Savita Singh wins Chutney Soca Monarch finals

Savi­ta Singh cap­tured the ti­tles of Chut­ney So­ca Monarch and Queen of Chut­ney So­ca at the Grand Fi­nals held last night at Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do.

Women swept the top three po­si­tions in the com­pe­ti­tion, with Singh earn­ing a top score of 813 points from the nine judges. Rasi­ka Din­di­al placed sec­ond with 673 points, while La­dy La­va se­cured third place with 662 points. De­fend­ing cham­pi­on Machel Mon­tano fin­ished with 651 points. Four­teen con­tes­tants com­pet­ed in the fi­nals.

Singh be­came the first fe­male artiste to win the top prize in the 31-year his­to­ry of the com­pe­ti­tion. Din­di­al al­so re­ceived the Tra­di­tion­al Monarch ti­tle, which was in­tro­duced this year.

The Chut­ney So­ca Monarch fi­nals, staged on a Sun­day for the first time, drew one of the largest crowds record­ed at Skin­ner Park.

Or­gan­is­ers said all con­tes­tants de­liv­ered elab­o­rate pre­sen­ta­tions, with de­tailed stage set-ups at times caus­ing de­lays in the pro­gramme.