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Fancy a flutter on the outcome of this year’s Mercury Music Prize? Ladbrokes have announced the odds for each in the running.
The Hot Press Newsdesk, 20 Jul 2005

They have made The Kaisers Chiefs their 3/1 favourites to claim the prestigious award, while Bloc Party are available at 4/1 and Coldplay look decent value at 8/1.
Meanwhile KT Tunstall and Anthony and the Johnsons, who we’re both claiming as this year’s honorary Irish representatives on ancestral grounds, are priced at 6/1 and 12/1 respectively.
But if you don’t fancy those guys, here is the full list of odds:
Kaiser Chiefs (Employment) - 3/1
Bloc Party (Silent Alarm) - 4/1
KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope - 6/1
The Magic Numbers (The Magic Numbers) - 7/1
Coldplay (X and Y) - 8/1
Hard Fi (Stars of CCTV) - 9/1
MIA (Arular) - 10/1
Maximo Park (A Certain Trigger) - 10/1
Antony and the Johnsons (I Am A Bird Now) - 12/1
Seth Lakeman (Kitty Jay) - 16/1
The Go! Team (Thunder, Lightning, Strike) - 16/1
Polar Bear (Held on the Tips of Fingers) - 20/1