The nominees will be put to a public vote on the night of the live show:
Venue: Birmingham LG Arena
Venue: Birmingham LG Arena
Date: Sunday, 19th December
Time: 1900 GMT
Coverage: Live on BBC One, BBC Radio 5 Live & BBC Sport website.
The public will be able to choose who they want to see crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year by telephone and details of the numbers to phone will be given out during the programme, which will be presented by Sue Barker, Gary Lineker and Jake Humphrey.
Before the big event there will be an Inside Sport preview show on Monday 13th December at 2305 GMT.
