{"id":245103,"date":"2020-02-23T10:35:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-23T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=245103"},"modified":"2020-02-26T09:57:58","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T13:57:58","slug":"jay-dee-is-2020-calypso-monarch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/jay-dee-is-2020-calypso-monarch\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Dee is 2020 calypso monarch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A smiling Jaydee moments after being crowned 2020 Calypso Monarch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dominica has a new calypso monarch.<\/p>\n

Jude \u201cJay Dee\u201d Delauney, six years after he first entered the carnival calypso competition, has hit the jackpot.\u00a0 He delivered two sterling performances to outshine the nine other finalists at the finals which was held on Saturday night at the Windsor Park forecourt.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am elated, I am ecstatic, right now,\u201d Jay Dee told reporters shortly after being crowned. \u201cFrom 2014 to now it\u2019s a big improvement, two great songs.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cWe did it!\u201d<\/p>\n

The new Monarch said when a calypsonian has great songs the work is easier.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can see everything happening even before it happens, so it\u2019s just putting it into effect,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Jay Dee said that he was confident in his performance after the first round of competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like I set the bar for the whole competition and the Mas was just Mas,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Tasha P copped the 1st runner up position with De Webb taking 2nd runner up and Bingo securing the 3rd runner up position.<\/p>\n