British Soap Awards 2010 - The Nominations

Soap's biggest TV night of the year is coming very soon, with the announcement today of the nominations for the annual bash, The British Soap Awards.  The forces of EastEnders, Emmerdale, Doctors, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street will lock horns once again, to see which soap the public has voted the creme of the crop in the past twelve months.


Below are all the nominations for the nine panel-based categories.  The Best Actor, Best Actresses, Sexiest Male, Sexiest Female and Villian of the Year will be announced on the night (The public have been voting on these awards since February)

Best Comedy Performance

Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor, Coronation Street)

Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood, EastEnders)

Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)

Bronagh Waugh (Cheryl Brady, Hollyoaks)

 

Best Dramatic Performance

Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Coronation Street)

Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, EastEnders)

Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)

Glen Wallace (Malachy Fisher, Hollyoaks)

 

Best Dramatic Performance from a Young Actor or Actrees

Alexander Bain (Simon Barlow, Coronation Street)

Ami Metcalf (Sapphire Cox, Doctors)

Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher, EastEnders)

Oscar Lloyd (Will Wylde, Emmerdale)

 

Best Exit

Reece Dinsdale (Joe McIntyre, Coronation Street)

Charlie Clements (Bradley Branning, EastEnders)

Maxwell Caulfield (Mark Wylde, Emmerdale)

Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox, Hollyoaks)

 

Best Newcomer

Sophie Abelson (Cherry Malone, Doctors)

Marc Elliott (Syed Masood, EastEnders)

Lyndon Ogbourne (Nathan Wylde, Emmerdale)

Bronagh Waugh (Cheryl Brady, Hollyoaks)

 

Best On-Screen Partnership

Katherine Kelly & Simon Gregson (Becky & Steve McDonald, Coronation Street)

Jan Pearson & Chris Walker (Karen & Rob Hollins, Doctors)

Sid Owen & Patsy Palmer (Ricky & Bianca Butcher, EastEnders)

Nick Miles & Nicola Wheeler (Jimmy King & Nicola De Souza, Emmerdale)

 

Best Storyline

Peter's Alcohol Addiction (Coronation Street)

Zara's Revenge (Doctors)

Who Killed Archie Mitchell? (EastEnders)

Aaron's Sexuality (Emmerdale)

 

Spectacular Scene of the Year

Joe Drowns To His Death (Coronation Street)

The Siege (Doctors)

A Car Crashes Through Home Farm Shop (Emmerdale)

Skydiving Disaster/Sarah Plummets To Her Death (Hollyoaks)

 

Best Single Episode

Peter's Drinking Gets Out Of Control (Coronation Street)

'Master Of The Universe' - The Siege (Doctors)

The Live Episode/Archie's Killer Is Revealed (EastEnders)

Aaron Confesses That He Is Gay (Emmerdale)

 

Best British Soap (voted by the viewers)

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

 

Despite a barrage of criticism from many, it is to many surprise that Emmerdale has the honour this year of earning a nomination in each panel-based category.  It doesn't guarantee success though, as Hollyoaks found out last year, when they had similar treatment, but walked away empty-handed.  Emmerdale has 9 nominations, Coronation Street and EastEnders have been nominated for 8, with daytime soap Doctors scooping 6 nominations and Hollyoaks a disappointing 5.

The awards ceremony will be on Saturday night at BBC Television Centre and will be hosted by This Morning anchorman Phillip Schofield.  The ceremony will be broadcast on ITV1 on Wednesday 19th May, a week later than planned, due to Fulham's involvement in the UEFA Europa League final.

Best of luck to everyone who has been nominated!