The inaugural Magnum Top Performa competition has come to a close with King Calie being crowned winner during the live show aired December 18 on TVJ.

King Calie victory comes after more than three months of intense lyrical battles and creative performances with final voting closing midnight December 14.

In the final face off with Prince Saj, both competitors displayed professionalism, lyrical genius, and excellent performances to bring the first season to a close.

Kamal Powell, regional marketing manager for brand, said the Magnum Top Performa 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.

King Calie was at a loss for words.

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

King Calie walks away with $1 million and will have the opportunity to create a music video and a song, to be produced by Romeich Entertainment.

Prince Saj, the second place winner, will receive $300,000 and a feature on a compilation rhythm from Romeich Entertainment, while the other runners-up will receive $100,000 each.

Just as the top contestants leave with prizes, so does Davandrey Whyte, the winner of the prediction game.

Whyte takes home $50,000 for using the MagnumHub.tv platform to correctly guess who would reign supreme during the competition.

Music producer and artiste 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,” Major said.

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

The show had three rounds – the preliminaries, semi-finals, and the finals, where the Top Performa was crowned.

Viewers can catch rebroadcasts exclusively on the brand’s website at magnumhub.tv.