes the Band in addition to the competitors, means this should be a 3-hour-plus concert experience that you don't want to miss:

 *We have been given 2 links to PPV.

For Canada and US viewers: http://ultrastream.tv

Viewers in the Caribbean ONLY : http://gocamp.us/pay-per-view/soca-monarch/



Groovy Monarch order of Appearance
 Here is the Order of Performances for the Groovy Category on #ISM2014 Fantastic Friday!

1. Ravi B
2. Mr. Famous
3. Erphaan Alves
4. Skinny Fabulous (St. Vincent)
5. Denise 'Saucy' Belfon
6. Biggie Irie  (Barbados)
7. Destra
8. Tallpree (Grenada)
9. Farmer Nappy
10. Cassi
11. Kerwin Du Bois
12. Machel Montano

Power Monarch order of Appearance
Here is the Order of Performances for the Power Category on #ISM2014 Fantastic Friday!

1. Ann-G (Japan) 
2. Snakey 
3. Nadia Batson 
4. Patrice Roberts 
5. Super Blue 
6. Iwer George 
7. Lyrikal 
8. Devon Matthews 
9. Destra 
10. Mr. Killa (Grenada) 
11. Machel Montano

Carnival Mix #138 - F.F.C Fete Recap

Friday night's 'First Fete for Carnival' (F.F.C) was massive! Thank you to everyone that came out and made it another experience to talk about. This week's show is in the spirit of the fete! If you were there and wanted the vibes again, or missed out and just needed a fix, then this mix is for you.

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Carnival Mix #137 - Soca Monarch 2014 Finalists

We're sorry for the late post. The good news is you'll have twice as much music to listen to this week. The CalgarySoca crew delivered music from the finalists of the international Soca Monarch competition 2014 on the last show, and a few songs that we WISHED were in the competition as well.  Enjoy!

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