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Florence Favourite For Mercury Prize

But she faces competition from Friendly Fires, Speech Debelle and Kasabian...

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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 - 12:47

Florence and the Machine is favourite to win the prestigious Mercury Prize later today at a ceremony in London.

However it’s always hard to predict who will take the Mercury and acts nominated this year range from Kasabian to unknowns like Led Bib and The Invisible.
 
Also up for the award are Friendly Fires, Bat For Lashes- who is nominated for the second time, La Roux and The Horrors.
 
The full list and odds are below:
 
Florence And The Machine       5/2      
Kasabian                                      5/1      
Speech Debelle                          5/1      
Bat For Lashes                            6/1      
The Horrors                                  6/1      
Friendly Fires                             10/1    
La Roux                                       10/1    
Lisa Hannigan                           10/1    
Glasvegas                                  16/1    
Led Bib                                        33/1    
Sweet Billy Pilgrim                    33/1    
The Invisible                               33/1
 
Previous winners of the award include Klaxons, Elbow, Dizzee Rascal, Miss Dynamite, M People and Badly Drawn Boy.
 
The 2009 winner will be announced at around 10 pm this evening.

 

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