How to vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024

Keely Hodgkinson is the bookies’ overwhelming favourite to be crowned the winner of the main award, though a number of other superstars have been mooted as dark horses.

Gabby Logan, Clare Balding and Alex Scott will take to the stage to host this year’s festivities at MediaCityUK in Salford – home of the BBC.

RadioTimes.com brings you the full round-up of how to vote for your favourite in BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024.

How to vote for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

There are two ways sports fans can vote: by phone or via the BBC Sport website. Votes are only valid once the voting system opens and before the lines close on the night.

To vote online, you must first sign in to or register for a BBC account and then find your favourite candidate. There is no charge for this, but you’ll be limited to one vote per BBC account.

This ensures a fair vote, rather than several individuals being able to vote multiple times.

Check out the SPOTY section on the BBC website for more details and to vote online.

If you wish to vote by phone, numbers will be shown on screen during the live show.

What is BBC Sports Personality of the Year?

The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is a ceremony to honour the greatest British sporting achievements of the past 12 months, with the public voting for the winning sportsperson from a shortlist of contenders drawn up by an expert panel.

The shortlist takes into consideration the ‘impact’ of the person’s sporting achievement beyond the sport in question and aims to represent the breadth and depth of UK sports.

This year marks the 71st anniversary of the event, with recent winners having included Andy Murray (on three occasions), Beth Mead and Ben Stokes.

As well as the main award, the ceremony takes a look back at the year in sport, with other accolades being handed out for Overseas Sports Personality of the Year, Sports Personality Team of the Year Award, and Greatest Sporting Moment of the Year, among others.

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