The 2023 Mercury Prize Live - Ezra Collective win the 2023 Mercury Prize
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Tonight is the night when 12 artists discover who is the winner of the 2023 Mercury Prize, and NationalWorld is on hand to provide live coverage of the event, including information about the nominees, thoughts on the live performances and of course the announcement who has won this year's away.
Coverage is already underway on BBC 6 Music and BBC Sounds, with Tom Ravenscroft and Deb Grant interviewing the nominees and a previous Mercury host, with the winner being announced shortly after 10pm BST and live coverage on BBC 4 from 9pm this evening.
The Mercury 2023 award ceremony - live from London
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That was the Mercury Awards 2023
And that is our coverage at NationalWorld for this year's Mercury Prize.
Another congratulations to Ezra Collective - and see you next year!
A big speech about giving support to younger musicians, given the band met at a youth club.
They're about to perform one more time - a victory lap.
Lauren thanks everyone and we get Ezra Collective to play us off.
EZRA COLLECTIVE ARE YOUR 2023 MERCURY PRIZE WINNERS
They've done it.
Best performance of the night. Praises to god. Everyone, including the other nominees, seems happy for the group.
A well deserved win. Afrobeat needs wins like this
We're getting a recap of last year's winner, Little Simz, and an interview with the musician who admits she "blacked out" when she heard she had won.
So who's it going to be? Did you have a favourite that was changed after this evening's performances?
We're at that stage now for a winner to be announced.....
So that's all the performances and we're past that "just after 10pm" estimate for an announcement of who is the winner.
But no one's going to rush Carner of the stage. He's utterly remarkable tonight.
Here comes the favourite - Loyle Carner
It's his second nomination for the Mercury Prize after his debut got the nod in yesteryears. The crowd are at their most energetic ahead of his performance.
Of course it was always going to be "Woe" that Shygirl would perform. Among a very strong group of songs on 'Nymph,' this one is definitely one that punches above the rest.
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