The muso's gong of choice, along with a handy cheque for £20,000, will be bequeathed to its fifteenth recipient on Tuesday September 4, but who do you think deserves to win?

Should Dizzee Rascal or the Arctic Monkeys make history and become the first artists to scoop the prize twice?

The ever reluctant Monkeys themselves don’t think win number two would be such a good idea. Matt Helders recently told The Music Week: “I think someone would shoot us if we won it. There’s some crazy people out there it just wouldn’t lie well with so I hope we don’t win it!”

When Alex Turner picked up the award last year he joked that Richard Hawley had been robbed, do you think it’ll be an injustice this time round if Amy Winehouse misses out?

It’s been a great 12 months for debut albums, but would you have one of them crowned album of the year? The Klaxons, The View, New Young Pony Club and Jamie T may have grabbed the attention of the mainstream with their first efforts but should they join the likes of Portishead, Pulp and Suede in the history books?

Or maybe you’d have the less championed debutantes Maps, Fionn Regan or even Basquiat Strings as your choice?

Do you agree with the bookies (and Julie Cullen) who think that Bat For Lashes will become the first female winner since 2002 or, are you firmly for Ashby-de-la-Zouch’s finest, The Young Knives?

Throw you ideas into the hat and tune in on Sunday as we host an alternative Mercury judges panel.