Tonight, July 15th, it is the Barbados Calypso Monarch Semi-finals at the National Stadium!

It's that time again during the Crop-Over Festival when many of us who like good music focus our attention on a keen competition to see who will be judged worthy of moving on to the Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monarch Finals taking place on Saturday July 30th at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown by a panel of ten judges selected by the National Cultural Foundation of Barbados! Here is a list of the calypsonians performing for the eight spots available to compete against reigning Monarch Classic:

2016 MQI/Mount Gay PIC-O-DE-CROP COMPETITION
tabulated by Price Waterhouse Coopers SRL
TENT	ARTIST
Cave Shepherd All Stars Calypso Tent	Adela
Cave Shepherd All Stars Calypso Tent	Aziza
Cave Shepherd All Stars Calypso Tent	Colin Spencer
Cave Shepherd All Stars Calypso Tent	Donella
De Big Show	Adonijah
De Big Show	Adrian Clarke
De Big Show	Chrystal Cummins-Beckles
De Big Show	iWeb
De Big Show	Jamal Slocombe (JSlo)
De Big Show	T.C
Headliners Tent	Mr. Blood
Headliners Tent	Smokey Burke
House of Soca	Amazing Dre
House of Soca	Sammy G
House of Soca	Sir Ruel
Super Gladiators	Julie
The Experience Calypso Tent	Apache
The Experience Calypso Tent	Billboard
RESERVE
Cave Shepherd All Stars Calypso Tent	Hee Haw

Songs are as follows:

JSlo:                 Be A Politician & The New Normal

Billboard:          State of te Art & Lick Dem

MrBlood:           Female Monarchy & How To Get Away With Murder

Ah-Dee-Lah:      I Now Land & Barbados Your Mother

 Adonijah:         Bashment Commentary & That Is a Bajan

Donella:            The Criteria & The Vision

Julie:                 Barbados Happy 50th & You Can Do Better

T.C.:                  Tek What Yuh  Get & Golden Age

Apache:             Mr. Forgetful & For De People

Sir Ruel:            Save the Environment & Paper View

Chrystal Cummings-Beckles: That's What Barbados Means to Me & Hall of Fame

Aziza:                  One People One Nation & Bring Back Respect

iWeb [Ian Webster]:      Rights & Big Up

Amazing Dre:        Meterological Terms & Granny

AC [Adrian Clarke]:     49 Not Out & What Is A Politician

Smokey Burke:      King Kaiso & All The Way to the Bank

Colin Spencer:      No Trussing & Toilet Paper

Sammy G:            Colour Blind & Optimistic