You can vote online using your mobile phone, tablet or your home computer. No, you should not receive any text messages from Sports Personality or any other organisation as a result of voting using the MSDCs. We have a separate page that can answer your questions around signing in to your BBC account, and also put you in touch with someone if you are unable to find the answer you need. The BBC Sports Personality of the Year is an awards ceremony that takes place annually in December. If you vote online, you will need a BBC account. Read about our approach to external linking. Tyson Fury has made a bizarre request to the BBC be removed from the Sports Personality of the Year shortlist – but the broadcaster claims he will remain in the vote… Online votes are capped at 1. No. James Corrigan 14 December 2020 • 9:45am. The ‘VOTE NOW’ button should now be available to click and submit your vote. No. If you call while the vote is open you will hear a message confirming your vote. In a very small number of cases, the landline telephone service provider may route the call to a local destination as it may match a “local” telephone number which may result in a ‘wrong number’ call being made. Why? He had an amazing career with the Leeds Rhinos and has earned the respect of the whole Rugby League Family. We invite you to vote for the contestant you feel most deserves the title. Like all the big shows, Sports Personality uses a voting system where at least the first eight digits of the phone numbers are the same for all contestants, with only the last few digits of the phone number changing depending on who you want to vote for. Viewers in these regions may still be able to vote by dialling the ‘09’ numbers for Sports Personality contestants from their landlines or mobiles at 15p plus their network’s access charge per vote. No. Why are you asking if I want email updates about more things I'll love? We therefore do not disclose the exact voting figures. Last updated on 19 December 202019 December 2020.From the section Sports Personality. A limited number of guests will be placed in their household bubbles in an extended green room. If after dialling the first four numbers of the premium rate number you heard a dead tone - then this means that you are premium rate barred and you should check with your telephone service provider about lifting the ban if you wish to vote in Sports Personality. BBC Helpline: 0370 010 0222 (standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply). If the vote is still not displaying, or you can see a white box where the vote should be, you may not actually be signed in, even if it appears that you are or you don't remember signing out. The BBC does not sell on nor, except if required to do so for legal reasons, supply mobile telephone numbers to any third party. Sometimes this can cause some callers to get an engaged tone for short periods of time immediately after an onscreen announcement; however, any congestion tends to clear quite quickly. No access charge is applicable on the MSDCs. If you have a phone bill you can send us, we can check whether the number you called corresponds with the correct contestant audio. There is one number allocated to each contestant. Calls outside the vote open period and those made to any of Sports Personality numbers not currently in use will not be chargeable. Alun Wyn Jones (Rugby) If you have already voted and you go to the vote page on another browser or device and where you are already signed in, or subsequently sign in to your account on the vote page, then you will see the 'Thank you for voting' message because you have already cast the maximum number of votes allowed. Some parts of the BBC are only meant for certain ages. How can I vote online? Details of how to vote for Sports Personality of the Year 2015. We may personalise them based on your location and how you use the BBC online site, to help you get the most from the BBC. There is a small chance that if you called outside this time that another network other than BT would charge for this call. Why are you asking if I want email updates about more things I’ll love? While 2020 will be remembered as the time our lives were hit by the coronavirus pandemic, we were still able - for much of the year - to witness the unique drama that only sport can provide. Online votes on different devices using the same BBC account details will count towards the maximum number of votes per account. BBC Sports Personality of the Year is one of the most prized awards in British sport, as it is voted for by the general public. Will I receive ‘spam’ / unwanted marketing texts if I vote by MSDC? More of that later. You can also opt to vote online via http://www.bbc.co.uk/spoty. And, er, that’s basically it. If you decide to call the ‘09’ voting numbers from your UK mobile phone then you will hear a non-chargeable message at the start of the call asking you to call the MSDCs instead. Throughout these FAQs “UK mobile phones” means mobile phones provided in the UK under UK contracts by Vodafone, O2, Everything Everywhere (previously T Mobile and Orange), Virgin, Sky Mobile and ‘3’. If you are using an ad-blocker then this may inhibit your ability to cast your vote. I have been trying to vote, but keep getting the engaged tone. You can vote by phone or online on the night for the main award, with full details announced during the show. If you receive unwanted text messages from other companies that you are being charged for, you can contact Phone-paid Services Authority, the premium services regulator on 0300 30 300 20 between 9.30am - 5pm Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays, standard geographic charges from landlines and mobiles will apply) or via http://www.psauthority.org.uk to report this. Find out more about how we use your data here. The default security settings of some Internet Explorer browser versions may prevent the vote from displaying on the page correctly. And now we find out who will be crowned this year's Sports Personality of the Year. When voting from a UK mobile using a MSDC number you will hear a vote confirmation message in the same way you would when voting by calling a ‘09’ premium rate number from a landline.