Global - From twenty-four, to twenty, to ten steelpan final night artists. And then there was one. PanoGrama 2022 champion Mathieu Borgne from France copped first place, ultimately besting his twenty-three co-competitors. Borgne afforded the audience and judges a unique interpretation of Donna Lee by Charlie Parker on his double seconds.
PanoGrama 2022 champion Mathieu Borgne in the
PanoGrama 2022 finals
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Borgne’s prize takeaway includes USD $1,000.00, a trip to the Bahamas courtesy that country’s Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, a Perfect Steel-branded tenor pan, and a private session with a world-renowned steel panist.
One point behind Borgne with a score of 94.7 was Hanif Goodridge of Trinidad & Tobago, who chose Maestro’s Fiery as his final night selection. His skilled arrangement, delivered with competence and fluidity was paired with a fairly red-hot presentation to match. Another Trinbagonian, Shaquille Forbes, rounded out the top three garnering 92.7 points after putting his steelpan ‘stamp’ on Caribe by Michel Camilo.
Hanif Goodridge in the PanoGrama 2022 finals
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image via screen grab
Nevin Roach, host - with co-host Aundrea
Wharton on finals night
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image via screen grab
The YouTube presentation of the three stages of competition was all helmed by Nevin Roach – founder and CEO of PanoGrama along with co-host Aundrea Wharton.
The talents of the original twenty-four steelpan musicians from the preliminary phase began the journey which led to the semi-finals, and ended on this night, with the proclamation of the third PanoGrama champion in a row. The very first competition unfolded during the height and lockdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020; Earl Brooks, Jr. triumphed in that inaugural event.
France was one of the five countries represented in this year’s finals, the others being Belize, Grenada, the USA and Trinidad & Tobago. No less than six panists from the latter, the home of Pan, featured in the final round.
Fans of the finalists kept the ‘Chat’ in the YouTube stream lively, throwing out their most expressive emojis, accompanied by encouragement and comments throughout. Relative to the fans, they too, had a say in the night’s ‘winners’ with their votes counting towards the ‘Best Dressed’ award going to Shaquille “Flogo” Forbes, and David Yundi capturing the special prize for ‘People’s Choice.’
PanoGrama 2022 Final RESULTS
| Result/ Score |
Name | Country | Tune of Choice/ Performer |
| 1st – 95.7 pts |
Mathieu Borgne | France | Donna Lee - (Charlie Parker) |
| 2nd – 94.7 pts |
Hanif Goodridge | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Fiery - (Maestro) |
| 3rd – 92.7 pts |
Shaquille Forbes | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Caribe - (Michel Camilo) |
| 4th – 91.3 pts |
David Yundi | USA | Festival Song - (Ella Andall) |
| 5th – 86 pts |
Aquila Pereira | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Portrait of Trinidad - (Mighty Sniper) |
| 6th – 85.7 pts |
Alexander Evans | Belize | Through the Fire - (Chaka Khan) |
| 7th – 83.3 pts |
Jaron Woodsley | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Pan in D Galaxy - (Vanessa Headley) |
| 8th – 82.3 pts |
Mikiel Smith | Grenada | I will survive - (Gloria Gaynor) |
| 9th – 80 pts |
Tevin Shockness | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Trouble In the Morning - (V’ghn) |
| 10th – 77.7 pts |
Emmanuel Joseph | Trinidad/ Tobago |
Poison - (Bell Biv DeVoe) |
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