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Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Southex to make Chutney Soca Monarch a safe zone

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FLASHBACK 2020: SOUTHEX  CEO George Singh, centre, poses for a photo with chutney artistes during the media launch of Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) at Paprika Bistro, Gulf City Mall, San Fernando.

FLASHBACK 2020: SOUTHEX CEO George Singh, centre, poses for a photo with chutney artistes during the media launch of Chutney Soca Monarch (CSM) at Paprika Bistro, Gulf City Mall, San Fernando.

Rishi Ragoonath

On­ly ful­ly vac­ci­nat­ed artistes, band mem­bers, mu­si­cians, han­dlers, work­ers, stage hands etc will be al­lowed in­to the venue for the up­com­ing Chut­ney So­ca Monarch com­pe­ti­tion.

This is just one of the stip­u­la­tions out­lined by Southex, or­gan­is­ers of the 2022 edi­tion of the an­nu­al com­pe­ti­tion.

The se­mi fi­nal, which is be­ing held in a ster­ile en­vi­ron­ment, will see 25 artistes com­pet­ing us­ing in­stru­men­tal track in front of a judg­ing pan­el. They will be record­ed and 25 video clips will be cre­at­ed and post­ed on so­cial me­dia for an­oth­er part of the judg­ing process as the pub­lic will al­so have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to like, view and share the clips. A text to vote el­e­ment will be in place from the se­mi fi­nal stage. This will be done with no au­di­ence, as strict pub­lic health pro­to­cols will be fol­lowed.

The Se­mi Fi­nal clips will be re­leased on Feb­ru­ary 1, while the Grand Fi­nal will be aired on Feb­ru­ary 26.

The Grand Fi­nal will see ten artistes com­pet­ing on a stage with a full the­atri­cal pro­duc­tion. Two ma­jor ti­tles will be up for grabs---Chut­ney So­ca Monarch and Queen of Chut­ney So­ca.

B-mo­bile has signed on as the of­fi­cial telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions provider for the event, while TTT is the of­fi­cial TV provider, and U97 the of­fi­cial Ra­dio sta­tion.

E-Net­works in Guyana has al­so been con­firmed as the of­fi­cial TV/Ca­ble net­work in Guyana and they will car­ry the event si­mul­ta­ne­ous­ly with all the oth­er providers. The event will al­so be streamed to the world via the Southex ‘Live’ Events pages on YouTube.

Reg­is­tra­tion for this event clos­es on Mon­day. Artistes have reg­is­tered from Guyana, Cana­da, USA and Trinidad & To­ba­go.

All artistes that qual­i­fy for the Grand Fi­nal must be in Trinidad for the event. Southex will be guid­ed by all health pro­to­cols stip­u­lat­ed by the Min­istry of Health.


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