Skinny Fabulous is New Soca Monarch

In front of a record attendance for a Soca Monarch show, or perhaps any event organised by the Carnival Development Corporation, Gamal ‘Skinny Fabulous’ Doyle did what was considered by many inconceivable when he dethroned six time winner Delroy ‘Fireman’ Hooper early Sunday Morning (July 6^th) at the Victoria Park.

Performing ‘Me Head Bad’ to a near capacity crowd of close to ten thousand jumping, waving, screaming carnival fans, Doyle turned a new page in the book of Vincy Soca Music, which is beginning to taken more seriously in the region and on an international level.

The young veteran will represent St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the International Soca Monarch competition in Trinidad and Tobago, where he stands a chance of collecting a cool million TT dollars should he convince the judges then as he was ably capable of doing in the national competition.

Skinny Fabulous relegated last year’s champion Hooper who performed ‘Who e hut e hut’ into second position, with 2007 Road March King Shertz ‘Problem Child James placing third with’ For Life’.

Performing ‘A Pain’, Garret John; ‘Icon’ placed foruth, and Montgomery ‘Demus’ Laborde was in the fifth position with ‘Crazy man’.

Considered one of the most competitive events in the 2008 carnival calendar to date, the artistes were judged of Lyrics, Melody, Performance and Crowd Response.

The other finalists were Poorsah, Coyaba, Lively, Fire Empress, Dani O, Daniele Viera, Bomani, Skarpyon, Homey, Full Clip, Tamisha, Alla G, KGB and Maddzart.