Young Lyrics and Tian Winter were crowned champions at the 2026 Inet Party Monarch competition Sunday night at the Antigua Recreation Grounds.
Young Lyrics won the Groovy Soca Monarch title, followed by Tian Winter and Vicious. Tian Winter later captured the Jumpy Soca Monarch crown, with Ballo placing second and Kid Fresh third.
The annual Carnival competition featured original music, energetic performances and elaborate stage productions from some of Antigua and Barbuda’s leading soca artistes.
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They rob the youth man Ballo, but his year should be a busy one for him, with great management that knows how to promote, since the tune have what it takes to get any crowd moving, so don’t come with no diction and clarity crap, cause over the years I’ve sat back, watch and listen tunes where the criteria was no way to be found, some even sang the same verse over and over and still ended up the winner. Even in the Groovy, the Rasta man Bless I should’ve definitely be in the top three and they just closed their eyes and ears. We may as well go back to importing judges. Look at how they do Ge-Eve! Was her song and presentation that bad? Did she messed up on the so-call criteria? Plus over the years even though a king or queen may have been defeated, they would’ve still be placed in the top three. I notice the Villan and the Prince jumping from truck to truck pushing their tunes, which is great promotion by the youth man them, but wasn’t this an issue just a few years ago in TnT when Machel Montano was a accused by the other artists of doing the same thing?