An­ge­lo Mar­celle

Er­rol Bal­lan­tyne, bet­ter known as Bal­ly, is the new Tu­co East Zone Ca­lyp­so Monarch. The vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian won the ti­tle on Sat­ur­day night at the La Hoya Au­di­to­ri­um in St Joseph. Known for his pop­u­lar dit­ty Sha­ka Sha­ka, Bal­ly sang Ami­go as his first song, in the fifth po­si­tion. Sha­ka Sha­ka was his sec­ond ren­di­tion. Plac­ing sec­ond was Win­ston Scar­bor­ough (D Orig­i­nal De Fos­to Him­self).

Ten oth­er con­tes­tants vied for the po­si­tion, in­clud­ing de­throned 2008 king An­tho­ny E Phillips (Broth­er Valenti­no), who gave a splen­did show­ing with his com­po­si­tion Fools Par­adise and re­ceived nu­mer­ous prais­es from the au­di­ence

San­gre Grande singer Jer­vae Cae­sar placed third. The reign­ing Young King sang Buy Lo­cal and Car­ry Me. Jer­vae brought tele­vi­sion per­son­al­i­ty Er­rol Fabi­an on stage as an em­blem of true pa­tri­o­tism. Both men re­ceived stand­ing ova­tions.