The queen of the pack dealt her cards right!

Sacaj, the lone female in the Jamaica 60 Festival Song Competition walked away with $3 million in cash after she flipped the script on her male competitors to win the competition with her crowd pleaser Nuh Weh Nice Like Yard.

The show was held at the National Indoor Sports Centre in Kingston last night (July 28).

The top three was rounded out with Magic Flute’s I am a Proud Jamaican coming in second while, surprisingly, Nitty Kutchie’s Defend Jamaica, which had been endorsed by veteran dancehall artistes such as Bounty Killer and Buju Banton, came in third.

The grand prize money of $3 million is split among the producer, writer and singer.

The other finalists in this year’s competition were: Dez I Boyd (Jamaica Sweet Again); by Intrestt (Rock to da Beat); Inspiyah (Jamaica Nice Again); Nazzle Man (Out Of Many); One1 (Sixty); Orkid ( Diamond Jubilee); and Rory Stamp ( Bring Back The Love).

IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE

Dressed to impress in her Jamaican colours Sacaj gave a powerful performance where she left the stage and walked between the aisles and even lured a male member of the audience out of his seat.

“If yu proud ah yu place, buss a blank,” she shouted out to the excited crowd.

The show was aired live on Television Jamaica (TVJ) and the Public Broadcasting Corporation of Jamaica (PBCJ), and streamed live on the Jamaica Cultural Development Commission website, YouTube channel and the Culture Ministry’s and the minister’s Facebook pages.

The Festival Song Competition is one of the many events that are a part of the celebrations in place for Jamaica’s Diamond Jubilee. This year, Jamaica marks its 60th anniversary of independence, under the theme, ‘Re-igniting a Nation for Greatness’.