Entries from the five biggest soaps are eligible – Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – and stars from all five will don their finest on the night for what promises to be one of the award calendar’s most glamorous occasions.
Hosted by Phillip Schofield with awards being presented by some of the entertainment worlds most famous faces, there’s everything to play for in the soap world’s ‘Oscars’.
The British Soap Awards honour outstanding achievement in the country’s most popular television genre. There are 17 awards and categories are voted for either by a panel of expert judges or by the public and include Sexiest Male and Female, Best Actor and Actress, Best Comedy Performance, Villain of the Year, Spectacular Scene of the Year, Best On-Screen Partnership and the ultimate accolade, Best British Soap which was last year won by EastEnders.
On ITV2 The British Soap Awards 2011: Let’s Party will be at the Soap Awards party, celebrating with the winners, commiserating with those that missed out on glory, and getting all the behind the scenes gossip from the stars of our favourite shows.
The Nominations
The final four Viewer Voted Categories:
SEXIEST MALE (Last year’s winner was Scott Maslen - EastEnders
Coronation Street: Keith Duffy (Ciaran McCarthy)
Coronation Street: Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth)
EastEnders: Scott Maslen (Jack Branning)
Emmerdale: Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy)
SEXIEST FEMALE (Last year’s winner was Michelle Keegan – Coronation Street
Coronation Street: Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre)
Coronation Street: Alison King (Carla Connor)
EastEnders: Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell)
Hollyoaks: Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes McQueen)
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR (Last year’s winner was Larry Lamb -EastEnders
Coronation Street: Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow)
EastEnders: Charlie Brooks (Janine Malloy)
EastEnders: Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson)
Hollyoaks: Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady)
BEST ACTOR (Last year’s winner was Scott Maslen - EastEnders
Coronation Street: Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow)
EastEnders: Shane Richie (Alfie Moon)
Emmerdale: Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy)
Hollyoaks: Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady)
BEST ACTRESS (Last year’s winner was Lacey Turner - EastEnders
Coronation Street Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald)
EastEnders Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon)
Emmerdale Jane Cox (Lisa Dingle)
Hollyoaks Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen)
Panel Nominations
The Final Four Panel Nominations
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE (Last years winner was Craig Gazey – Coronation Street
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE
Patti Clare (Mary Taylor) Coronation Street
Tameka Empson (Kim Fox) EastEnders
Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard) Emmerdale
Alex Carter (Lee Hunter) Hollyoaks
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE (Last year’s winner was Lacey Turner - EastEnders
Jane Danson (Leanne Barlow) Coronation Street
Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson) EastEnders
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy) Emmerdale
Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen) Hollyoaks
BEST YOUNG PERFORMANCE
(Last year’s winner was Ami Metcalf - Doctors
Alexander Bain (Simon Barlow) Coronation Street
Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher) EastEnders
Eden Taylor Draper (Belle Dingle) Emmerdale
Ellis Hollins (Tom Cunningham) Hollyoaks
BEST EXIT (Last year’s winner was Charlie Clements - EastEnders
Bill Tarmey (Jack Duckworth) Coronation Street
Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning) EastEnders
Andy Devine (Shadrach Dingle) Emmerdale
Carley Stenson (Steph Roach) Hollyoaks
BEST NEWCOMER (Last year’s winner was Marc Elliott - EastEnders
Paula Lane (Kylie Turner) Coronation Street
Ricky Norwood (Arthur ‘Fatboy’ Chubb) EastEnders
Pauline Quirke (Hazel Rhodes) Emmerdale
Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady) Hollyoaks
BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP (Last year’s winner was Jan Pearson and Christopher Walker - DoctorsKatherine Kelly & Simon Gregson Coronation Street
(Becky & Steve McDonald)
Jessie Wallace & Shane Richie EastEnders
(Kat & Alfie Moon)
Emma Atkins & Jeff Hordley Emmerdale
(Charity Tate & Cain Dingle)
Emmett J Scanlan & Kieron Richardson Hollyoaks
(Brendan Brady & Ste Hay)
BEST STORYLINE (Last year’s winner was Who Killed Archie - EastEndersEnd of the line for the Websters & Dobbs Coronation Street
Karen’s abortion Doctors
Ronnie swaps her baby for Kat’s EastEnders
Holly’s drug addiction Emmerdale
SPECTACULAR SCENE OF THE YEAR (Last year’s winner was The Parachute Jump - HollyoaksThe Tram Crash Coronation Street
The Queen Vic Fire EastEnders
The Train Crash Emmerdale
The Lift Shaft Hollyoaks
BEST SINGLE EPISODE (Last year’s winner was EastEnders Live)
Coronation Street Live
August 23rd Doctors
Billie’s death EastEnders
The Betrayed Emmerdale
To be announced on the night:
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BEST BRITISH SOAP (Last year’s winner was EastEnders
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
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