Awards

William Hill release odds for 2012 Mercury Prize

By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 9 September 2011

It might be a whole year until the next Mercury Prize bash takes place, and most of the albums that will appear on the 2012 shortlist probably haven’t been released yet, but that’s no reason whatsoever to not have a bet right now on who might win next time round.

William Hill will take that bet from you, thank you very much, and in case you wondered, these are the odds. I’m going to say Rizzle Kicks will win on the basis none of you will remember this time next year so I’ve nothing to lose. Well, unless I foolishly decide to back up that claim by handing over some cash to Mr Hill.

Kasabian – 7/1
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – 8/1
Radiohead – 8/1
Ed Sheeran – 10/1
Florence And The Machine – 10/1
Coldplay – 12/1
Mumford & Sons – 16/1
Rizzle Kicks – 20/1
Example – 20/1
Calvin Harris – 20/1
Wretch 32 – 25/1
Laura Marling – 25/1
Miles Kane – 25/1
Elbow – 33/1
All The Young – 33/1
Jessie J – 33/1
Professor Green – 50/1
Hard-Fi – 66/1
Charlie Simpson – 80/1