" GARETH BALE ON SHORTLIST FOR BBC AWARD "
Mon Nov 28, 2016 7:24 pm
Gareth Bale has been named on the 16-man shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Monday 28th November 2016
Sixteen contenders have been shortlisted for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
They will go forward to a vote on the night of the live show in Birmingham on Sunday, 18 December. The nominees are:
Nicola Adams - Boxing, Gareth Bale - Football, Alistair Brownlee - Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen - Equestrian, Kadeena Cox - Athletics/Cycling, Mo Farah - Athletics, Jason Kenny - Cycling, Laura Kenny - Cycling.
Andy Murray - Tennis, Adam Peaty - Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh - Hockey, Nick Skelton - Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey - Cycling, Jamie Vardy - Football, Max Whitlock - Gymnastics, Danny Willett - Golf.
The 16 for 2016 were named after a year of great British sporting success, including at the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio.
How do you vote?
The public will vote for their favourite by phone and online during the live show.
Voting details, including phone numbers for each nominee, are announced during the programme and online. There is no voting via email, Red Button or by text.
This year's event will take place in front of 12,000 people at the Genting Arena in Birmingham.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan present the programme from 18:40 GMT on BBC One, with further coverage on BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.
Who decides the shortlist?
The shortlist is compiled by a 12-member panel:
- Representatives from BBC Sport: Barbara Slater (Director, BBC Sport), Philip Bernie (Head of TV Sport) and Carl Doran (Executive Editor, BBC Sports Personality of the Year)
- Former nominees of an award: Ryan Giggs, Victoria Pendleton and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Representative from BBC Radio 5 live: Amy Lawrence
- Pan-sports broadcaster: Ore Oduba
- Representatives from sports journalism: David James (Sunday Mirror/Sunday People), Adam Sills (Daily/Sunday Telegraph) and Alison Kervin (Mail on Sunday)
- Representative from UK sports industry: Liz Nicholl (Chief Executive, UK Sport)
What are the other awards?
In addition to the main prize, there will also be seven other awards:
Team of the Year
Coach of the Year
Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
Young Sports Personality of the Year
Helen Rollason Award for outsanding achievement in the face of adversity
Lifetime Achievement Award
Get Inspired Unsung Hero
The top three contenders for Young Sports Personality of the Year, chosen by an expert panel, will be revealed during Blue Peter on 8 December, with the winner announced in the run-up to the main show on 18 December.
Monday 28th November 2016
Sixteen contenders have been shortlisted for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.
They will go forward to a vote on the night of the live show in Birmingham on Sunday, 18 December. The nominees are:
Nicola Adams - Boxing, Gareth Bale - Football, Alistair Brownlee - Triathlon, Sophie Christiansen - Equestrian, Kadeena Cox - Athletics/Cycling, Mo Farah - Athletics, Jason Kenny - Cycling, Laura Kenny - Cycling.
Andy Murray - Tennis, Adam Peaty - Swimming, Kate Richardson-Walsh - Hockey, Nick Skelton - Equestrian, Dame Sarah Storey - Cycling, Jamie Vardy - Football, Max Whitlock - Gymnastics, Danny Willett - Golf.
The 16 for 2016 were named after a year of great British sporting success, including at the Olympics and Paralympics in Rio.
How do you vote?
The public will vote for their favourite by phone and online during the live show.
Voting details, including phone numbers for each nominee, are announced during the programme and online. There is no voting via email, Red Button or by text.
This year's event will take place in front of 12,000 people at the Genting Arena in Birmingham.
Gary Lineker, Clare Balding and Gabby Logan present the programme from 18:40 GMT on BBC One, with further coverage on BBC Radio 5 live and the BBC Sport website.
Who decides the shortlist?
The shortlist is compiled by a 12-member panel:
- Representatives from BBC Sport: Barbara Slater (Director, BBC Sport), Philip Bernie (Head of TV Sport) and Carl Doran (Executive Editor, BBC Sports Personality of the Year)
- Former nominees of an award: Ryan Giggs, Victoria Pendleton and Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
- Representative from BBC Radio 5 live: Amy Lawrence
- Pan-sports broadcaster: Ore Oduba
- Representatives from sports journalism: David James (Sunday Mirror/Sunday People), Adam Sills (Daily/Sunday Telegraph) and Alison Kervin (Mail on Sunday)
- Representative from UK sports industry: Liz Nicholl (Chief Executive, UK Sport)
What are the other awards?
In addition to the main prize, there will also be seven other awards:
Team of the Year
Coach of the Year
Overseas Sports Personality of the Year
Young Sports Personality of the Year
Helen Rollason Award for outsanding achievement in the face of adversity
Lifetime Achievement Award
Get Inspired Unsung Hero
The top three contenders for Young Sports Personality of the Year, chosen by an expert panel, will be revealed during Blue Peter on 8 December, with the winner announced in the run-up to the main show on 18 December.
Re: " GARETH BALE ON SHORTLIST FOR BBC AWARD "
Mon Nov 28, 2016 11:47 pm
Got to be Andy Murray who wins it for 2016.
Team of the year - The Welsh football team will be in the top 3,but i think they will give it to the Olympic squad.
Team of the year - The Welsh football team will be in the top 3,but i think they will give it to the Olympic squad.
Re: " GARETH BALE ON SHORTLIST FOR BBC AWARD "
Tue Nov 29, 2016 10:34 am
TopCat CCFC wrote:Got to be Andy Murray who wins it for 2016.
Team of the year - The Welsh football team will be in the top 3,but i think they will give it to the Olympic squad.
It'll be the 1966 world cup winning team that gets ToTY. The BBC have been making such a fuss about it throughout the year it wouldn't surprise me
Re: " GARETH BALE ON SHORTLIST FOR BBC AWARD "
Tue Nov 29, 2016 11:16 am
Cardiff Am Byth wrote:TopCat CCFC wrote:Got to be Andy Murray who wins it for 2016.
Team of the year - The Welsh football team will be in the top 3,but i think they will give it to the Olympic squad.
It'll be the 1966 world cup winning team that gets ToTY. The BBC have been making such a fuss about it throughout the year it wouldn't surprise me
2 things are certain - firstly, Bale has absolutely no chance of winning the main award. Secondly, a team from 1966 will not win the 2016 team award. Murray is a shoe in for the main title ( with Farah 2nd ). Team will either go to Leicester City - or more probably the GB Olympic and Paralympic teams.
Re: " GARETH BALE ON SHORTLIST FOR BBC AWARD "
Tue Nov 29, 2016 5:47 pm
mugsy wrote:Cardiff Am Byth wrote:TopCat CCFC wrote:Got to be Andy Murray who wins it for 2016.
Team of the year - The Welsh football team will be in the top 3,but i think they will give it to the Olympic squad.
It'll be the 1966 world cup winning team that gets ToTY. The BBC have been making such a fuss about it throughout the year it wouldn't surprise me
2 things are certain - firstly, Bale has absolutely no chance of winning the main award. Secondly, a team from 1966 will not win the 2016 team award. Murray is a shoe in for the main title ( with Farah 2nd ). Team will either go to Leicester City - or more probably the GB Olympic and Paralympic teams.
Sarcasm doesn't come across well on the internet. I was joking about the fact that the BBC sport journalists were practically creaming themselves that the anniversary was this year. For a couple of months there would be a new article every day about the 1966 WC.
They even had a fake live text updates for all the games as if they were going on at that time.
I agree that Bale will definitely not win but I reckon Leicester might take TOTY