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Three-time Chutney Soca Monarch Kris ‘KI’ Persad will return to the competition this year, where he will attempt to dethrone reigning champ Machel Montano.

KI has been absent from the competition for a decade.

He was among 33 artistes qualifying for the semi finals of the competition to be held at the Flava Food Village, Queens Park Savannah, Port-of-Spain, on January 30.