Tanola Jackson, STAR Writer

( L - R ) Baby Tash, Tellah

It's down to 10 finalists in The STAR-sponsored Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall Competition.

The finalists - DJ, Lushus, Mollo B, Monalisa, Senita, Tellah, DJ Chromaz, Day Injah, Baby Tash and Singer Jah - put on quite a show for the judges and audience members, last Saturday.

Like the previous week, contestants got the chance to perform two songs, a dancehall favourite and the other an original.

Lushus was the first to open the show, performing Tanya Stephens' These Streets, which she did well with ease.

Mollo B was next doing Busy Signal's Wine Pon Di Edge, while displaying as usual his wining skills for screaming female audience members. Guest judges Spice and Miss Kitty were among those who enjoyed his performance.

"Your performance was refreshing, Busy would not be upset. You are an entertainer and you also know how to interact wid di ladies," Miss Kitty said.

Said Spice: "I love to see a man move an can entertain di people."

Next up was Monalisa doing Queen Ifrica's Below Di Waist. According to Skatta, her performance needed more work.

"You went below the bar in terms of your performance an yuh need to step up the keys," he said.

Senita proved he was far from boring when he came out performing Assassin's Boring Gal, which went well and was hit with ladies.

Tellah was next performing Lady Saw's Man A Di Least. The audience and judges loved her performance.

"I think the song fit your image, you have vibes and di ting sell off," said Skatta.

Senita

DJ followed, doing Baby Cham's Ghetto Story, but failed to finish the song because he had difficulties remembering some of words.

DJ Chromaz performance of Spice's Hot Gal was far from hot and was instead dull and boring. All the judges agreed she needed to work on her delivery.

"When you're an entertainer yuh have to entertain di people," Skatta noted.

Day Injah came out doing Erup's Click Mi Finga. The audience loved his performance.

Baby Tash gave a fair performance with her song Ehh Em by Lady Saw.

Singer Jah was the final act to take the stage and tore the place down withGinjah's Music Alone.

"Yuh bad, you are a real king, trust me, yuh bad," Spice said.

The contestants then returned to the stage performing this time original songs.

Mollo B failed to woo the audience and judges with his second performance, which they felt was a disappointment.

"First performance was better, always try to go higher and higher," Spice said.

"I'm hearing you, but you did not excite me. Your performance wasn't captivating enough," Miss Kitty stated.

All the other contestants made fair attempts, except for Tellah and Singer Jah who gave exceptionally good performances for the night.

The two contestants sent packing after receiving the lowest number of votes from the previous week were Empress Lyrics and Konscious.

Singer Jah - Nathaniel Stewart