Extempo Monarch is the title awarded to the winner of an annual extempo competition held at the Trinidad Carnival.
A number of contestants (in 2006 there were 8) compete in preliminary rounds. The Final consists of a head-to-head contest between the two most successful performers.
In the preliminary rounds contestants must perform improvised calypso lyrics according to the conventions of the genre on topics drawn at random from a prepared list. In the Final round the contestants improvise on the same topic.
2006 Extempo Monarch
editThe 2006 Final was contested by Black Sage and Sheldon John singing on the topic "Kudos To Radio Trinbago".
The winner and Extempo Monarch 2006 was Sheldon John.
Recent Extempo Monarchs
edit- 2007 Joseph "Lingo" Vautor-La Placeliere
- 2008 Joseph "Lingo" Vautor-La Placeliere
- 2009 Joseph "Lingo" Vautor-La Placeliere
- 2010 Winston “Gypsy” Peters
- 2011 Sheldon John
- 2012 Lady Africa (Leslie Ann Bristow)
- 2013 Lady Africa (Leslie Ann Bristow)
- 2014 Brian London
- 2015 Joseph "Lingo" Vautor-La Placeliere
- 2016 Winston “Gypsy” Peters
- 2017 Winston “Gypsy” Peters [1]
- 2018 Myron "Incredible Myron B" Bruce [2]
- 2019 Brian London [3]
- 2020 Brian London [4]
- 2023 Brian London [5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "T&T Guardian". Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
- ^ Mondezie, Michael. "Myron B dethrones veteran Gypsy". Trinidad Express Newspapers.
- ^ "Brian London is the 2019 Extempo monarch". www.guardian.co.tt.
- ^ "London retains Extempo title". Trinidad Express Newspapers.
- ^ "London takes extempo crown, Bruce is Freestyle Monarch". www.newsday.co.tt.