Chester Sambrano
Rick Ram sang and danced his way to an overwhelming victory at the Chutney Soca Monarch Grand Finals last night.
He pushed the 2023 champion, Daddy Chinee into 2nd Place while Rawythee Ramroop placed third in the overall competition and also walked away with the title of ‘Queen of Chutney Soca’.
The Queen of Chutney Soca always goes to the highest placing female of the competition.
The competition featured 12 contestants, 6 women and 6 men vying for the most important titles in the Indo-Caribbean music industry.
According to show promoter Southex, the Chutney Soca Monarch 2024 celebrated it’s 29th year and it will go down as one of the best shows in more than 10 years.
“Positive messaging, positive lyrics, infectious original melodies saw a rekindling of the ‘chutney fire’ that people expect at the Chutney Soca Finals,” it said.
Southex added that apart from the excellent crowd that came out to support, the show ran smoothly with the competition ending at about 11.30pm before going into a super-hyped party mode.
“The most important night for the Indo-Caribbean music industry did not disappoint as the energy levels of the crowd was very high feeding off the energy coming from the stage as well,” Southex said.
Rafi Mohammed, Ravi B and Rooplal G were also honored for their contributions to the Indo-Caribbean Music Industry. They were given special ‘Hero’ awards from Southex, prodcuers of the event.