21-12-2022, 07:34 PM
On a Wednesday rather than a Sunday this year, for obvious reasons.
For the third straight year, it's coming from Dock10 - the first time it has been held in the same location three years running since it left Television Centre. (Will it start touring the UK again at some point, or will it continue in Salford for the foreseeable future?)
Also for the third straight year Gary, Clare, Gabby and Alex are the hosts - Gary extending his records as the longest-serving and oldest host, doing it for the 23rd straight year (not counting his sideline role at Sports Personality of the Century in 1999) and at 62.
The six candidates for the main award have already been revealed, and it's probably fair to say that if Beth Mead didn't win it would go down as one of the all-time SPOTY surprises (she's as little as 1/10 with Paddy Power, with Ben Stokes 5/1 and the rest no lower than 66/1). Last year Emma Raducanu became the first female winner for 15 years; should Beth indeed win we'll have back-to-back female winners for the first time in half a century (since Princess Anne in 1971 and Mary Peters in 1972).
For the third straight year, it's coming from Dock10 - the first time it has been held in the same location three years running since it left Television Centre. (Will it start touring the UK again at some point, or will it continue in Salford for the foreseeable future?)
Also for the third straight year Gary, Clare, Gabby and Alex are the hosts - Gary extending his records as the longest-serving and oldest host, doing it for the 23rd straight year (not counting his sideline role at Sports Personality of the Century in 1999) and at 62.
The six candidates for the main award have already been revealed, and it's probably fair to say that if Beth Mead didn't win it would go down as one of the all-time SPOTY surprises (she's as little as 1/10 with Paddy Power, with Ben Stokes 5/1 and the rest no lower than 66/1). Last year Emma Raducanu became the first female winner for 15 years; should Beth indeed win we'll have back-to-back female winners for the first time in half a century (since Princess Anne in 1971 and Mary Peters in 1972).