Pics: Canada's No. 1 Corrie fan at the British Soap Awards

Canada's Number 1 Corrie Fan, Deborah Cyr, recently had a chance to attend the recent British Soap Awards on her holiday to the UK. Deborah has met dozens of Corrie actors and is a dedicated fan. She was very lucky to get tickets for the awards and tickets for the red carpet. Here's Deb's overview. You can go to her website to see the rest of the details and lots more photos.


"In March I booked a holiday to England, May 2nd - 27th. I had a few Corrie things planned and really hoped one of them would be to be on the red carpet of the British Soap Awards meeting actors as they arrived. A number of friends had done that in 2011 when the awards were in Manchester and it was something I really wanted to experience.

I never realised the odds of getting tickets this year were next to none, but somehow once again I had some Corrie luck on my side. Not only was I on the red carpet, but for the first time in the British Soap Awards history fans were given the opportunity to apply to be in the audience.

I got three tickets for the red carpet and to be in the audience for the show. I got to cheer all my Coronation Street favourites as they won 8 awards, including best soap. My luck continued as I was given a goody bag that the actors left the ceremony with, thanks to Nathan Wright of Doctors.

My husband Al, good friend Emma and I were the first to arrive at Media City on May 18th and the last to leave. When we left, all of the actors had also left. Our feet were aching and the jacket potato we'd had at lunch was long gone, but we had the biggest smiles on our faces. It was one of the longest days, but a day we will never forget. Watching my favourite soap win, seeing the familiar faces arrive all glammed up and then meeting a number of the cast after.

You can read all about it and see more photos on my website

This is another day I will remember for a very long time!!"


Photos copyright Deborah Cyr. Top photo shows her and her friend Emma with Oliver Mellor (Matt Carter) and Sol Heras (Ryan Connor)

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Pics: Coronation Street collect British Soap Awards 2013

Well done to Coronation Street for winning eight awards in this year's British Soap Awards, including the award for Best Soap.  Read all about the awards here and view red carpet pics of the Corrie cast here.

Below are ITV official pictures from the awards show.

Michell Keegan (Tina) wins Sexiest Female award

The Coronation Street team with Corrie creator Tony Warren next to Jennie McAlpine.

Malcolm Hebden (Norris) clearly very happy at winning the award for Best Soap.

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Pics of Coronation Street cast at British Soap Awards

Coronation Street won eight awards at the British Soap Awards, held last night in Manchester on Saturday 18 May. 

Read all about the winners here. 

And feast your eyes on the pictures below of some of the Coronation Street cast in their best bib and tucker.  Don't they scrub up well?

Pics courtesy of Getty Images and Digital Spy who have pics of all of the soap stars.

Alan Halsall and pregnant wife Lucy-Jo Hudson

Jennie McAlpine's dress was made by Antony Cotton's mum, Enid!

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Coronation Street wins eight awards at British Soap Awards

The winners are announced in the 2013 British Soap Awards and Alan Halsall and Natalie Gumede came up trumps along with several other awards handed out for our favourite soap.

The eight awards are as follows:

1. Coronation Street won Best Soap.
2. Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs) won for best actor
3 and 4. Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames) came away with two BSA awards, Best Dramatic Performance and Villain of the Year.
5. The Best Storyline was Kirsty's abuse of Tyrone.
6. Patti Clare (Mary Taylor) won Best Comedy Performance.
7. Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer) took the gong for Best Exit.
8. Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) won again for Sexiest Female.

All in all, Corrie won eight awards. A full list is available at Digital Spy.

Well done, Corrie!  The awards show will be aired on ITV1 tonight at 8pm.

See all the pictures from the British Soap Awards 2013 here.

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Last chance to vote for Corrie! British Soap Awards 2013

If you haven't voted yet for Coronation Street, do it now. Voting closes at 3pm on Friday 17 May.

The awards ceremony takes place on Saturday 18 May at Media City in Manchester and will be shown on ITV1 on Sunday 19 May.

So if you haven't yet voted for Coronation Street in the British Soap Awards 2013, then... 

Cast your vote here.

View galleries from last year's awards of all the red carpet arrivals and winners from Coronation Street here.

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British Soap Awards 2013 - shortlist now open for voting

Voting is now open in the shortlist for the British Soap Awards 2013.

Corrie is represented in the following categories:

Sexiest Female: Fat Brenda Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) or Georgie May Foote (Katy Armstrong)

Sexiest Male: Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth)

Villain of the Year: Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames) or Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer)

Best Actor: Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs)

Best Actress: Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre) or Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape)

Best British Soap: Coronation Street (of course)

The British Soap Awards will this year move up north from that London to take place at Media City in Manchester on Saturday May 18th.  Philip Schofield will be the host.

Vote for Coronation Street in the British Soap Awards here.

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Monday Moan: The British Soap Awards

As you will probably have seen this morning, voting has now opened for this year's British Soap Awards. Much excitement I'm sure. Ok, well maybe not for us, but the fake tan emporiums across the nation will be going into overdrive.

I'm going to have a moan about the Soap Awards I'm afraid. I generally find award ceremonies incredibly dull and cannot bear watching overpaid, over-emotional thespians gush and preen, far removed from the real world. However I do think it is only fair our soap operas have their own ceremony. My problem with these awards is how poorly Coronation Street seems to perform given it is head and shoulders above the competition (even when it's at its worst!)

Looking at the statistics, since the awards started up in 1999, Corrie has won "Best Soap" only four times compared to that southern soap's ten gongs. Corrie has only taken the "Best Actor" prize twice compared to that London drama's nine awards and five Coronation Street ladies have taken home the "Best Actress" award compared to eight from down south. It just doesn't seem right to me! 

I hope these statistics change in Corrie's favour this year. There is no doubt in my mind that Alan Halsall (Tyrone) should win Best Actor. My second moan is why oh why isn't Natalie Gumede nominated in the Best Actress category? I would love to know who decided Corrie's top three because in my opinion it just doesn't make sense! Thankfully Natalie is still up for Best Villain - but I think she deserves the best actress nod. 

So why does Corrie not perform so well? Do other soaps have a younger cross-section of viewers who are more likely to vote by text or online? Are we Corrie fans just shy when it comes to voting? 

Who knows, but I'd like to hear your views both on the awards in general and why you think Corrie sometimes fails to come out on top.


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