BRITISH SOAP AWARDS SHORT LIST NOMINEES ANNOUNCED AHEAD FO 2025 CEREMONY

The most glamorous night on TV is back for 2025 with the return of The British Soap Awards. The biggest celebration of our nation’s most loved soap operas will be back exclusively on ITV1 and ITVX this Summer.

After a hugely successful stint hosting the awards for the first time in 2023, the legendary Jane McDonald will be returning as host to add extra sparkle to the most glittering event of the year. The awards will take place in London and will honour the country’s four biggest soaps - Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. 

Each soap will battle it out for one of the many highly sought after awards.  So expect some of the biggest faces from all four soaps to be hitting the red carpet for the most star-studded and exciting event in the soap calendar. As always, the awards will celebrate a year in our soaps and will be voted for by our expert judging panel or by the public.

The Nominations

BEST BRITISH SOAP 

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

BEST LEADING PERFORMER

Emmerdale:                     Eden Taylor-Draper          (Belle Dingle)

Emmerdale:                     Beth Cordingly                 (Ruby Fox-Miligan)

EastEnders:                     Lacey Turner                    (Stacey Slater)

EastEnders:                     Kellie Bright                      (Linda Carter)

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR 

Coronation Street:          Calum Lill                          (Joel Deering)

EastEnders:                    Navin Chowdhry               (Nish Panesar)

Emmerdale:                    Ned Porteous                    (Joe Tate)

Hollyoaks:                       Tyler Conti                        (Abe Fielding)

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE

Coronation Street:            Jack P. Shepherd            (David Platt)

EastEnders:                      Patsy Palmer                  (Bianca Jackson)

Emmerdale:                      Nicola Wheeler               (Nicola King)

Hollyoaks:                         Nicole Barber-Lane        (Myra McQueen)         

BEST FAMILY 

Coronation Street:           The Platts              

EastEnders:                     The Slaters                     

Emmerdale:                     The Dingles                     

Hollyoaks:                        The Osbornes                     

BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE 

Coronation Street:             Peter Ash                     (Paul Foreman)

EastEnders:                       Steve McFadden         (Phil Mitchell)

Emmerdale:                       Eden Taylor-Draper     (Belle Dingle)

Hollyoaks:                          Isabelle Smith              (Frankie Osborne)       

BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Coronation Street:              Mason’s Death

EastEnders:                        Phil’s Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985

Emmerdale:                        April’s Life On The Streets

Hollyoaks:                           Hollyoaks Time Jump

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP 

Coronation Street:              Alison King & Vicky Myers

                                           (Carla Connor & Lisa Swain)

EastEnders:                        Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter

                                           (Patrick & Yolande Trueman)

Emmerdale:                        William Ash & Beth Cordingly

                                           (Caleb Milligan & Ruby Fox-Miligan)

Hollyoaks:                           Nathaniel Dass & Oscar Curtis

                                           (Dillon Ray & Lucas Hay)             

BEST NEWCOMER 

Coronation Street:              Jacob Roberts                (Kit Green) 

EastEnders:                        Laura Doddington          (Nicola Mitchell)

Emmerdale:                        Shebz Miah                    (Kammy Hadiq)

Hollyoaks:                           Isabelle Smith                (Frankie Osborne)   

BEST STORYLINE

Coronation Street:             Paul’s Battle With MND

EastEnders:                       Phil Mitchell: Hypermasculinity In Crisis

Emmerdale:                       Belle & Tom - Domestic Abuse

Hollyoaks:                          Sibling Sexual Abuse

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER 

Coronation Street:              Will Flanagan                     (Joseph Winter-Brown) 

EastEnders:                        Sonny Kendall                   (Tommy Moon)

Emmerdale:                        Amelia Flanagan                (April Windsor)

Hollyoaks:                           Noah Holdsworth               (Oscar Osborne)            

SCENE OF THE YEAR 

Coronation Street:              Mason’s Death

EastEnders:                        Angie Watts' Shock Return

Emmerdale:                        Amy’s Deathly Plunge Reveals A Grisly Secret

Hollyoaks:                           Mercedes Confronts Her Mortality 

The British Soap Awards will air this June on ITV1.