25 semi-finalists named for Int’l Bashment Soca Monarch competition

Artistes from St. Vincent, St. Lucia and Guyana are among the top 25 that have been selected as semi-finalists for the International Bashment Soca Monarch competition.

This announcement was made on Tuesday during a press briefing held in the Conference Room of Yello Media Group.

Michelle Straughn of 4D Entertainment told the media that the response from artistes worldwide to the Yello-sponsored competition has been positive. There were “over 80 entries” to contest, which is in its third year. This is the first time artistes from across the globe could enter.

“The response we have gotten from the artistes around the world has been great. We have had submission from as far as Scotland. So you can see that Bashment Soca music itself is really getting out there in the world. We have had some entries from USA as well and obviously from the Caribbean including Trinidad, Grenada, Guyana, St. Vincent and St. Lucia… So the competition is good.”

The 2018 International Bashment Soca Monarch show is slated for July 6 and the winner is set to walk away with a grand prize of Bds$125 000.

The semi-finalists representing St. Lucia and hoping to make it to that round of the competition are DRC (Da’ Real Champ) who is singing “Balance Pon It” and Freezy with the song “Badang”. Meanwhile, the semi-finalists from St. Vincent are Sita with the song “Hammer” and Dynamite with “Brave”. The lone semi-finalist representing Guyana is Rubber Waist with “Jiggle It”.

The 2016 and 2017 Bashment Soca champ, Stiffy, is also a semi-finalist and his song is “No Boring Girls Allowed”. Other semi-finalists are Mole & Brucelee Almightee with “Aye” and Porgie & Murda with “Come Down”.

The remaining local semi-finalists are: Lil Rick with “Bend It”, Big Red The DJ with “Pelt Back”, Cooper Dan with “Boom Boom”, Enterprise Squad with “Issa Snack”, Jagma The Champ singing “Face Down”, Jah Reddis with “Bamm Bamm”, Jus D with “Manager”, Kadiem singing “Ben Ya Back”, Marz Ville with “Roughness”, Natahlee with “De Test”, Rhea with the song “Bounce”, S.K. singing “Despicable”, Scrilla with “OOH OOH”, Stabby with “Tongue Out”, Timmy with “Get Dibby”, Unda Dawg with “Booty Bounce” and Versewild with “Backway”.

Marketing Manager with Yello, Pam Roach, explained that members of the public have a chance to vote for the semi-finalists via the “mobile app, Yello App”. Voting begins on June 13 and concludes on June 19.