No Lacey Turner this year for Best Actress, so that category could be a bit more open this year. Though, Lacey and Barbara will probably be up for Best Exit when that's announced.

Sexiest Male: Craig Vye (Hollyoaks):: Just randomly picked someone lol.

Sexiest Female: Zoe Lucker (EastEnders): I still find her sexy as hell. Tough choice between Zoe and Jennifer Metcalf.

Villain: Charlie Brooks (EastEnders): No contest at all.

Best Actor: Shane Ritchie (EastEnders): No contest again.

Best Actress: Lindsay Coulson (EastEnders): I was going to go with Jane Cox (Emmerdale) but Lindsay was just amazing.

Best Soap: EastEnders: Far and away the better soap.

I may be totally blanking on something obvious--but that means all the UK soaps were nominated for best soap--right?

Yes, that's the case every year, but only EastEenders or Corrie ever win it.

The British Soap Awards shortlist:

Sexiest Male

Scott Maslen - EastEnders

Keith Duffy - Corrie

Chris Fountain - Corrie

Danny Miller - Emmerdale

Sexiest Female

Jennifer Metcalfe - Hollyoaks

Rita Simons - EastEnders

Michelle Keegan - Corrie

Alison King - Corrie

Villain of the Year

Emmett J. Scanlan - Hollyoaks

Charlie Brooks - EastEnders

Don Gilet - EastEnders

Kate Ford - Corrie

Best Actor

Shane Richie - EastEnders

Chris Gasgoyne - Corrie

Danny Miller - Emmerdale

Emmett J. Scanlan - Hollyoaks

Best Actress

Claire Cooper - Hollyoaks

Jessie Wallace - EastEnders

Jane Cox - Emmerdale

Katherine Kelly - Corrie

I have voted all for Eastenders, with Charlie Brooks as best villain. You are allowed to vote five times per email address, and I am tempted to do so considering that Danny Miller, is shortlisted twice.

My choices:

Sexiest Male

Keith Duffy - Corrie

Sexiest Female

Jennifer Metcalfe - Hollyoaks

Villain of the Year

Charlie Brooks - EastEnders

Best Actor

Chris Gasgoyne - Corrie

Best Actress

Claire Cooper - Hollyoaks

It's really sad that Lindsay Coulson and Steve McFadden didn't get in over Ritchie and Wallace. And the sexiest male category is just such a travesty. MATTHEW WOLFENDEN you stupid people!

I'm not too surprised at those, although I adore Lindsey Coulson, I knew she had little chance of getting a nomination at the end run - she's not a big PR favorite and Carol is such a hard character.

I'm happy for Clare Cooper and Jane Cox though - didn't expect them both to make it.

Kate Ford is an embarrassment, and Emmett Scanlan is NOT PLAYING A VILLAIN - Brendan is written as a woobie and a victim.

I hope Chris Gascoyne wins Best Actor.

Eastenders dropping the Phil drug story meant he had little chance of making the end run.

I agree the sexiest male choices are weak stuff - Danny Miller has made Aaron asexual, Scott Maslen is just wooden, Emmett Scanlan is handsome but pulls too many faces and is a self-parody, and Chris Fountain is too tan these days.

Edited April 18, 201114 yr by CarlD2

I have voted all for Eastenders, with Charlie Brooks as best villain. You are allowed to vote five times per email address, and I am tempted to do so considering that Danny Miller, is shortlisted twice.

How do you know we can vote five times?

Edited April 18, 201114 yr by Amello

I'm surprised there's no Jane Dawson for Best Actress. Too bad Katherine Kelly made it in over her.

I expected most of these nomination...

All hope isn't lost for Lindsey, she could still be up for Best Dramatic Performance, an award she won in 2000 for the the prior year when she ripped the sh!t out of Bianca and Dan for their affair.

We won't know the panel-voted categories for a while yet...

I'd love to see Lindsey get the Dramatic Performance. She shouldn't be forgotten.

I'm not as surprised as I wish I was about Jane Danson - the "love square" was horribly written and seemed designed to make viewers hate Leanne. Jane Danson did her best but it was pure sh!t.

Is it me or is Keith Duffy about as attractive as Mr. Bill? Between the orange skin and the ugly tats, no thanks.

I'll be rooting for Claire Cooper or Jane Cox for Best Actress but I'm assuming Jessie Wallace is the big front runner.

And Charlie Brooks better win Best Villain.

It really annoys me that there are no daytime or overses categories as Neighbours and Home & Away aren't eligible despite being just as, if not more popular than Hollyoaks and Doctors.

Didn't there used to be a daytime category? Probably not, but I always thought there was one in the early years.

But since Neighbours and Home & Away aren't British productions, they probably thought they had no right to honour them.