Bunji, Voice and Machel among 18 competing for Road March title

CHESTER SAM­BRA­NO

Lead Ed­i­tor – News­gath­er­ing

The Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans’ Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO) has con­firmed the reg­is­tered sub­mis­sions for the Na­tion­al Road March Com­pe­ti­tion 2026.

Fol­low­ing the close of reg­is­tra­tion, some 18 songs have been of­fi­cial­ly en­tered.

Yes­ter­day, so­ca artiste Bun­ji Gar­lin dis­closed that he en­tered the 2026 Road March com­pe­ti­tion af­ter pre­vi­ous­ly de­clar­ing he would step away from the con­test fol­low­ing last year’s con­tro­ver­sy in­volv­ing a tab­u­la­tor.

TU­CO re­mind­ed the pub­lic that the Road March win­ner is de­ter­mined by the song played the high­est num­ber of times at des­ig­nat­ed judg­ing points dur­ing the Pa­rade of the Bands on Car­ni­val Mon­day and Car­ni­val Tues­day.

The or­gan­i­sa­tion ex­tend­ed best wish­es to all com­peti­tors and looks for­ward to an ex­cit­ing and close­ly con­test­ed Road March as the na­tion cel­e­brates Car­ni­val 2026.

Reg­is­tered Road March songs for 2026

Aaron St Louis (Voice) – Cyah Be­have

Ian Al­varez (Bun­ji Gar­lin) – Road Man

Jenelle Ali­cia De Leon (J An­gel) – Leg­go

Ken­son Nep­tune (Nin­ja) – Pen­sion­er's An­them

Ko­ry Hart & Kevon Hart – Re­spect­ful­ly Yours

Kwe­sie Paul (Shot­talinkz) – Beat­ing Road

Kwe­sie Paul (Shot­talinkz) – Drinker

Leonce Tay­lor – Ready Up

Leslie Ann St. Cler­mont (Sofi Saint) – Pow­er Mode

Lin­coln Dou­glas (D'Anger D) – Stage Is Mine

Machel Mon­tano – En­core

Machel Mon­tano & Paris Coutain – Move Out D Way

Mar­cus Brave­boy (Brave­boy) – Love On D Road

Mi­cal Te­ja & Patrice Roberts – Cap­i­tal

Nes­ta Box­ill (Sekon Sta) – Eu­pho­ria

Paul Lal­la (Rack3Six) – Lu­natic

San­dra Paisy Em­manuel (Queen Steam) – 2 Ah Dem

Steve Gob­ert (Chov­el) – Big­ger Bad­der