prize5-3, Exercise 3: "Winning the prize makes a career"

Model answer (one possible set of questions):

1. Which winners, over which years, and what became of them? A list of famous winners proves little unless it is compared with all winners and with shortlisted acts that also went on to success.
2. Would these performers have succeeded anyway? Prize winners are often already rising, so the prize may reflect a career as much as cause it.
3. What other routes exist? Television, touring, podcasts and online video are alternative routes, so a statement about the prize needs to be set against them.

Extra questions: who gives the prize, who sponsors it, and how does the judging work? The history of the prize shows changes of sponsor and name, which suggests that its standing depends on publicity as well as judgement.