<p>It’s been a huge year for British sport: the Lionesses roared to victory in the Euros this summer, the Red Roses won the Women's Rugby World Cup and Lando Norris won Formula 1 drivers' championship.</p><br><p>In such a record-breaking year across the sports, who deserves to be crowned BBC Sports Personality of the Year? This year’s contenders are: Hannah Hampton, Chloe Kelly, Ellie Kildunne, Luke Littler, Rory McIlroy and Lando Norris.</p><br><p>Andrew Butler is joined by The Observer’s Assistant Sports Editor Jess Hayden, alongside sports reporters Jessy Parker Humphreys and George Simms, as they go head-to-head to debate who deserves to take home SPOTY.</p><br><p>Vote for who you think should win here: https://www.smartsurvey.com/t/observersport/&nbsp;</p><br><p>**We want to hear what you think! Email us at: [email protected]&nbsp;</p><p>Follow us on Social Media:&nbsp;</p><p>@ObserverUK on X&nbsp;</p><p>@theobserveruk on Instagram and TikTok</p><p>@theobserveruk.bsky.social‬ on bluesky&nbsp;</p><br><p>Host: Andrew Butler</p><br><p>Producer: Amalie Sortland</p><br><p>Executive Producer: Rebecca Moore</p><br><p>To find out more about The Observer:</p><br><p>Subscribe to TheObserver+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and ad-free content</p><p>Head to our website observer.co.uk&nbsp;</p><p>Download the Observer app – for a listening experience curated by our journalists</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>