EXCITEMENT!

Shelly Dass' voice pitch is steadily rising as the excitement builds and the results poor in. She is shouting at her audience and this is very annoying.

Panellists galore after 6pm:
CNC - economist Dr Dhanayshar Mahabir, political analyst Derek Ramsamooj, political analyst Professor John La Guerre, consumer activist Hazel Brown. The virtual set is very red.

C41 - attorney & former independent senator Dana Seetahal, political analyst Dr Hamid Ghany, PNM rep. Overand Padmore, COP rep. Sadiq Baksh, UNCA rep. Vashist Maharaj, education lecturer Dr Winford James, government student Adam Andrews, former opposition MP Dr Fuad Khan.

TV6 - Harold Hoyte (Barbados Nation), Peter Wickham (political analyst from Barbados), social activist Folade Mutota, political analyst Ann Marie Bissessar.

WIN TV - Hans Hanoomansingh and later Sunil Ramdeen on the set with Robin Montano and Nizam Mohammed.

IETV - economist and former independent senator Mary King and another gentleman. But your virtual set graphic is very busy and the camera angles are a bit off.

Of course there were the requisite live interviews both by telephone and with video. CNC went to Neil Beekhee by phone at the UNC office in Tabaquite, TV6 went live to Keisha David at the COP office in Chaguanas, live to Bobbi Jeffrey Hicks at Balisier House, and to Sharmilla Persad on the phone in Fyzabad. CNC also had Francesca Hawkins live at Rienzi Complex.
Wendell Constantine is doing a fantastic job at C News, pulling all the elements together, as well as Julian Rogers with the panel. He along with Francesca and Sandra Maharaj are three of the best presenters around today. We need to see more of them. Take note younger ones: they don't over-dramatize the news, and they keep it professional.

Why do Sasha Mohammed, Shelly and Curtis Williams insist on using the word "gotten"? So you think it sounds good? 'So and so "has gotten votes"'. Well "gotten" is not in the English dictionary. Stop using it.

C News website has streaming video and up to the minute election results, but alas their website went down sometime after 8pm, probably too many hits. But it was good while it lasted.