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Benjamin Clementine is the favourite to win tonight’s Mercury Prize
Jamie xx, Eska and Wolf Alice are also in the running.
Tonight from 9.30pm, the 2015 Mercury Prize takes place at BBC Broadcasting House’s Radio Theatre. Anna Calvi, Corinne Bailey Rae and Nick Mulvey - all previous nominees - are on this year’s judging panel.
With just a few hours to go, Benjamin Clementine has been made bookies’ favourite with debut album ‘At Least For Now’.
Clementine was initially an outside for the award, but he’s currently being given odds of 9/4 to win. Jamie xx, with debut LP ‘In Colour’, has the same odds.
Ska, Wolf Alice and Apex Twin are also up there, while Florence + The Machine is this year’s outsider, with odds of 28/1.
Current odds:
Benjamin Clementine - At Least For Now 9/4
Jamie xx - In Colour 9/4
Eska - Eska 9/1
Wolf Alice - My Love Is Cool 11/1
Aphex Twin - Syro 12/1
Ghostpoet - Shedding Skin 11/1
Soak - Before We Forget How to Dream 14/1
Slaves - Are You Satisfied? 14/1
Roisin Murphy - Hairless Toys 10/1
C Duncan - Architect 10/1
Gaz Coombes - Matador 18/1
Florence + The Machine - How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful 28/1
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