Record Car­ni­val King Cur­tis Eu­stace has strong­ly crit­i­cised the T&T Car­ni­val Bands As­so­ci­a­tion (TTC­BA) for its or­gan­i­sa­tion of this year’s Car­ni­val King and Queen com­pe­ti­tion.

Eu­stace, who man­aged to suc­cess­ful­ly de­fend the crown he won in 2025 to in­crease his im­pres­sive record to 11 ti­tles, is­sued the sting­ing cri­tique as he un­cer­e­mo­ni­ous­ly ex­it­ed the stage at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah af­ter be­ing an­nounced the win­ner on Sun­day night.

He point­ed out that while the top per­form­ers in the Ca­lyp­so Monarch com­pe­ti­tion, host­ed by the Trin­ba­go Uni­fied Ca­lyp­so­ni­ans Or­gan­i­sa­tion (TU­CO), were pre­sent­ed with tro­phies and told of their prizes, he and 2026 Car­ni­val Queen Rox­anne Oma­lo were left in the dark in terms of their re­wards and were made to stand awk­ward­ly dur­ing the prize-giv­ing cer­e­mo­ny.