Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale, and Hollyoaks will be battling it out as the ceremony returns to ITV.

By Patrick Cremona

Published: Tuesday, 10 May 2022 at 12:00 am


The nominations for the British Soap Awards 2022 have been confirmed – with the awards ceremony set to return to ITV and ITV Hub next month after two years off the air.

Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks will all be battling it out to take home the major awards, which include a combination of fan-voted and panel-voted categories.

The Best Leading Performer category is dominated by EastEnders and Emmerdale, with Gillian Wright and Linda Henry from the former and Paige Sandhu and Mark Charnock from the latter in the running alongside Coronation Street’s Sally Carman.

Meanwhile, the Meena serial killer storyline from Emmerdale and the Coronation Street hate crime storyline are among those up for Best Storyline.

The ceremony will be hosted by Phillip Schofield live from the Hackney Empire in London, and you can vote by visiting the British Soap Awards website now.

You can see the shortlist in full below, with the categories also including Best Newcomer, Best Family and Best Villain.

Fan-Voted Categories

Best British Soap

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

Best Leading Performer

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Gillian Wright as Jean Slater in EastEnders.

Sally Carman (Abi Webster) – Coronation Street

Gillian Wright (Jean Slater)  – EastEnders

Linda Henry (Shirley Carter) – EastEnders

Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla)  – Emmerdale

Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle) – Emmerdale

Best Family

The Alahans – Coronation Street

The Carters – EastEnders

The Dingles – Emmerdale

The McQueens – Hollyoaks

Panel-Voted Categories

Villain of the Year

Maximus Evans (Corey Brent) – Coronation Street

Laura White (Dr Princess Buchanan) – Doctors

Toby-Alexander Smith (Gray Atkins) – EastEnders

Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla) – Emmerdale

Rhiannon Clements (Summer Ranger) – Hollyoaks

Best Comedy Performer

Jane Hazelgrove (Bernie Winter) – Coronation Street

Sarah Moyle (Valerie Pitman) – Doctors

Tameka Empson (Kim Fox) – EastEnders

Lisa Riley (Mandy Dingle) – Emmerdale

Chelsee Healey (Goldie McQueen) – Hollyoaks 

Best Newcomer 

Paddy Bever (Max Turner) – Coronation Street

Ross McLaren (Luca McIntyre) – Doctors

Ross Boatman (Harvey Monroe) – EastEnders

Darcy Grey (Marcus Dean) – Emmerdale

Matthew James-Bailey (Ethan Williams) – Hollyoaks

Best Storyline

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Paige Sandhu as Meena Jutla in Emmerdale.
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Coronation Street – Hate Crime

Harry Visioni (Seb Franklin), Mollie Gallagher (Nina Lucas), Sally Carman (Abi Webster), David Neilson (Roy Cropper), Millie Gibson (Kelly Neelan), Maximus Evans (Corey Brent)

Doctors – Bear and his mother encounter racism at St Phil’s Hospital

Dex Lee (Bear Sylvester), Angela Wynter (Makeda Sylvester), Laura Bayston (Nurse Cathy Jenkins)

EastEnders – Jean’s Bipolar

Gillian Wright (Jean Slater), Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater), Ross Boatman (Harvey Monroe), Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater), James Bye (Martin Fowler)

Emmerdale – Meena Serial Killer

Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla)

Hollyoaks – Misbah’s Historic Rape

Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik)

Best Single Episode

Coronation Street – Flashback

Doctors – Three Consultations and a Funeral

EastEnders – Jean in Southend

Emmerdale – Marlon’s stroke

Hollyoaks – Out of Time

Best Dramatic Performance

Sally Carman (Abi Webster) – Coronation Street

Dex Lee (Bear Sylvester) – Doctors

Gillian Wright (Jean Slater) – EastEnders

Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle) – Emmerdale

Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik) – Hollyoaks

Best On-Screen Partnership

David Neilson & Mollie Gallagher (Roy Cropper & Nina Lucas) – Coronation Street

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

Lacey Turner & Gillian Wright (Stacey Slater and Jean Slater) – EastEnders

Isobel Steele & Bradley Johnson (Liv Flaherty & Vinny Dingle) – Emmerdale

Anna Passey & Kieron Richardson (Sienna Blake & Ste Hay) – Hollyoaks                     

Best Young Performer

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Millie Gibson as Kelly Neelan in Coronation Street.
ITV/Danielle Baguley

Millie Gibson (Kelly Neelan) – Coronation Street

Sonny Kendall (Tommy Moon) – EastEnders

Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor) – Emmerdale

Jayden Fox (Bobby Costello) – Hollyoaks

Scene of the Year

Coronation Street – Johnny’s Death

Sally Ann Matthews (Jenny Connor), Richard Hawley (Johnny Connor), Julia Goulding (Shona Platt)

Doctors – Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

Adrian Lewis Morgan (Jimmi Clay), Ashley Rice (Sid Vere), Jane Pearson (Karen Hollins), Sarah Moyle (Valerie Pitman), Ben Moor (Paul Brooks), Harriet Thorpe (Hattie Brooks), Helen Lederer (Maisie Oliver)

EastEnders – Hall of Mirrors

Gillian Wright (Jean Slater), Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater)

Emmerdale – Bridge Collapse

Paige Sandhu (Meena Jutla), Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe), Isabel Hodgins (Victoria Sugden), Rebecca Sarker (Manpreet Sharma), Kevin Mathurin (Charles Anderson), Anna Nightingale (Andrea Tate)

Hollyoaks – Misbah Didn’t Consent

Haiesha Mistry (Yasmine Maalik), Harvey Virdi (Misbah Maalik)

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