Shortlist of five candidates - but Salah wins
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane and Victor Moses miss out
Third Egyptian winner after Mohamed Barakat in 2005 and Mohamed Aboutrika in 2008
Award started as BBC African Sports Star of the Year in 1992
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DaddyMo: It’s probably going to be either Victor Moses or Mohamed Salah to win the BBC African Footballer of the Year award.
Mahmoud Ma'moun: 2005 ... Barakat 2008 ... Aboutrika 2017 ... Salah??
If there's one thing about this award it is that everyone has an opinion. So we asked a selection of people who they thought some be named BBC African Footballer of the Year.................
BBC African Footballer of the Year: Fans pick their favourites
Fans pick their favourite ahead of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award show on 11 December.
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The voting closed at 18:00 GMT on 27 November. Seems like a long time ago. But some burning questions remain...
Who do you want to win?
Who is going to win?
Is there a difference?
Let us know using #bbcafoty
Nothing quite like a countdown....
We will lose one nominee after another (you can watch on BBC Brit) from 17:30 GMT - and the announcement of the winner will also be shown on BBC World News from 17:50 GMT.
Presenter Mimi Fawaz will be joined by former Nigeria striker Efan Ekoku and DR Congo international Gabriel Zakuani.
And there is also a special BBC World Service Facebook Live from 17:30 GMT.
Presenter Stanley Kwenda will be joined by BBC Africa deputy editor Josephine Hazeley, BBC Arabic's Mohamed Qoutb and BBC Africa's Nick Cavell (BBC African sport).
It is worth stressing, the countdown isn't from the player finishing fifth through to the winner - it is just a case of eliminating the four who did not win before revealing the winner. Got that?
Image source, .In case you've been stuck under a rock for the last month or so, the shortlist comprised Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah.
And if you don't know much about them you can find out more here - and just stick on this page and we'll load you up with loads of info over the next hour or so.
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Image source, .Voting has closed.
All of them have been added up - and we have a winner. The thing is, we don't know who that is yet.
But don't panic - over the next hour we will find out exactly who is the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year.
Image source, BBC SportIf the suspense has been almost too much, panic not - the wait is almost over.
Later on Monday we will finally find out who is the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017.
The top five will be revealed in reverse from 17:30 GMT.
And in case you didn't know, the five contenders are....
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, Victor Moses and Mohamed Salah.