Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) has re­leased the or­der of per­for­mance for the 40 se­mi-fi­nal­ists com­pet­ing in the 2025 Na­tion­al Ca­lyp­so Monarch com­pe­ti­tion.  Among the favourites vy­ing for the ti­tle are Yung Bred­da (po­si­tion 9) – "We Rise" and Squeezy Rankin (po­si­tion 19) – "Jus­tice."

Ca­lyp­so Fi­es­ta will take place at the icon­ic Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do, where some of the na­tion’s top ca­lyp­so­ni­ans will fight for a chance to ad­vance to the fi­nals to chal­lenge Machel Mon­tano. 

Rik­ki Jai (po­si­tion 29)  will sing  "Kaiso Chut­ney" in his sec­ond at­tempt to chal­lenge Mon­tano this year. They are fac­ing off in the Chut­ney So­ca Fi­nals as well.

Guardian Me­dia's Cas­ton Cu­pid will per­form third with his song Here Again.

List of Se­mi-Fi­nal­ists:

1) Jalani Ko­jo (Lani K) – "Lord I Re­pent"

2) Marq Pierre – "A Fa­ther's Wealth"

3) Cas­ton Cu­pid – "Here Again"

4) Alex Gift (To­ba­go Chalkie) – "Round About Turn"

5) Ri­val­do Lon­don – "Cyah Get a Bor­ough"

6) Ife Al­leyne (Ife) – "Don't Give In"

7) Helon Fran­cis – "To Whom It May Be"

8) Lystra Nurse (La­dy Lystra) – "I Have Hope"

9) Akhen­aton Lewis (Yung Bred­da) – "We Rise"

10) Ann Marie Parks Ko­jo (Twig­gy) – "65 and Still Rel­e­vant"

11) Dar­wren Greenidge (Pharaoh) – "Amer­i­ca Has Spo­ken"

12) Du­ane Ta'Zyah O'Con­nor (Ta'Zyah O'Con­nor) – "Kaiso to D World"

13) Nicole Thomas Clarke – "Crown Jew­els"

14) Car­los James (Skatie) – "Too Old for Ca­lyp­so"

15) An­dre Nel­son – "Colours"

16) Garth St. Clair – "Kaiso Va­grant"

17) Mar­lon Lee (Bit­ter Hon­ey) – "Mag­i­cal Mir­ror"

18) Anasta­cia Richard­son – "Watch Yuh Clock"

19) An­tho­ny La Fleur (Squeezy Rankin) – "Jus­tice"

20) Vic­to­ria Coop­er-Rahim (Queen Vic­to­ria) – "Ah Fraid"

21) Sharon Phillips – "Talk Bout Dat"

22) Kerice Pas­call – "Tears"

23) Phillip Mur­ray (Black Sage) – "T.I.T"

24) Mark East­man – "Wor­ri­er"

25) Shashie Nick­las Go­sine (St. Nick) – "Pol­i­tics in T&T"

26) Curlis­sa Charles-Mapp – "The Orig­i­nal Su­per­woman"

27) Nicholas Ash­by (Nikko Ash) – "The Last Let­ter"

28) Roslyn Reid Hayes (Roslyn) – "Sing It in Kaiso"

29) Sam­raj Jaimun­gal (Rik­ki Jai) – "Kaiso Chut­ney"

30) Kurt Allen (The Last Bard­john of Ca­lyp­so) – "Your Turn Now"

31) Ter­ri Lyons – "Ask Yuh Man"

32) Stacey Sobers-Abra­ham (Stacey Sobers) – "Rhythm of a Peo­ple"

33) Mar­sha Clifton (La­dy Adan­na) – "I Apol­o­gize"

34) Karene As­che (The Ca­lyp­so Princess) – "A Leader"

35) Ham­mond Bruce (Slick) – "Cash­less So­ci­ety"

36) Morel Pe­ters (King Lu­ta) – "Com­rade Ro­get"

37) Eu­nice Pe­ters – "Tri­ni Yard Sale"

38) J'Leise Orr – "Os­trich So­ci­ety"

39) Rod­er­ick Gor­don (Chuck Gor­don) – "Look Tuh Press"

40) Kadi­ja Je­re­mi­ah – "Oh Woman"

Re­serve:

Joanne Gib­son (Queen Voice) – "Stay­ing In Ca­lyp­so"

These se­mi-fi­nal­ists will com­pete for a place in the Na­tion­al Ca­lyp­so Monarch Fi­nals.