Yvonne Webb

Jai's win­ning song was ti­tled White Oak and Wa­ter and he came on­stage from the in­side of a big white oak bot­tle for his per­for­mance. Bat­son said he be­lieved much of the crit­i­cism had to do with the hefty purse Jai col­lect­ed for his vic­to­ry. He said: "Ar­rive Alive con­grat­u­lates Mr Rik­ki Jai on his award, but Ar­rive Alive would al­so like to see the art form pro­mote some non-al­co­holic re­lat­ed mu­sic." Bat­son said not on­ly chut­ney so­ca singers, but ex­po­nents of so­ca and ca­lyp­so must al­so em­brace more pos­i­tive mes­sages with less fo­cus on al­co­hol use, "es­pe­cial­ly in light of the high num­ber of cas­es of dri­vers fail­ing the breathal­yser test and get­ting in­volved in ac­ci­dents."