{"id":11542,"date":"2024-07-14T06:51:31","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/?p=11542"},"modified":"2024-07-14T06:51:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:51:31","slug":"dezral-captures-the-2024-calypso-monarch-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/dezral-captures-the-2024-calypso-monarch-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Dezral Captures the 2024 Calypso Monarch Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nThe 2024 Calypso Monarch is Dezral from the Fire One Calypso Tent. Dezral delivered two compelling performances of his songs \u2018De Biggest Gun\u2019, and \u2018A Wish For Fish \u2018, securing his place as King.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWith 7 former calypso monarchs and other extremely talented acts among the list of contenders for this year\u2019s title, patrons and judges enjoyed outstanding performances from contenders, all contributing to a night of high-quality entertainment.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe results for this year\u2019s Calypso Monarch Competition are as follows:\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Rank<\/strong><\/th>\r\nCalypsonian<\/strong><\/th>\r\nTent<\/th>\r\nPoints<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n
Winner<\/strong><\/td>\r\nDezral<\/td>\r\nFire One<\/td>\r\n785<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1st\u00a0Runner- Up<\/strong><\/td>\r\nTC Brown<\/td>\r\nKaiso Pro\u2019s Tent<\/td>\r\n736<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2nd\u00a0Runner- Up<\/strong><\/td>\r\nMenell<\/td>\r\nSouth Calypso Tent<\/td>\r\n734<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3rd\u00a0Runner- Up<\/strong><\/td>\r\nHerb Black<\/td>\r\nTOT\/Soca Village<\/td>\r\n733<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nCommenting on his win, King Dezral said \u201cWinning the monarch again is surreal. I was confident in not just my performance, but the quality of my songs. It feels good to have songs that can edge out former monarchs and crowd favourites.\u2019 This is Dezral\u2019s second time claiming the Calypso Monarch title.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"\"<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe other participating calypsonians include 2023 Calypso King: Ti Blacks, Educator, Mica, Solange, Ti Carro, and crowd favourite, Gamtion.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nLucian Carnival will come to a climax this weekend with the Junior Carnival Parade on Sunday, July 14, J\u2019Ouvert on July 15, and the Parade of the Bands through the City of Castries on July 15 and 16, 2024.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTo stay informed on updates on Saint Lucia Carnival go to\u00a0www.carnivalsaintlucia.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow @carnivalsaintlucia on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2024 Calypso Monarch is Dezral from the Fire One Calypso Tent. Dezral delivered two compelling performances of his songs \u2018De Biggest Gun\u2019, and \u2018A Wish For Fish \u2018, securing his place as King. With 7 former calypso monarchs and other extremely talented acts among the list of contenders for ...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11542","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\/11542","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=11542"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11544,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11542\/revisions\/11544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rcistlucia.com\/staging\/5763\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}