Voting opens in British Soap Awards 2012

Voting has opened today in the British Soap Awards 2012. The awards will be shown on TV in May.

Vote for Coronation Street here.

With thanks to Digital Spy, the nominations are as follows:


Sexiest Male

Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth, Coronation Street)

Oliver Mellor (Matt Carter, Coronation Street)

Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw, Coronation Street)

Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors)
Simon Rivers (Kevin Tyler, Doctors)
Nicolas Woodman (Jack Hollins, Doctors)
Marc Elliott (Syed Masood, EastEnders)
Scott Maslen (Jack Branning, EastEnders)
John Partridge (Christian Clarke, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe, Emmerdale)
James Atherton (Will Savage, Hollyoaks)
Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks)
Emmett Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Sexiest Female

Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)

Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor, Coronation Street)

Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price, Coronation Street)

Sophie Abelson (Cherry Clay, Doctors)
Charlie Clemmow (Imogen Hollins, Doctors)
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors)
Meryl Fernandes (Afia Masood, EastEnders)
Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders)
Preeya Kalidas (Amira Masood, EastEnders)
Natalie Anderson (Alicia Gallagher, Emmerdale)
Emma Atkins (Charity Sharma, Emmerdale)
Natalie J Robb (Moira Barton, Emmerdale)
Scarlett Bowman (Maddie Morrison, Hollyoaks)
Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Villain of the Year

Kate Ford (Tracy Barlow, Coronation Street)

Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames, Coronation Street)

Andrew Lancel (Frank Foster, Coronation Street)

James Larkin (Harrison Kellor, Doctors)
Marian McLoughlin (Marina Bonnaire, Doctors)
Laurence Saunders (Trevor Waterhouse, Doctors)
Ace Bhatti (Yusef Khan, EastEnders)
Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, EastEnders)
Joshua Pascoe (Ben Mitchell, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Tom Lister (Carl King, Emmerdale)
Jason Merrells (Declan Macey, Emmerdale)
Jamie Lomas (Warren Fox, Hollyoaks)
Jeff Rawle (Silas Blissett, Hollyoaks)
Emmett Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Actor

Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Coronation Street)

Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald, Coronation Street)

Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs, Coronation Street)

Owen Brenman (Heston Carter, Doctors)
Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors)
Chris Walker (Rob Hollins, Doctors)
Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, EastEnders)
Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, EastEnders)
Shane Richie (Alfie Moon, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
John Middleton (Ashley Thomas, Emmerdale)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Steven Roberts (George Smith, Hollyoaks)
Emmett Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)

Best Actress

Jane Danson (Leanne Barlow, Coronation Street)

Sally Dynevor (Sally Webster, Coronation Street)

Alison King (Carla Connor, Coronation Street)

Janet Dibley (Elaine Cassidy, Doctors)
Diane Keen (Julia Parsons, Doctors)
Lorna Laidlaw (Mrs Tembe, Doctors)
Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson, EastEnders)
Jo Joyner (Tanya Jessop, EastEnders)
Nina Wadia (Zainab Khan, EastEnders)
Chelsea Halfpenny (Amy Wyatt, Emmerdale)
Natalie J Robb (Moira Barton, Emmerdale)
Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, Emmerdale)
Karen Hassan (Lynsey Nolan, Hollyoaks)
Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Holly Weston (Ash Kane, Hollyoaks)

Best British Soap

Coronation Street

Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

First round voting will close on Monday, April 2 at 3pm. Second round voting for the final shortlist will then open on Thursday, April 5 before closing on Friday, April 27 at 3pm.

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