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Trinidad and Tobago had a surprisingly uplifting carnival with excellent music and new emerging stars that bodes well for the future of this yearly festival. The steel bands have taken a prominent role as a driving force, especially for those living overseas who want to view this event online.
Now that King Carnival has concluded, preparations for the upcoming year are already underway. Reviews of what went wrong and what can be done better, along with new ideas, will be conducted, and a new plan will be put in place for the next year. While all of this is happening, people are searching online for the results of the recently completed Carnival 2025. We have put together most of the results and will update the post as more information becomes available.
In the meantime, we encourage everyone to share their experiences and highlights from the event in the comments section. Your insights will enrich our coverage and help shape future Carnivals into even more exciting and memorable celebrations.
National Panorama Results/Pan Trinbago
Single Pan Bands
- San Juan East Side Symphony—The Guns—Duvonne Stewart—284 points
- Chord Masters Steel Orchestra—Swing Engine—André White—276
- Metro Stars Steel Orchestra—Disco Daddy—Kersh Ramsey—272
Small Conventional Steelbands
- T&TEC New East Side Dimension & Golden Hands Steel Orchestra (SCBF2025-Tie)
Medium Conventional Steelbands
- Katzenjammers Steel Orchestra—267 Points
- Pan Elders Steel Orchestra—Mih Lover—272 Points
- NGC Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra—Cut The Bush—271 Points
Large Conventional Steelbands
- Republic Bank Exodus—Too Own Way—Voice—Terrance "BJ" Marcelle—288 Points
- bp Renegades Steel Orchestra—Bet Meh—Machel Montano—Duvon Stewart—285
- Heritage Petroleum Skiffle Steel Orchestra—Retro—Voice—André White—283
Junior Panorama Champions
Primary Schools
- Sand Boys Steel Orchestra—Dingolay-Shadow—70 Points
- St. Margarets Boys Anglican—DNA-Mical Teja—268
- Febeau Pan Giants-Runaway—Mical Teja—257
Secondary Schools Panorama Champions
- Bishops Anstey & Trinity College East—Trinidad Sweet-Voice & V'ghn—267 Point
- NAPS Combined Steel Orchestra—Buss Head-MM & Bunji—tied with Saint Francois Girls College—Bun Dem—Black Stalin—266 Points
National Under 21
- Renegades Youth Steel Orchestra—Inventor-Olatunji—285 Points
- Invaders Youth Steel Orchestra—Pan in A Minor—Lord Kitchener—tied with Supernovas Youth Steel Orchestra—Energy Killers-Kerwin Du Bois—278
Chutney/Chutney Soca Champions
- Chutney Soca Monarch—Machel Montano
- Reshma Ramlal—Queen of Chutney
The Champion Stick Fighter for Carnival 2025
- Anderson Marcano
- Oniel Odle
Reigning Champs of Soca
- Blaka Dan—Ultimate Soca Champion
- Zachary Ransome—Primary School Junior Soca Monarch
- Jaleese Lazarus—Secondary School Junior Soca Monarch
Youth Soca Champion
- Sucre - The Greatest - 366.5 points
- Verse—Pump It Up—331 points
- Christo—Unity—330.5 points
Calypso Champions
- Helon Francis—National Calypso Monarch (Senior)
- Xaiden Darius—Junior Calypso Monarch
- Singing Sonia—NWAC National Calypso Monarch
- Squeezy Rankin—Young King Calypso Monarch
- Phillip Murray—Black Sage—Extempore Calypso Champion
- Akeem Chance—Preedy—Freestyle Calypso Champion
Brass Bacchanal Champions
- Kern Summerville & The Sensational Band—Bet Meh—358 points—National Brass Champs.
- D All Starz—All Ah We Is One Family—349 points
- Brass 2 The World—Drunk and Disorderly—348 points
Road March Champion 2025
- Pardy—Machel Montano—267 Plays—National Road March Champion
- Carry It—Bunji Garlin—253
- Thousands—Ian Alvarez (Bunji Garlin)—22
Champs of Carnival Mas Bands
Senior Band of the Year
- Mini—Moko Somokow-Cane, The 1805 Christmas Rebellion
- Small—Tribal Connection Cultural-Promotions - A Tribute to Indian Mas
- Medium—Kirk Alliance & Partners—Holy Trespassers: Life's Bitter-Sweet and Savvy Moments
- Large—The Lost Tribe—Lost in Time
Junior Band of the Year
- Junior Mini Band—St Bridges Girls RC School—Up Up and Beyond
- Junior Small Band—House of Jacqui—Spectrum of Life
- Junior Medium Band—Coco-Lily Productions—Trini Bush Medicine
- Junior Large Band—Zebapique Productions—Yuh Ever See
Kings of the Bands (Parade of the Bands)
Senior King of Carnival
- Curtis Eustace—Spirit of ‘D’ Gasparee Cave
- Fareid Carvalho—Dralozo A Being From The Sun
- Errol Sookdeo—An African Drummer
- Antonio Rampersad—Jungle Fever
- Khayri-Jaalam Williams—Secrets of the Sky
- Ares Barkarr—Serpent of Lalah
Queens of the Bands (Parade of the Bands)
Senior Queen of Carnival
- Roxanne Omalo—Sirena—Mistress of the Seas—443 pts
- Rana Kandoo—Maiya, Goddess of Creation—439 pts
- Nicole Hercules—De Tiger Butterfly—429 pts
Junior Queen of Carnival
- J'Nai Edwards—Medicine Woman—408 Points
- Yvonne Rose Mack—The Meandering Mandarin of Salah It—405 Points
- Annalee Rampersad—The Beauty of Love—403 Points
Brass Band on the Road Carnival Monday & Tuesday
- Dil E Nadan/The Music Boss Raymond Ramnarine
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Carnival Results 2025
Origin: Trinidad, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago
Carnival Lagniappe Video Courtesy: WACK Visual Radio 90.1FM
Code: CRTT2025
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