WITH the slew of wins, competitions that various monarchs won for the 2015 carnival season, the people of St Lucia have crowned their monarch, the People’s Monarch….Kerwin Bowers better known as Private 6.
This competition was started in 2009 by The Wave and returned in 2010 and again last year.
The Wave making its contribution to the carnival season with the most anticipated event “Outrageous Sexy in Black”, decided to revisit the promotion for 2015 because they believed it was important to hear the voices of its listeners and supporters of the various artistes presented for the carnival season.
The question was asked again: “Who is your Monarch for 2015”
There were three ways to vote: via the station’s FaceBook page, website, and texting the artiste’s name to 9415 from voter’s Digicel handset.
The competition which ran from June 24 to July 15 saw 34 artistes vying for the win. The list of nominees was narrowed down from week to week based on the highest votes.
According to the organizers, Feedback for this competition was definitely the biggest to date with over 22000 votes and participation from outside St. Lucia.
In the end Kerwin Bowers (stage name Private 6) garnered the most votes and was victorious with his song “On Fleek”.
Supporting the competition this year was returning sponsors Digicel, First Citizens and Automotive Art.
Private 6 walked away with a trophy, a Samsung Galaxy S5 handset compliments Digicel and $4,000 cash.