Good morning and welcome to...

The Community Stars 2009 nominations ceremony.

There's a real hustle and bustle around the room....an eeerie hush descends....photographers are poised, cameramen twitch nerously at the back, journalists scribble frantically aiming to catch the ambiance of the sharp, tension-filled atmosphere. It's much like I imagine the Oscars or Mercury award nomination ceremonies to be, except no one will be singing and I haven't managed to team up with Paul Smith. I'm fairly sure Felicity hasn't persuaded Giogio Armani or Oscar de la Rente to part with their latest creation, though you never know...

Anyway, without further a-do, the nominations for the moneysupermarket.com Community Stars 2009 are as follows. Drum roll, please......thank you.

In alphabetical order:

Most helpful - Debt
basa48; conmankiller; George_brosnan; Stubie-One

Most helpful - Money
ATM, conmankiller; Jalexa; maxsteam; mooreaz

Most helpful - Insurance
conmankiller; Coyote, dacouch; huckster; maxsteam

Most helpful - Gas & Electricity
Jalexa; maxsteam; Mynewt; sparky76

Best overall member 2009
conmankiller; huckster; Jalexa; maxsteam; mooreaz

A huge and hearty 'congratulations' to the award nominees - well-earned and fully deserved recognition for all of your incredible efforts in 2009.

I'm delighted to now declare the voting open! You can vote by dropping an email to me at : graeme.delap@moneysupermarket.com. Remember: votes need to be in by Friday 18th December at the latest.

Thanks again and don't forget to join us at 12 noon (GMT) on Wednesday December 23rd when we'll be congratulating the winners over one of those virtual glasses of champagne... I'm very much looking forward to the winning speeches!

Let the voting begin!