Host Empress (right) announces the fate of the male contestants during the Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall show last Saturday. - Colin Hamilton photos

The contestants of the Magnum Kings and Queens competition brought their game harder last Saturday night, as some of the contestants showed a more versatile side to their talent.

As the show gets closer to choosing its new king and queen, the contestants showed off their different sides through their song choices.

Kicking off the show with sexy designs from Yardy Conscious, the three ladies vying to be Professor Nuts' 'wild card': (Riddim Queen, Queen Doll and Chin Hype), battled it out, with Queen Doll getting another chance to struther stuff.

soca-ish vibe

Gibralta explored a soca-ish vibe with Whine Fi Mi to which Scatta commended, "nice fi know sey yuh mix up di ting, past weeks it's been really ruff and yuh come wid a girls song."

Reggae Queen followed, dazzling audiences with her lyrical content as she hit out at grudgeful women. Guest judge I-Octane liked Reggae Queen's lyrics but thought she could work on her stage performance, while Professor Nuts loved the deejay's story-telling abilities.

Black Tallant's Hot Like Dem had persons comparing him to the gravelly voiced, incarcerated deejay Buju Banton, saying if he honed his unique voice he could make it far in the business.

While Mysterious did well last week, this week the deejay wasn't as energetic as usual, with Miss Kitty telling her, "with competition like Reggae Queen yuh need to come better, it wata down bad."

Press Fyah's reggae song had the crowd giving him forwards throughout his performance, as Nuts praised the singer for always delivering week after week.

war mode

Gallawas was feisty on stage as she went into war mode for her song Nuh Gal Cyaan War Mi. Scatta said he loved the youngster's determination while Kitty liked her improvement but still wanted to hear Gallawas' "knock out punches".

Ms Kitty's wildcard Juggla made her proud with his sharply worded We Trade Guns for Girls; as Kitty said, "lyricsmad, salient points, yuh hit hard every time and yuh keep us entertained."

Another contestant who wowed last week but didn't get such a good response from the judges was Bumpa. I-Octane said her stage performance could use some work.

begged fans

The energetic Tanto Blacks didn't disappoint, jumping around and utilizing the stage, as he told the audience in his song, "mi know mi ago mek it."

Too Qute and Chozenn closed the performances with Too Qute messing up on her lyrics, and later in the VIP room begging fans to give her another chance.

Chozenn, however, was on par, drawing melodies from Vybz Kartel's popular song Clarkes for his song, and dazzled the audience with an interesting introduction given in the voice of former Prime Minister Edward Seaga. According to I-Octane, he was impressed by Chozenn and hoped to do work with him in the future.

Shady Squad closed off the night introducing two new original dance moves to the crowd called the 'Melody' and the '9.58'.

( l - r ) Riddim Queen, Mysterious, Queen Doll

( l - r ) Gibralta, Bumpa

( l - r ) Chin Hype Gallawas