Sports Personality of the Year 2012

[Ian.]

A well worthy winner. I was hoping Mo got third mind.

[PeterWithesShin]

Pffft, rubbish choice. What's he ever done to warrant it? All he does is sit down. Fat people ride bikes just as well in the gym.

[PeterWithesShin]

[hilts_coolerking]

I enjoyed that.  Amazing year of sport, well documented.  No doubt some of it provoked a chorus of harrumphing from the Statlers and Waldorfs but such programs aren't for everyone, evidently.

I inadvertently switched channels to BBC4 where I heard Phill Jupitus referring to Chas & Dave's "great body of work" which must be the unintentional joke of the century.

[maidstonevillain]

I voted for Wiggo. The other two votes from the Maidstonevillain household were for Farah and Ennis. I hoped Farah would get second.

Do the full results get published?

[Dave Cooper please]

Ennis droping in the betting.

Ennis was droping? Got evidence.
Oh, dropping!

[Dave Summers]

Would have been happy with either Murray or Wiggins winning as I couldn't split their achievements.  Didn't actually think that Murray would get top 3, so very happy with that.

Once again though I thought the actual programme was shite.  I remember it in it's previous guise as "Sports Review of the Year" with the Personality revealed at the end.  Would like to have seen a lot more actual sport last night and if I ever hear bloody Eddie Butler's voice over one more montage, it will be too soon.

I guess this is the price for most sport not being on the BBC anymore?

[SheffieldVillain]

Full results from the BBC website.

Total votes: 1,626,718

1. Bradley Wiggins 492,064 (30.25%)

2. Jessica Ennis 372,765 (22.92%)

3. Andy Murray 230,444 (14.17%)

4. Mo Farah 131,327 (8.07%)

5. David Weir 114,633 (7.05%)

6. Ellie Simmonds 102,894 (6.33%)

7. Sir Chris Hoy 42,961 (2.64%)

8. Nicola Adams 35,560 (2.19%)

9. Ben Ainslie 35,373 (2.17%)

10. Rory McIlroy 29,729 (1.83%)

11. Katherine Grainger 28,626 (1.76%)

12. Sarah Storey 10,342 (0.64%)

[Chico Hamilton III]

BBC history was made last night. It was the first time the words "Andy Murray" and "personality" have ever been used in the same sentence.

If/when Scotland gain independence, can we retrospectively strip him of this award?

[Nev]

I did intend to watch but missed it all for various reasons.

But then with David Beckham, a member of the Royal Family and an ex Tory MP all on stage at once I'm rather glad I did.

[john e]

i think its the only year i can remember that i wouldnt have minded any one of the nominees winning it,
they all looked worthy winners to me

[lovejoy]

Ben Ainslie, sailing was the only way out of the ghetto.