EastEnders dominates as British Soap Awards 2025 winners are revealed
EastEnders has won big at The British Soap Awards 2025, picking up a whopping eight trophies on the night – including the highly coveted Best Soap.
The BBC One soap has had a whopper of a year, celebrating four decades on air with an explosive anniversary week that saw the return of Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and a surprise appearance from Angie Watts (Anita Dobson) as the Queen Vic was blown to smithereens.
The storyline that perhaps resonated with viewers the most was Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden) mental health battle, which won the popular serial a number of those gongs tonight.
In addition to Best Soap, EastEnders also won Best Single Episode, Scene of the Year, Villian of the Year, Best Dramatic Performance, Best Leading Performer, Best On-Screen Partnership and Best Comedy Performance.
The previous British Soap Awards, which aired in 2023, also saw EastEnders pick up Best Soap, with boss Chris Clenshaw's highly-praised tenure – particularly The Six story and Lola's brain tumour diagnosis – having gone down a storm with die-hard fans of the show.
In term of other victories tonight, Hollyoaks got its flowers too, picking up a well-deserved three wins – all for its powerful sibling sexual abuse storyline.
The Osborne clan was awarded with Best Family, while highly lauded Isabelle Smith – who plays Frankie Osborne – received Best Newcomer and the storyline in question itself won Best Storyline.
Emmerdale secured two trophies, with Best Young Performer going to Amelia Flanagan – who plays April Windsor – and The Tony Warren Award was presented to cameraman Mike Plant.
BEST BRITISH SOAP EastEnders
Emmerdale
Coronation Street
Hollyoaks
BEST LEADING PERFORMER Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater) – EastEnders
Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) – EastEnders
Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle) – Emmerdale
Beth Cordingly (Ruby Miligan) – Emmerdale
BEST VILLAIN Navin Chowdhry (Nish Panesar) – EastEnders
Ned Porteous (Joe Tate) – Emmerdale
Calum Lill (Joel Deering) – Coronation Street
Tyler Conti (Abe Fielding) – Hollyoaks
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson) – EastEnders
Nicola Wheeler (Nicola King) – Emmerdale
Jack P Shepherd (David Platt) – Coronation Street
Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen) – Hollyoaks
BEST FAMILY The Slaters – EastEnders
The Dingles – Emmerdale
The Platts – Coronation Street
The Osbornes – Hollyoaks
BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell) – EastEnders
Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle) – Emmerdale
Peter Ash (Paul Foreman) – Coronation Street
Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne) – Hollyoaks
BEST SINGLE EPISODE Phil's psychosis (1985 Mitchell flashback) – EastEnders
April's life on the streets – Emmerdale
Time Jump – Hollyoaks
BEST ON-SCREEN PARTNERSHIP Rudolph Walker and Angela Wynter (Patrick and Yolande) – EastEnders
Will Ash & Beth Cordingly (Caleb and Ruby Miligan) – Emmerdale
Alison King & Vicky Myers (Carla and Lisa) – Coronation Street
Nathaniel Dass & Oscar Curtis (Dillon and Lucas) – Hollyoaks
BEST NEWCOMER Laura Doddington (Nicola Mitchell) – EastEnders
Shebz Miah (Kammy Hadiq) – Emmerdale
Jacob Roberts (Kit Green) – Coronation Street
Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne) – Hollyoaks
BEST STORYLINE Phil: Hypermasculinity in Crisis – EastEnders
Belle & Tom: Domestic abuse – Emmerdale
Paul's battle with MND – Coronation Street
Sibling Sexual Abuse – Hollyoaks
BEST YOUNG PERFORMER Sonny Kendall (Tommy Moon) – EastEnders
Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor) – Emmerdale
Will Flanagan (Joseph Brown) – Coronation Street
Noah Holdsworth (Oscar Osborne) – Hollyoaks
SCENE OF THE YEAR Angie Watts' shock return – EastEnders
Amy's deadly plunge reveals grisly secret – Emmerdale
Mason's death – Coronation Street
Mercedes confronts her own mortality – Hollyoaks
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT David Neilson (Roy Cropper) – Coronation Street
THE TONY WARREN AWARD
Coronation Street legend David Neilson, meanwhile, was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement Award. More Trending
The British Soap Awards, which will air on ITV this Thursday, celebrates all the highs of the past year for the nation's four biggest soaps – EastEnders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
The awards took a one year break in 2024 but returned this year – and what a year it was for our favourite serial dramas!
The British Soap Awards will hit screens on Thursday June 5 at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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Jane McDonald, who took over hosting the ceremony in 2023, will return as the host this year.
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