Hollyoaks Leads British Soap Award Noms

Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks has secured the most nominations on this year's British Soap Awards shortlist.

Released today, the list sees each of the five qualifying soaps - Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks - receive the default three nods in five of the six viewer-voted categories: Sexiest Male, Sexiest Female, Villain of the Year, Best Actor and Best Actress. Also, each show is automatically nominated for Best Soap.

Winners of the remaining 11 awards - including Best Comedy Performance, Best Newcomer, Best Single Episode and Best Storyline - have been decided by a panel.

Of the 36 shortlist panel nominations, Hollyoaks featured in each of the nine categories, while EastEnders received eight nods.

Coronation Street took seven, while Emmerdale and Doctors were given six each.

Notably, Corrie failed to receive a nomination in the Best Dramatic Performance category, while Emmerdale didn't make the top four in the Best Storyline and Best Single Episode stakes.

Nominations for the Lifetime Achievement and Special Achievement awards are also considered by the panel.

The eleventh annual British Soap Awards take place at BBC's Television Centre in central London on Saturday. The ceremony will transmit on Wednesday, May 13 on ITV1.

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Panel nominations..

Best Comedy Performance (Last year's winner was Maggie Jones)
Coronation Street: Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald)
EastEnders: Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood)
Emmerdale: Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk)
Hollyoaks: Hollie-Jay Bowes (Michaela McQueen)

Best Dramatic Performance (Last year's winner was Jo Joyner, EastEnders)
Doctors: Anita Carey (Vivien March)
EastEnders: Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson)
Emmerdale: Jenna-Louise Coleman (Jasmine Thomas)
Hollyoaks Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham)

Best Dramatic Performance for a Young Actor or Actress (Last year's winner was Jamie Borthwick, EastEnders)
Coronation Street: Alexander Bain (Simon Barlow)
EastEnders: Maisie Smith (Tiffany Dean)
Emmerdale: Isabel Hodgins (Victoria Sugden)
Hollyoaks: Ellis Hollins (Tom Cunningham)

Best Exit (Last year's winner was Gemma Bissix, Hollyoaks)
Coronation Street: Rob James-Collier (Liam Connor)
Doctors: Michael McKell (Dr Nick West)
Emmerdale: Matt Healy (Matthew King)
Hollyoaks: Matt Littler (Max Cunningham)

Best Newcomer (Last year's winner was Michelle Keegan, Coronation Street)
Coronation Street: Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor)
Doctors: Selina Chilton (Ruth Pearce)
EastEnders: Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean)
Hollyoaks: Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen)

Best On-Screen Partnership (Last year's winner was Matt Littler and Darren Jon Jeffires, Hollyoaks)
Coronation Street: Simon Gregson and Katherine Kelly (Steve McDonald & Becky Granger)
EastEnders: Nitin Ganatra and Nina Wadia (Masood Ahmed and Zainab Masood)
Emmerdale: Mark Charnock and Dominic Brunt (Marlon Dingle and Paddy Kirk)
Hollyoaks: Nico Mirallegro and Marc Silcock (Barry 'Newt' Newton and Eli)

Best Storyline (Last year's winner was Max and Stacey’s Affair, EastEnders)
Coronation Street: TBC
Doctors: TBC
EastEnders: TBC
Hollyoaks: TBC

Spectacular Scene (Last year's winner was Car off Cliff, Hollyoaks)Doctors: TBC
EastEnders: TBC
Emmerdale: TBC
Hollyoaks: TBC

Best Single Episode (Last year's winner was Baby Daniel’s Death, Emmerdale)
Coronation Street: TBC
Doctors: TBC
EastEnders: TBC
Hollyoaks: TBC


Lifetime Achievement Award
Special Achievement Award
Best Soap

Announced on the night.