Mercury Mockery

As is traditional, pop gospel Popjustice has revealed those in the running for its annual Twenty Quid Music Prize to coincide with the announcement of the shortlist for the £20,000 Mercury Prize.

The Popjustice award recognises the best pop songs of the past year and girlband Girls Aloud look like the ones to beat, having walked away with the twenty pound note on four previous occasions. (I suspect Nicola's the one that has, thus far, been left out of pocket.)

Synthpop duo La Roux are the only act in with a chance of winning £20,020 this year, having been nominated for both the Twenty Quid Prize and The Mercury Prize.

The full shortlist, in pictographic form, is as follows:

Lily Allen's 'The Fear' for the win.

[Images: Last.Fm and Popjustice]