After returning to Calypso for his only release of the 2024 Carnival season, Montano proved that everything he touches still turns to gold.
Machel performed in third position at Sunday night’s Dimanche Gras at the Queens Park Savannah against reigning Monarch Duane Ta’Zayah O’Connor and ten others, but they just couldn’t get past his presentation of ‘Soul of Calypso’.
Former Calypso Monarchs Karene Asche and Roderick ‘Chuck’ Gordon were second and third respectively.
Mical Teja, who performed his powerhouse hit ‘DNA’, placed fourth.
Former Monarchs Helon Francis, Kurt Allen, and Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters finished fifth, eighth, and 10th respectively.
Defending champion Duane Ta’Zayah O’Connor was ninth overall.
Montano has now become the first person to win the Young Kings, Road March, Soca Monarch, and Calypso Monarch titles.
He told reporters that he will be back to defend his title in 2024.
“If you win a title, then you must defend it,” Montano said after receiving his prize of $500,000 and a $350,000 Suzuki motor vehicle.
The 10-time Road March champion was accompanied onstage by his mother, Elizabeth, and wife, Renee.
Montano ushered his beaming mother Elizabeth into the shiny maroon vehicle.
Official results were posted to the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation (TUCO) Facebook page around 2 am on Carnival Monday.
Roxanne Omala and Joseph Lewis were crowned the Queen and King of Carnival respectively at the Dimanche Gras show.
Omala portrayed ‘Queen Tarantula’ while Lewis performed ‘Xhiokomak-Lord of the Underworld.”
2024 Calypso Monarch – Results
1st – Machel Montano
2nd – Karene Asche
3rd – Roderick ‘Chuck’ Gordon
4th – Mical Teja
5th – Helon Francis
6th – Stacey Sobers
7th – Aaron Duncan
8th – Kurt Allen
9th- Duane Ta’Zayah O’Connor
10th – Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters
11th – Brian London
12th – Dillon Thomas – Dilly Suede