In pictures: Mercury Music Prize 2005

1 of 11 This year Antony and the Johnsons were the surprise winners of the 2005 Mercury Music Prize

2 of 11 They won the £20,000 prize for their album I Am A Bird Now. The New-York based band qualified because singer Antony Hegarty was born in Chichester

3 of 11 Kaiser Chiefs were hotly tipped to win for their debut album Employment, but lost out on the night

4 of 11 Bloc Party were also thought to be in the running for their album Silent Alarm...

5 of 11 ... As was British-Sri Lankan rapper MIA

6 of 11 The Magic Numbers arrived at the ceremony at a London hotel looking very happy

7 of 11 Here they are performing one of their songs. Romeo from the band said: "We've had a pretty mad year and this is just topping it off for us I guess."

8 of 11 Hard-Fi were up for their album Stars of CCTV

9 of 11 Devon folk singer Seth Lakeman, seen performing here, was nominated for his album Kitty Jay

10 of 11 Newcastle guitar band Maximo Park were up for their debut A Certain Trigger

11 of 11 KT Turnstall performed some tunes from her hit debut album Eye To The Telescope