The British Soap Awards - The Winners!

The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British soap operas.The soap operas nominated for the awards are Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.

On Sunday the 19th of May 2013 at 8pm on ITV, all of the casts from the different British soap TV shows gathered as one to compete for the different individual awards and the overall grand prize: 'The Best British Soap'. The night was filled with many old faces such as Adam Woodyatt who has served in EastEnders for just over 28 years, and new faces such as Joseph Thompson. Here is the full list of winners from the night...

VIEWER-VOTED CATAGORIES:

Sexiest Male
Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth, Coronation Street)
David Witts (Joey Branning, EastEnders)
Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe, Emmerdale)
Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks) - WINNER
Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)

Sexiest Female
Georgia May Foote (Katy Armstrong, Coronation Street)
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders)
Natalie Anderson (Alicia Gallagher, Emmerdale)
Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Villain of the Year
Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer, Coronation Street)
Jamie Foreman (Derek Branning, EastEnders)
Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale)
Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Actor
Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, EastEnders)
Shane Richie (Alfie Moon, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Actress
Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape, Coronation Street)
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)
Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon, EastEnders)
Nina Wadia (Zainab Khan, EastEnders)
Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen, Hollyoaks) - WINNER

PANEL-VOTED CATEGORIES

Best Newcomer
Marc Baylis (Rob Donovan, Coronation Street)
Ian Midlane (Doctor Al Haskey, Doctors)
Khali Best (Dexter Hartman, EastEnders)
Laura Norton (Kerry Wyatt, Emmerdale)
Joseph Thompson (Doctor Paul Browning, Hollyoaks) - WINNER

Best Exit
Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Lu Corfield (Freya Wilson, Doctors)
Jamie Foreman (Derek Branning, EastEnders)
Tom Lister (Carl King, Emmerdale)
Emmett J Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Comedy Performance
Patti Clare (Mary Taylor, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Ian Kelsey (Howard Bellamy, Doctors)
Ricky Norwood (Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb, EastEnders)
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Best On-Screen Partnership
Jennie McAlpine and Alan Halsall (Fiz Stape and Tyrone Dobbs, Coronation Street)
Matthew Chambers and Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Doctor Daniel Granger and Doctor Zara Carmichael, Doctors)
Nitin Ganatra and Nina Wadia (Masood Ahmed and Zainab Khan, EastEnders)
Lucy Pargeter and Dominic Power (Chas Spencer and Cameron Murray, Emmerdale)
Emmett J Scanlan and Kieron Richardson (Brendan Brady and Ste Hay, Hollyoaks) - WINNER

Best Dramatic Performance
Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames, Coronation Street) - WINNER
Dido Miles (Doctor Emma Reid, Doctors)
Jo Joyner (Tanya Cross, EastEnders)
Lucy Pargeter (Chas Spencer, Emmerdale)
Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Best Young Performance
Ellie Leach (Faye Windass, Coronation Street)
Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher, EastEnders)
Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle, Emmerdale) - WINNER
Ellis Hollins (Tom Osborne, Hollyoaks)

Spectacular Scene of the Year
The Rovers fire (Coronation Street)
Julia's car crash (Doctors)
The Olympic torch comes live to Walford (EastEnders)
Cain's clifftop rescue of Zak (Emmerdale)
The bus crash (Hollyoaks) - WINNER

Best Episode
Kirsty's treachery ends in Tyrone's arrest (Coronation Street)
'The Scales' (Doctors)
The identity of Kat's lover is revealed (EastEnders)
'Emmerdale Live' (Emmerdale) - WINNER
The bus crash (Hollyoaks)

Best Storyline
Kirsty's abuse of Tyrone (Coronation Street) - WINNER
Sam's assisted suicide (Doctors)
The demise of Derek Branning (EastEnders)
Zak's depression (Emmerdale)
Esther's bullying (Hollyoaks)

Lifetime Achievement
Adam Woodyatt, EastEnders - WINNER

Best British SoapCoronation Street - WINNER
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks