Guyanese star to open Chutney Soca Monarch
Thursday, February 17 2011

TRINIDAD EXPRESS - By South Bureau - Guyana's top recording star Terry Gajraj will begin the battle for this year's NLCB Chutney Soca Monarch on Saturday night at Skinner Park, San Fernando. He chose the opening spot during a live television draw yesterday.

Fifteen finalists will compete for the top prize of $2 million in the Southex Promotions event. The theme this year is "Evolution" and concert performances by Machel Montano, Karma and 3 Veni will also be featured.

The finalists will perform in the following order —Terry Gajraj, Ravi B (defending champion), Sally Sagram, Artie Butkoon, O'Neil Bhajman, Drupatie Ramgoonai-Persad, Soca Elvis, Rikki Jai, Anil Bheem, Adesh Samaroo, Neeshan "Hitman" Prabhu, KI Persad, Kenneth Supersad, Rick Ramoutar and Hunter.