( l - r ) Gibralta , Tanto Blacks - Colin Hamilton

Contestants in the Magnum Kings and Queens of the dancehall competition have been busy campaigning, as at least four of them have been hosting weekly events to raise funds for voting.

There is Gibralta Thursdays in McCooks Pen in St Catherine. Tanto Blacks will start Blue Tooth Wednesdays in Olympic Way next week. And previously there was Tanto Thursdays in Spanish Town.

Gallawas also has Waspy Sundays in Fairburn District in Clarendon but she is planning to move it to Ritches district. There is also Press Fyah Tuesdays in Buff Bay Portland.

Unable to go out and campaign as hard as some of his fellow contestants, Press Fyah said he decided to start the event last week Tuesday. And he held the party the same night at Ocean nightclub in his parish.

"It's a community effort, everyone supporting it. Last week we didn't get a massive turnout. When you going out inna di streets, you don't get as much. And, 'cause mi haffi work, mi caan find the time fi do the campaigning full hundred," Press Fyah told THE STAR.

In addition to raising funds to help keep him in the competition, he said Press Fyah Tuesdays has been helping in other ways.

"It a help inna many ways. It nuh only a help wid the campaign but it a help open people eyes to young talent. Yuh start see a love inna di community from the competition start. Mi want it be a continuous thing even if mi nuh go through after Saturday. It bring a positive vibe inna di community," he said.

Gallawas - Winston Sill

Gibralta said he started his weekly event two weeks ago. He said it had been working so far because he is still in the competition.

"I start it 'cause it help mi to raise funds to buy phonecards. It keep mi sharp and current. I get to see what the people like and it help me to choose my songs," he told THE STAR.

Seventeen-year-old Gallawas said people have been supporting Waspy Sundays since it started and it has been helping her to stay in the competition.

mi have the ability to win it

"Cause mi just waan raise some money. If you don't vote you will drop out," Gallawas told THE STAR.

And, whether or not she is in the competition, the event will go on.

"Mi still a go ahead with it 'cause a music wi seh. Mi feel like mi have the ability to win it. Mi know dat," she said.

Tanto Blacks is adamant that he will win Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall. Hence, there will be no end to Blue Tooth Wednesdays.

"Mi ago still inna di competition 'cause mi a campaign hard towards mi career. A me a win the million dollars. Mi nuh have no sponsor so mi haffi buy back some credit towards the competition to vote for myself," he said.