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Farmer Nappy has won the 2021 International Soca Monarch with his song “Backyard Jam”.
The concert took place virtually Friday night, which was the date to be Fantastic Friday, when the competition is normally held.
Carnival 2021 has been cancelled because of the COVID pandemic but some competitions are going on virtually.
Olatunji placed second with “Drunk History” and Mical Teja and Viking Ding Dong placed third with “Hornin First”.
Only artistes who are in Trinidad and Tobago were eligible to participate.
The 11 competitors this year were Farmer Nappy, Preedy, Viking Ding Dong and Mical Teja, Trinidad Ghost, Trinidad Killa, Olatunji, Rome, Blaxx, Turner, Aaron Duncan and the lone female Melly Rose.
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National Carnival Commission chairman Winston Peters - Photo by Roger Jacob
None of this year s Carnival-related competitions will be counted as part of the official records, according to chairman of the National Carnival Commission (NCC) Winston Peters, though he said promoters were free to host any of them.
“There is no Carnival 2021 so the NCC won’t recognise any winner for any event,” he said last Saturday when asked about The Monarch (the new name of the International Soca Monarch contest).
The Monarch is one of three Carnival events that will now be held virtually.
On Tuesday, the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) announced that there will be a virtual road march with a $100,000 bounty for whoever captures the title.
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