British Soap Awards 2023 announces full shortlist - and no live ceremony this year

Daniel Kilkelly

2 May 2023 at 5:56 am·3-min read

British Soap Awards bosses have announced the full shortlist for the 2023 ceremony.

The public-voted categories are now entering the second round of voting, with the Best Leading Performer options whittled down from 25 to 5.

Coronation Street has one contender in the Leading Performer category, while EastEnders and Emmerdale have two each. For the second year running, Hollyoaks and Doctors failed to get anyone through to the second round of public voting in this category.

Other public-voted categories – Best Villain, Best Young Performer and Best British Soap – retain the same number of nominees they had in the first round of voting.

daisy midgeley , coronation street — ITV

Meanwhile, the panel-voted nominees have also been announced for the first time.

And British Soap Awards chiefs have confirmed a broadcast change for this year's ceremony, which will switch back to being pre-recorded rather than airing live on a Saturday night.

An official airdate will be announced at a later point, but the ceremony has been scheduled to air in "a pre-recorded midweek primetime slot". Phillip Schofield will be the host.

The full list of nominees follow.

Viewer-voted categories

Best Leading Performer

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)

Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders)

Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean, EastEnders)

Sally Dexter (Faith Dingle, Emmerdale)

Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)

Best Villain

Todd Boyce (Stephen Reid, Coronation Street)

Laura White (Princess Buchanan, Doctors)

Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati, EastEnders)

Michael Wildman (Al Chapman, Emmerdale)

Angus Castle-Doughty (Eric Foster, Hollyoaks)

Best Young Performer

Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman, Coronation Street)

Lillia Turner (Lily Slater, EastEnders)

Huey Quinn (Kyle Winchester, Emmerdale)

Jayden Fox (Bobby Costello, Hollyoaks)

kyle and amy sit on a sofa talking in emmerdale — ITV

Best British Soap

Coronation Street

Doctors

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

Panel-voted categories

Best Comedy Performance

Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street)

Ian Midlane (Al Haskey, Doctors)

Jonny Freeman (Reiss Colwell, EastEnders)

Samantha Giles (Bernice Blackstock, Emmerdale)

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)

Best Dramatic Performance

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)

Chris Walker (Rob Hollins, Doctors)

Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders)

Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)

Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver, Hollyoaks)

Best Single Episode

Acid attack (Coronation Street)

'Anything But Magnolia' and 'If Wishes Were Horses' – Karen's death (Doctors)

Goodbye Dot (EastEnders)

All-male man club episode (Emmerdale)

The Long Walk Home (Hollyoaks)

maxine minniver in hollyoaks — Lime Pictures

Best Newcomer

Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street)

Kia Pegg (Scarlett Kiernan, Doctors)

Aaron Thiara (Ravi Gulati, EastEnders)

William Ash (Caleb Miligan, Emmerdale)

Anya Lawrence (Vicky Grant, Hollyoaks)

Best Family

The Platts (Coronation Street)

The Millars (Doctors)

The Slaters (EastEnders)

The Dingles (Emmerdale)

The McQueens (Hollyoaks)

Best Storyline

Daisy's stalking hell (Coronation Street)

Valerie and the forged prescription (Doctors)

Loving and losing Lola (EastEnders)

Paddy's suicide attempt (Emmerdale)

Incel Eric targets Mason and Maxine (Hollyoaks)

Scene of the Year

The acid attack (Coronation Street)

Hell is Empty – the explosion (Doctors)

Whitney and Zack say goodbye to Peach (EastEnders)

Paddy's suicide attempt (Emmerdale)

Zoe tells abused Maxine "It's not your fault" (Hollyoaks)

karen hollins and rob hollins in doctors — BBC

Best On-Screen Partnership

David Neilson and Maureen Lipman (Roy Cropper and Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street)

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

Jamie Borthwick and Danielle Harold (Jay Brown and Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders)

Mark Charnock and Dominic Brunt (Marlon Dingle and Paddy Dingle, Emmerdale)

Richard Blackwood and Jamie Lomas (Felix Westwood and Warren Fox, Hollyoaks)

Meanwhile, the winners of the Outstanding Achievement prize and Tony Warren award will be announced on the night.

Voting for the public categories has now re-opened via the official website and will close on Friday, June 2 at 5pm.

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