{"id":10870,"date":"2023-06-30T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/?p=10870"},"modified":"2023-06-30T21:31:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:31:15","slug":"update-to-calypso-final-qualifiers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/update-to-calypso-final-qualifiers-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Update to Calypso Final Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nThe CPMC announces updates to its list of qualifiers for the Calypso Monarch Competition after qualifier and former monarch, Walleigh, announced his withdrawal from competition.\u00a0\u00a0As a result of the withdrawal, Herb Black, who was the calypsonian with the next highest point total from the semi-finals, will now qualify for this year\u2019s finals.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe updated list of calypsonians selected to advance to the finals of the National Calypso Monarch competition are as follows. Note that the qualifying artistes are listed in alphabetical order, and not indicative of scores or judging preferences.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Calypso Qualifiers<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\r\n<table>\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>#<\/th>\r\n<th><strong>Sobriquet\u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<th><strong>Calypso Tent \u00a0<\/strong><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1<\/td>\r\n<td>Herb Black<\/td>\r\n<td>TOT\/Soca Village<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2<\/td>\r\n<td>Mighty Sizzler<\/td>\r\n<td>Fire One<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>3<\/td>\r\n<td>Mystic<\/td>\r\n<td>Kaiso Pro\u2019s Tent<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4<\/td>\r\n<td>Oshun<\/td>\r\n<td>South Calypso Tent<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>5<\/td>\r\n<td>Queen Yadzz<\/td>\r\n<td>South Calypso Tent<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>6<\/td>\r\n<td>Ready<\/td>\r\n<td>Fire One<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>7<\/td>\r\n<td>TC Brown<\/td>\r\n<td>Kaiso Pro\u2019s Tent<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>8<\/td>\r\n<td>Ti Carro<\/td>\r\n<td>TOT\/Soca Village<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>9<\/td>\r\n<td>Ti Blacks<\/td>\r\n<td>South Calypso Tent<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe CPMC wishes all qualifiers the best as we move into the final round of competition. The Finals of the Calypso Monarch Competition, will be held on Saturday, July 8 at the SAAB, Vigie. Tickets cost $60 regular, and $150 VIP, and are available for purchase at The Cell outlets island wide, and Steve\u2019s Barbershop in Castries.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nFor updates relating to the Calypso Monarch Competition, and all other aspects of Saint Lucia Carnival, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carnivalsaintlucia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.carnivalsaintlucia.com<\/a>\u00a0or @carnivalsaintlucia on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CPMC announces updates to its list of qualifiers for the Calypso Monarch Competition after qualifier and former monarch, Walleigh, announced his withdrawal from competition.\u00a0\u00a0As a result of the withdrawal, Herb Black, who was the calypsonian with the next highest point total from the semi-finals, will now qualify for this ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10872,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870\/revisions\/10872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}