Showbiz: British Soap Awards – 2025 Winners

A Showbiz Newswrap Special looking at the soap suds winners…

Following the annual gong show, taking place earlier this evening, ITV have unleashed the winners of The British Soap Awards 2025. This year the awards took place at the Hackney Empire in London and were hosted by the incomparable Jane McDonald.

The British Soap Awards airs this Thursday at 8pm on ITV1, STV, STV Player and ITVX and celebrates the nation’s biggest and most-loved soap operas.

It was a big night for EastEnders in its 40th year, which while may have the lowest viewing figures, does have the best quality in plot, storytelling and visual performance of all the UK sagas, this reflected in the EIGHT gongs won…

Hollyoaks also proved it can still provide the drama despite being relegated to E4 and streaming. It picked up three awards, Emmerdale took two and the much maligned Coronation Street – nicknamed CSI Weatherfield by fans these days – managed one, although it is more an accolade than an actual award.

BEST SINGLE EPISODE

Presented by Joe Absolom and Patsy Kensit

Coronation Street:              Mason’s Death

EastEnders:                     Phil’s Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985 – WINNER

Emmerdale:                        April’s Life On The Streets

Hollyoaks:                           Hollyoaks Time Jump

BEST YOUNG PERFORMER

Presented by Hattie Ryan and Karis Musongole

Coronation Street:              Will Flanagan             (Joseph Winter-Brown)

EastEnders:                        Sonny Kendall           (Tommy Moon)

Emmerdale:                   Amelia Flanagan        (April Windsor) – WINNER

Hollyoaks:                           Noah Holdsworth       (Oscar Osborne)

SCENE OF THE YEAR

Presented by Tasha Ghouri and Richie Anderson

Coronation Street:              Mason’s Death

EastEnders:                     Angie Watts’ Shock Return – WINNER

Emmerdale:                        Amy’s Deathly Plunge Reveals A Grisly Secret

Hollyoaks:                           Mercedes Confronts Her Mortality

BEST NEWCOMER

Presented by Denise Welch and Martin Kemp

Coronation Street:              Jacob Roberts                  (Kit Green)

EastEnders:                        Laura Doddington          (Nicola Mitchell)

Emmerdale:                        Shebz Miah             (Kammy Hadiq)

Hollyoaks:                        Isabelle Smith               (Frankie Osborne) – WINNER

VILLAIN OF THE YEAR

Presented by Emmett J Scanlan

Coronation Street:           Calum Lill                     (Joel Deering)

EastEnders:                     Navin Chowdhry           (Nish Panesar) – WINNER

Emmerdale:                     Ned Porteous                (Joe Tate)

Hollyoaks:                        Tyler Conti                    (Abe Fielding)

BEST FAMILY

Presented by Kelvin, Liz and Marnie Fletcher

Coronation Street:              The Platts

EastEnders:                        The Slaters

Emmerdale:                        The Dingles

Hollyoaks:                           The Osbornes – WINNER

BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE

Presented by Angellica Bell and Danny Beard

Coronation Street:              Peter Ash   (Paul Foreman)

EastEnders:                    Steve McFadden    (Phil Mitchell) – WINNER

Emmerdale:                        Eden Taylor-Draper   (Belle Dingle)

Hollyoaks:                           Isabelle Smith    (Frankie Osborne)

BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP

Presented by Chris Walker  and Jan Pearson

Coronation Street:              Alison King & Vicky Myers  (Carla Connor & Lisa Swain)

EastEnders:                    Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter    (Patrick & Yolande Trueman) – WINNER

Emmerdale:                        William Ash & Beth Cordingly     (Caleb Miligan & Ruby Fox-Miligan)

Hollyoaks:                           Nathaniel Dass & Oscar Curtis   (Dillon Ray & Lucas Hay)

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Presented by Julie Hesmondhalgh

Accolade given to David Neilson for his role as Roy Cropper in Coronation Street.

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE

Presented by Fay Ripley

Coronation Street:              Jack P. Shepherd      (David Platt)

EastEnders:                       Patsy Palmer             (Bianca Jackson) – WINNER

Emmerdale:                        Nicola Wheeler          (Nicola King)

Hollyoaks:                           Nicole Barber-Lane   (Myra McQueen)

THE TONY WARREN AWARD

Presented by Natalie J Robb and Mark Charnock

The winner is Mike Plant of Emmerdale

BEST STORYLINE

Presented by Larry Lamb

Coronation Street:              Paul’s Battle With MND

EastEnders:                        Phil Mitchell: Hypermasculinity In Crisis

Emmerdale:                        Belle & Tom – Domestic Abuse

Hollyoaks:                           Sibling Sexual Abuse – WINNER

BEST LEADING PERFORMER

Presented by Delta Goodrem

Emmerdale:              Eden Taylor-Draper       (Belle Dingle)

Emmerdale:              Beth Cordingly              (Ruby Fox-Miligan)

EastEnders:          Lacey Turner            (Stacey Slater) – WINNER

EastEnders:              Kellie Bright              (Linda Carter)

BEST BRITISH SOAP

Presented by Sir David Jason

Coronation Street

EastEnders – WINNER

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks