King Calie Emerges As Winner Of Magnum’s ‘Top Performa’

The inaugural Magnum Top Performa competition has come to a close after over three months of intense lyrical battles and creative performances.

Voting for the competition closed on Tuesday, December 14 at midnight, with King Calie emerging as winner of the competition during a live show on TVJ on Saturday (December 18).

Following his big win, King Calie, who was at a loss for words shared he was super excited about taking home the crown, noting that this was just the beginning for him.

“The competition was great! All the contestants did really well and I am just so happy to have come out on top, ” said King Calie.

“I am so overwhelmed and just grateful to Magnum Tonic Wine and Romeich for this opportunity. It was a lot of work, but it paid off in the end,” he added.

King Calie walks away with a million dollars and will have the opportunity to create a music video and a song, to be produced by Romeich Entertainment. Second place winner, Price Saj, will receive $300,000 and a feature on a compilation rhythm from Romeich Entertainment, while the other runners-up will receive $100,000 each.

According to Regional Marketing Manager, Kamal Powell, the Magnum Top Performa show far exceeded everyone’s expectations

“We knew what we wanted to achieve with this competition, we wanted to unearth and hone talent and introduce them to the music and entertainment, but we never anticipated the impact it would have on the contestants or the support the brand would get. The debut of this competition has been nothing short of remarkable,” Powell said.

Music producer and artist manager as well as partner in Magnum Top Performa, Romeich Major had nothing but well wishes for the winner, and fellow participants.

“Congratulations to King Calie our overall winner. Also hats off to all the contestants, you all showed true professionalism, creativity, and lyrical skills, keep going, every one of you has what it takes to make it,” he said.

Magnum Top Performa is a lyrical face-off competition where initially 16 artistes clashed against each other every Thursday over fifteen (15) weeks, freestyling to ‘16 bars’ on rhythms played by a host DJ.