Twenty three DJ’s are carded to compete for $200,000 winner take all cash prize, the winners trophy and one year bragging rights and Guyana’s number one Deejay at the Umbrella Resort on Sunday.
But according to promoter Serettee McAllister aka DJ Face there will also be prizes and trophies for the second place finisher and the most consistent DJ while a Mr. Hype will also be crowned.
This publication understands that show time is 16:00hrs but all Deejays are scheduled to arrive at the Umbrella Resort by 13:00hrs, barring which they face elimination from the competition once it gets started.
Eliminations will be done in each round depending on the amount of Deejays in the competition while the emcees are DJ Bevaughn out of stereo Sonics and DJ Gringo of Slingerz.
Round one dubbed anything goes allows each Deejay to play for four minutes and any one who plays back a tune or use of profanity will be eliminated.
In round two the focus will be on consistency in juggling making allowance for each Deejay to play at least four different genres of music during a three minutes period for each DJ. The winner will take home a trophy and a cash prize but it is also an elimination round.
Mr. Hype will be the main focus of round three through which each Deejay will play one song and the one who gets the most forward will receive a cash prize and a trophy and again there will be some elimination.
For round four the women will take the Deejay spotlight and will each be given two minutes to prove themselves the best and elimination will be done.
Round five is a remembrance tribute round that will feature the deejays spinning the music of deceased artistes for two minutes each and another elimination will occur. The final round is the hyped famous tune for tune clash and each Deejay will play four selections to determine the first, second and third place finishers in the competition.
The list of deejays for the show include Slata, Big Head, Fire House slata, Junior, Chappy, Moses, Turner, Father Moey, Delon, David Hype, McGregor, Stone, Tyson, Deckie, Famous, Aguard, Magnum, Gaddkid, Long John, Selctor David, Cheddie and Killer.
Staged by the Full-Bloom entertainment group headed by McAllister the event is sponsored by GT&T, ANSA McAl, Giftland, F&T designs, K&R Auto Spares, White Castle and Wind Jammers as well as HJTV.