PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Historical past repeated itself within the 2024 Panorama competitors right here on Saturday evening when a tie was declared for the highest place with the standard massive band entrance runners, BP Renegades and Massy Trinidad All Stars, operating away with the a million greenback (One TT greenback=US$01.6 cents) prime prize on the Queen’s Park Savannah.
In 1985, Renegades tied with Desperadoes, with each bands taking part in Lord Kitchener’s “Pan Night time and Day.” Nevertheless, this time round, Renegades for its efficiency of Mical Teja’s tune “DNA” and All-Stars with the “Inventor” by Olatunji, each scored 285 factors as Trinidad and Tobago’s 2024 Carnival celebration reaches its climax with the standard avenue parade on Tuesday.
Nevertheless, Renegades continued to be concerned within the historical past of the celebrations, successful 13 Panorama titles and shifting forward of Desperadoes, with which it beforehand shared 12 titles.
Republic Financial institution Exodus positioned third with 283 factors for its efficiency of the tune, Lengthy Time” by the late Montserrat singer Alphonsus “Arrow” Cassell.
Desperadoes, taking part in “DNA,” was concerned in a tie for the fourth place with Proman Starlift Metal Orchestra that performed Lord Kitchener’s “Pan in A Minor Remastered,” with each bands scoring 280 factors.
Republic Financial institution Exodus positioned third with 283 factors for its efficiency of Lengthy Time, a tune by Arrow.
The carnival celebrations proceed on Sunday evening with the Calypso Monarch competitors that may have Soca star Machel Montano and one in every of this yr’s well-known singers, Mical Teja, competing.
Reigning Calypso Monarch Ta’zyah O’Connor will come up towards 11 different opponents, every of whom has eight minutes to carry out on the present with the theme “Carnival Come Again–The Ritual.”
The competitors may even characteristic former winners Kurt Allen and Karene Asch, in addition to the veteran Winston “Gypsy” Peters and newcomers Helon Francis and Stacey Sobers.
The opposite opponents for the primary prize of TT$500,000 (One TT greenback=US$0.16 cents) and a car are Aaron Duncan, Brian London, Mical Williams, and Roderick Gordon.
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