Dear Editor,
Please allow me to express my opinion on the Band Clash/Road March competition that took place on Saturday, April 14. For a local show, the show was well attended. People came out to have a good time – as for me and my friends we were having a good time.
The first segment of the show (Road March) started and the contestants all gave a nice performance. I felt so sorry for contestant #6, who had to stop the music during his performance when he realized that his music was not up to par. He expressed himself on Facebook the following day about the unfortunate situation. He stated that he worked so hard with his team only to be disappointed with the music. He stated that his mother came out to the Village to see his performance and then this happened. The young man was practically crying as he described his feelings.
Okay, then they went into the second segment the Band Clash. There were three bands taking part in this competition. They all had 30 minutes to do their thing. The second band to perform was the TG Band. Now this band rocked the crowd. The third band came – they were good but not as good as the TG Band. They came to the point for “Face off.” Again the TG Band was more impressive and that is how the crowd felt.
The MC asked the fans to come closer to the stage when he asked who they felt won the Band Clash. The crowd cheered very loud for TG Band then for XP. Okay, down to results. Make a long story short. The un-qualified judges gave the win to XP Band. They did not deserve the win. No matter what local competition you attend there is always a cheating going on. To make things fair bring in judges from abroad who do not know the contestants. Let's be fair: give credit where credit is due.
Came to result for the Road March, the MC announced the wrong contestant as the winner, where he jumped for joy to the floor of the stage, only for the MC to do a “Steve Harvey” moment with “I made a mistake, I was wrong, King James is the winner.” This is crazy. This year there are no Queen Shows, but the end result of this show is the same thing. Bad judging.
Janice P. James
Carnival-lover
