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Savi­ta Singh has be­come the first fe­male Chut­ney So­ca Monarch (CSM) af­ter a heat­ed fi­nal at Skin­ner Park, San Fer­nan­do, on Sun­day night. How­ev­er, her achieve­ment has been met with scathing crit­i­cism by some con­tes­tants and fans.

Chut­ney so­ca lovers poured in­to the venue as 14 artistes vied for the cov­et­ed crown. Singh, a wild­card en­try, amassed 813 points from the nine judges to win the $400,000 top prize and a $30,000 bonus for al­so se­cur­ing the Queen of Chut­ney ti­tle with her song, The Ring.

In fact, women claimed the top three po­si­tions, as Rasi­ka Din­di­al placed sec­ond with 673 points and La­dy La­va was third with 662 points. Din­di­al earned $100,000 and an ad­di­tion­al $30,000 af­ter be­ing crowned Tra­di­tion­al Monarch, a new cat­e­go­ry in­tro­duced this year, while La­dy La­va re­ceived $75,000. De­fend­ing monarch Machel Mon­tano fin­ished fourth with 651 points.