Sports Personality of the year 2009. 13 Dec 7pm

Is Beth Tweddle Scottish ?

English but born in SA.

Oh to be a "loser" on the Andy Murray scale...

i'm not being funny but apart from murray and perhaps giggs and cavendish. the other 7 all were undisputed winners in their sport

There's a programme on BBC1 tonight at 10:45, about this year's nominees.

I'd struggle to pick one

Jenson Button - he did brilliantly but there's so many factors involved, don't think he won a race in the second half of the season.
Mark Cavendish - a lot of people cycle, but do that many do so competitively? There's so many different levels, it's almost as if there's an event for everyone to win.
Tom Daley - no, just in there cos he's young.
Jessica Ennis - fit as hell, but how many woman heptathletes is she really competing against.
Ryan Giggs - in there cos he's old
David Haye - I've every respect to him for, well surviving against that giant, but for me he needs a defence against a non-freak
Phillips Idowu - good, but again how many was he really competing against.
Andy Murray - Disappointed in not winning a slam, but is in the top 3 of a sport with at least a thousand pros.
Andrew Strauss - You'd think he'd be a shoe in, but the Ashes win was a fortunate one, and the rest of the season was gash
Beth Tweddle - Not a sport with a mass of competition, but also one we don't do that well in so she's done well to come through the system.

In terms of sporting excellence, for me

Murray
Tweddle
Button

IF I were betting I'd go

Cavendish
Tweddle
Ennis

Tom Daley IS a world champion sparky!!! 15years old I think.

I, personally, would go:

1 Jenson Button
2 (The lovely) Jessica Ennis
3 David Haye
4 Andrew Strauss
5 Andy Murray
6 Philips Idowu
7 Tom Daley
8 Beth Tweddle
9 Ryan Giggs
10 Mark Cavendish

It's unbelievable how Ryan Giggs can be so short in the betting for this.

IF you were gonna put a footballer in then it should've been rooney imo.

I mean the guy is going to be favourite soon...

bloody hell, i hadn't noticed that jimmy - about 11-4 now

Yeah. Everybody has been backing him like there's no tomorrow.

God, those odds are barmy. First time ive looked at this amrket this year and Strauss is available at 25-1. Can't beleive Giggs is so short - sheer madness

It is bizarre to say the least. I have watched this market for some time now and there's always been money up to back Giggs all the way down from 1000.

Programme about the contenders on BBC1 now.

I'm so glad that people like fat comic James Corden and pen and paper seller Theo Paphitis are explaining why certain contenders should win.
FFS.

agree brodie
who cares what that fat**t thinks

Button and Haye will be top 2 imo, the rest are scrapping it out for 3rd, probably Jess Ennis would be my choice

I like Giggsy but as it's a 2009 award, I struggle to see why they were showing a goal he scored in 1999.

In his case it seems to be Sports Personality of the Generation.

From a european point of view I would go with Mark Cavendish. I am a cycling fan and his performances were amazing.

Giggs should win this and I'm a Liverpool fan

:^0 ^

ive only heard of six of them .....and most of them are one hit wonders ....it has to be giggs ...15 years of excellence

where's phil taylor??

?:|

Defo shouldn't be cavendish imo. I'm no cycling expert admittedly, but despite winning 6 sections he didn't win the overall sprint section of the race (the points race). A great achievement by him, but we shouldn't be rewarding people who come second imo.

We shouldn't be rewarding anyone who doesn't have a personality. It's time the BBC changed the name of the competition....it's been long overdue.

Haye has to be the top three shout of the century imo. Recent heavily-publicised World Champ win against high-profile opponent. That's where the value(v) is
:D