‘Lexie,’ Anika, and Zion triumph at Junior Calypso, Soca Monarch

Princess Alexcia ‘Lexie’ Deshong from the Sandy Bay Secondary School has emerged as winner in the 2025 Junior Soca Monarch, while Aniek Stapleton of the Evesham Methodist School and Zion Lewis of the St Joseph’s Convent Kingstown were crowned the Calypso Monarchs at the Primary and Secondary levels respectively.

With her song, ‘Litty Litty,’ Deshong scored a total of 414 points at the annual event at Victoria Park on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Her schoolmate, Kyron Adams, placed second with 356 points after performing his song ‘Van Man’; while the