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- Little Simz is the new evens favourite to win this year'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 now take place on 18th October
Little Simz is the new evens favourite to win this year's Mercury Prize award
Little Simz is the new bookies favourite to win this year's Mercury Prize Award with the show now getting a rescheduled date.
The original show was postponed after the death of the Queen on its original day, with the new date pencilled in for 18th October.
Bet365 have now made Little Simz the favourite to win the award coming in to evens from 3/1 in the betting market.
| Mercury Prize Award Winner 2022 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Little Simz | 1/1 | 50.0% |
| Self Esteem
|
12/5 | 29.4% |
| Wet Leg | 9/2 | 18.2% |
| Sam Fender | 11/1 | 10.0% |
| Gwenno | 14/1 | 9.1% |
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 out to 9/2 to win the award with just an 18% 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 had kept her as the 5/2 favourite for the Mercury Prize after the show was postponed earlier this month, but that has all changed now.
The rearranged Mercury Prize Award will now take place on 18th October
Organisers announced that the re-scheduled 2022 Mercury Prize Awards Show will now take place on Tuesday 18th October 2022 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
