Lost TRIBE cops 2026 triple crown

The Lost Tribe has se­cured a clean sweep of the ma­jor Car­ni­val 2026 ti­tles, adding the Up­town Car­ni­val Im­prove­ment Com­mit­tee Band of the Year (Large) award to its pre­vi­ous Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion and Down­town vic­to­ries.

Pre­sent­ing “Is­land Cir­cus”, The Lost Tribe topped the UCIC Large Band cat­e­go­ry with 233 points. Trinidad All Stars placed sec­ond with “Sailors Ashore In Japan” on 231 points, while Pa­parazzi fin­ished third with “Elope-Des­ti­na­tion I Do” on 219 points.

In the Medi­um Band cat­e­go­ry, Im­age Na­tion took first place with “Kaiso Kaiso” (222 points), fol­lowed by Ex­ou­sia’s “Se­crets of Tanchico” (220 points) and K2K Al­liance & Part­ners’ “Pollen Hous­es” (217 points). Om­bre Mas and Cha­pala Mas round­ed out the top five.

Vibez Mas cap­tured the Small Band ti­tle with ‘Tra­di­tion­al­ly Rogue”, scor­ing 226 points. AWE Car­ni­val placed sec­ond, fol­lowed by An­tourage Pro­duc­tions in third. Adren­a­line City and The Orig­i­nal Jab Jab end­ed in a tie for fifth place.

In the Mi­ni Band cat­e­go­ry, Hot Stuff Pro­mo­tions won with “Colours of Gems & Jew­els” (213 points), ahead of Bel­mont Ex­ot­ic Styl­ish Sailors and Sim­ply Cul­tur­al.

The UCIC re­port­ed that more than 100 bands passed through the Pic­cadil­ly Greens judg­ing point be­tween Car­ni­val Sun­day and Car­ni­val Tues­day. Sec­re­tary Agnes Raghoo­bars­ingh de­scribed the cel­e­bra­tions as in­ci­dent-free and suc­cess­ful. The com­mit­tee has sug­gest­ed that Pic­cadil­ly Greens be made a com­pul­so­ry judg­ing point for fu­ture fes­tiv­i­ties.

The Up­town re­sults mir­ror the dom­i­nant run by The Lost Tribe and K2K Al­liance & Part­ners across Port of Spain. Ear­li­er, The Lost Tribe se­cured the Down­town Car­ni­val Com­mit­tee Large Band ti­tle, ahead of RC Mas Band’s “The Web We Weave” and Trinidad All Stars.

K2K Al­liance & Part­ners topped the Down­town Medi­um Band cat­e­go­ry with “Pollen Hous­es”, fol­lowed by Ki­net­ic Mas and Im­age Na­tion. In the Down­town Small Band cat­e­go­ry, Trib­al Con­nec­tion Cul­tur­al Pro­mo­tions claimed first place with “Thank You For the Years of More Mas Than Ar­se”, with The Orig­i­nal Jab Jab and Vibez Mas tak­ing sec­ond and third re­spec­tive­ly.