00:00four verses per contestant from a topic chosen from a box in round one saw those vying for the
00:06national ex-tempo monarch 2026 crown warm up to the competition at napa it remains among the most
00:12challenging of competitions known for its on-the-spot thinking and poetic ability brian
00:19london came on in position number seven and selected the topic inheritance tax coming
00:24which he handled with an apparent ease as he led into his final verse london advised people not to
00:30look to the hgc for help it's best if you own your own property and leave it for your children
00:39because land is your legacy it's best you get peace of land and you build your own home for the
00:47bible
00:48say blessed is the child that has his own 2025 champion philip black sage marae chose the topic
01:00gunshots like rain in port of spain marae sang about the failed zones of special operations bill which
01:06he called a great idea and then made a suggestion to treat with crime they should introduce a gun
01:12amnesty and bringing the guns here in this country but you know i would tell you on the slime it
01:19are
01:19too much gunshots and it are far too much crime even the sex toys distributed by large mass band tribe
01:27became a topic with winston gypsy peters taking a stance against it referring to it as a degradation of
01:34morality and putting the country on notice i telling you well i want to know tell me how my country
01:41is
01:41coming so sex toy now next year we would sing and you will see in the bands they have the
01:47realty
01:50london and gypsy faced off among the final four in the ex-tempo war on project pothole
01:55surprisingly without taking any jabs at each other i an all experienced boy the pothole thing too
02:02as you say i feel they're trying to make money but they can't make it for me i have to
02:08beg them oh lord
02:09lord for goodness sake why so much for children right here we have a big pitch lake according to
02:15you well make no mistake trinidad have a big pitch lake but to fix the thing efficiently they had to
02:23put the pitch lake in the ministry gypsy place second in a competition and third place went to akim pretty
02:30chance who battled blind calypsonian and four-time champion the mighty lingo their topic this music is more
02:37the noise but tonight i didn't want to go so well because i was listening to freestyle but when i
02:45hear pretty at it was noise he was making for me however pretty stared clear instead channeling his
02:55verse towards his stepfather he said that i wouldn't make it in this life because i wanted to sing and
03:01i find wasn't right he said you only want to jump and wave and make some noise he telling me
03:06this i was
03:07a little boy and now times fast it's so plain to see eyes are superstar and everybody love pretty
03:15meanwhile pretty has retained his national freestyle monarch crown having topped the competition in 2025 as
03:21well his topic for the first round was tv commentators at calypso fiesta
03:26and them commentators boy oh lad it was like nail on the chalkboard oh gosh i don't know where the
03:37fire rockers for i tell a new boy if he was there he would i give you lyrics and rhyme
03:44break down every
03:45single score and ensure all the judges get sufficient time in the battle round he went up against fireball
03:52singing about lady lava or queen steam lady lava left you know she could pick all kind of mango
03:59she could pick banana as well but to pick a good man you know she can't tell i believe lady
04:05lava so
04:06strong cause no matter what wall you put up she knocks it down yeah and they cannot fight she she's
04:14the queen of steam while next to box hill better known as second star placed seventh in the ex-tempo
04:20finals he walked away in second place in the freestyle in what was his first time entering the competition
04:26myron bruce called calypso knight came in third there was a total of eight contestants in each
04:32competition before it was narrowed down to four each in the final round the first place prize in the
04:38national ex-tempo competition is two hundred thousand dollars while in the freestyle competition it is
04:44one hundred thousand dollars alicia boucher tv6 news
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