32 Qualify for Chutney Soca Monarch Semi Finals 2022

32 QUALIFY FOR THE SEMI FINAL of the THE 2022 CHUTNEY SOCA MONARCH

More than 60 artistes submitted entries for the upcoming Chutney Soca Monarch carded for Carnival Saturday 26th February 2022.
Southex received 8 foreign entries – 2 from Guyana, 2 from Canada and 4 from USA.

32 artistes have qualified for the Semi Final round which will be recorded on Thursday 27th January. The Semi Final round will be recorded at a sterile location with no audience present, however judges will view the performances. 32 video clips of these performances will then be released through social media – YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram and through our ‘official’ TV provider, TTT.

Part of the criteria will include # of views across the platforms, plus there will be a text voting element through our telecommunications provider, TSTT.

Our goal is to reach more than 1M viewers during the two week process of the semi final.

The 32 artistes are as follows –

1. Ganesh Boodoo – DollyBoy (Canada)
2. Ranjeev Ramdeen (USA)
3. Prince JP (USA)
4. Damian Sookram (USA)
5. Vishnu Ramkaran – Vee Ram
6. Sajivan Gayadeen – GVON
7. Kendel Jaggernauth – Captain Kendel
8. Kenneth Salick
9. Nisha Ramsook
10. Denesh Sookaran – Unique Touch
11. Sangeeta Harrypersad
12. Shazeena Ramsumair- Sexy Shazzie
13. Russel M
14. Ricardo Melville- Daddy Chinee
15. Visham Balkissoon
16. Rohanie Ramdass- Nel
17. Kumar Sieunarine – MrNiceVibes
18. Navin Prabhoo
19. Vishan Mohammed
20. Ricky Khandoo
21. Mario Jitman
22. Veejai Ramkissoon
23. Ramrajie Prabhoo
24. Neeshan Prabhoo
25. Saleem Beharry
26. Raquel John
27. Michael Salloum
28. Jairam Dindial
29. Shiva Lakhan
30. Raju Lalo
31. Robin Jagdip
32. Avinash Sookraj

There were no qualifications from Guyana.
Only 12 will move on to the Grand Final.