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- Little Simz is 10/11 favourite to win tonight's Mercury Prize award
- Self Esteem has drifted out to second favourite to win the award despite long being favourite
- The rearranged Mercury Prize Award will take place this evening
Little Simz is 10/11 favourite to win tonight's Mercury Prize award
Little Simz is now the odds on bookmakers favourite to win tonight's Mercury Prize Award with the show rescheduled to this evening following it's postponement last month.
The original show was cancelled after the death of the Queen on 8th September, with the new date pencilled in for tonight.
Bet365 have made Little Simz the clear favourite to win the award coming in to odds on from 3/1 in the betting market.
| Mercury Prize Award Winner 2022 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Little Simz | 10/11 | 52.4% |
| Self Esteem
|
9/4 | 30.8% |
| Wet Leg | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Sam Fender | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Yard Act | 16/1 | 5.9% |
Wet Leg have always been in and around the betting favourites including being outright favourites at 9/4 back in July.
Now though they're as big as 5/1 to win the award with just a 16% chance of doing so according to bookies.
Self Esteem has drifted out to second favourite to win the award despite long being favourite
Self Esteem has long been a favourite for the Mercury Prize Award with her latest album Prioritise Pleasure.
The second album from singer Rebecca Lucy Taylor, known by her stage name Self Esteem, has received critical acclaim.
Bookies did originally keep her as the 5/2 favourite for the Mercury Prize after the show was postponed last month but that has changed massively now.
The rearranged Mercury Prize Award will take place this evening
The re-scheduled 2022 Mercury Prize Awards Show will take place on tonight at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London.
The full shortlist for the Mercury Prize Award was announced last month with 12 acts nominated for the best album of the year.
The full list of nominees are:
- Yard Act - The Overload
- Wet Leg - Wet Leg
- Self Esteem - Prioritise Pleasure
- Sam Fender - Seventeen Going Under
- Nova Twins - Supernova
- Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile
- Joy Crookes - Skin
- Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler - For All Our Days That Tear The Heart
- Harry Styles - Harry's House
- Gwenno - Tresor
- Fergus McCreadie - Forest Floor
- Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert
