Nominations opened today and will close on Monday 15 June.
They appeared alongside the two outsiders in the contest – Mary Creagh and left-winger Jeremy Corbyn – in an internal debate with Labour MPs ahead of the nominations opening tomorrow.
Here is the full list of this year's winners Swift, who scored seven nominations, opened the ceremony with the first TV performance of "Out Of The Woods" from 1989.
King, the first candidate to formally declare since nominations opened yesterday, opened her campaign with a thinly-veiled attack on rival Ken Livingstone, the former Labour mayor from whom she faces a strong challenge.
The Labour leadership candidates are engaged in a last-minute scramble for endorsements ahead of nominations opening later on Tuesday, although Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall already have enough supporters to get on the ballot.
Nominations opened last week and are pouring in.
She is the first Plaid AM to formally say she will put her name forward when nominations open in January.
Betty Blue Eyes, which had a total six nominations, opened to rave reviews in April but closed early in September due to poor ticket sales.
Opposition politicians deplored the move, saying it would mean Italy got a lesser post than the commission vice-presidency reportedly earmarked for Mr Monti.But Mr Buttiglione's nomination opened the way for a compromise.
The nomination opened up last month when Jack Ryan, the millionaire businessman who won the Republican primary in March, quit the race after accusations that he had taken his ex-wife to sex clubs against her will.
