So­ca su­per­star Machel Mon­tano has an­oth­er ac­co­lade he wants to add to his al­ready full tro­phy cab­i­net.

He wants to per­form on the Sa­van­nah stage with a Steel­band for Panora­ma. 

He was speak­ing dur­ing TTT's broad­cast of the Panora­ma Se­mi Fi­nals af­ter Siparia Del­tones Steel Or­ches­tra per­formed.

" Of course, I have to play in a band on stage. This is my buck­et list. I want to be in the mid­dle of a band," Mon­tano said."

"I want to be in the mid­dle of it play­ing pan. I couldn't do it this year be­cause I have a Road March I look­ing out for,  I have a Chut­ney Monarch I look­ing out for,  I have a Ca­lyp­so Monarch I look­ing out for. I  have a lot of things go­ing on."

He didn't say which Steel­band he would join. 

Mon­tano does in fact have a lot go­ing on in Car­ni­val 2025. This is his first year com­pet­ing in the Chut­ney So­ca Monarch fi­nal. He goes up against a Chut­ney So­ca leg­end in his own right, Rik­ki Jai. 

"Rik­ki tell me he com­ing for the Road March. I say 'Rik­ki, a ten-time Road March cham­pi­on you want to beat? Now the ta­bles turned, he say, you want to beat a ten-time Chut­ney Monarch? It's all good fun. It's en­ter­tain­ing." 

Chut­ney So­ca Monarch Grand Fi­nals takes place on Sat­ur­day 1st March.

He'll al­so de­fend his Ca­lyp­so Monarch crown at Di­manche Gras on Sun­day 2nd March.

Mon­tano's "Pardy" is al­so a strong con­tender for Road March 2025.