00:00Give me a moment with my team. Let me pull back a little bit. I'm not retiring. I am pulling
00:08back to put my energies in other places that it is needed for the advancement of this music. I've always
00:15been there. I've always been that person doing that. And it ain't gonna change no time soon.
00:20The new roadmatch record holder, Marshall Montano, speaking during a media conference at the Queen's Park Oval on Thursday, following
00:26the declaration by Tuco that he won the 2026 roadmatch, his twelfth.
00:32Of those seven trucks that I sang on, the Tribe on Monday on the stage counted, the Hearts on Tuesday
00:40on the stage counted, and the Lost Tribe in Piccadilly counted. Three plays out of 171 plays.
00:48Three out of 171. Where am I, this crackhead, desperate, you know, everybody, this narrative that I jump in from
00:56truck to truck and I break any rules?
00:58Montano was joined by his team, including his manager, his producer, and his songwriter.
01:03Multiple different young people I have roadmatches with. So that 12 is not just about Marshall Montano. Let's celebrate those
01:09young people who have goals and dreams too.
01:11Next year, they might dream of a three-peat. Because now they have two back-to-back. They might need
01:16a three-peat, but not me.
01:18Somebody else they'll have to find. They could bring them and I could train them more.
01:22If, you know, if it's real good and it's easy.
01:27I was about to say, so you say.
01:28If it's real good and it's easy, because this year, oh my lord, it was not easy.
01:33TV6 News is short for the details.
01:36Jule Brown, TV6 News.
01:38Jule Brown.
01:41That's actually pretty good.
01:42The most difficult thing for you in this particular roadmatch competition, the biggest challenge you faced?
01:49Ah, boy.
01:51Just the, um...
01:55I don't know how to say this on camera, but just people coming out and saying that this song was
01:59dog s***.
02:00You know, somebody really, you know, out there, people out there, listening to this guy's work.
02:05Somebody write, come home.
02:07Stage gone bad.
02:08Party.
02:09I mean, we mustn't go out there and just, if it's not your cup of tea, it's not your cup
02:13of tea.
02:13But to actually look at lyrics like, you're only as good as your last performance and we're chasing greatness last
02:20year was good.
02:21When I heard this song, I was impressed.
02:23I am hard to impress.
02:24But what is his impression of the future of the roadmatch?
02:27Is there anything you would like to see changed in terms of how the roadmatch is determined?
02:33Some people would say, for example, in addition to the judging situation in the 21st century about online polling among
02:40masqueraders or anything like that?
02:42You know, I think that behind me now, that's not my job.
02:48That is for those who it's in front of to decide.
02:52Go and set out all your parameters.
02:55Don't like the competition when it's working for you and then don't like it when it's not working for you.
03:00The roadmatch record holder spoke further about what happens under the existing rules.
03:04The roadmatch is a song that is played the most times to cross the stage.
03:11It is misconstrued that the roadmatch is the biggest song for the carnival on the road.
03:16My song was not played the most on the road.
03:19Maybe have a next prize for the song, play the most on the road.
03:22If it's prize only one and prize only one and prize only one.
03:24But right now, this roadmatch prize, we just split this up and we could barely feed with dog.
03:28And I do have a dog.
03:30Montano said there were other challenges he and his team faced, some of which he didn't mention.
03:35He did say that they fought them with love.
03:39Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
03:44Jewel Brown, TV6 News.
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