ORGANISERS of the Ultimate Soca Champion, introduced in 2025 as a replacement for the defunct Soca Monarch competition, are nervously awaiting feedback from the government ahead of Carnival 2026.

The competition was noticeably missing from the National Carnival Commission’s (NCC) 2026 calendar of events released on December 16.

Responding to queries from Newsday, Ultimate Soca Champion CEO Jerome “Rome” Precilla said, “We have formally written to the honourable Minister of Culture (Michelle Benjamin) and the National Carnival Commission requesting a meeting to discuss the status of the Ultimate Soca Champion competition for 2026. To date, we are still awaiting an official response.”