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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
British Soap Awards viewers accuse ITV of ‘cutting out' chants for EastEnders actress as BBC show dominates ceremony
BRITISH Soap Awards viewers accused ITV of "cutting chants" for EastEnders' Laura Doddington on a night when the BBC soap dominated its rivals. Ironically, the alleged quieting of cheers for Laura came during the Best Newcomer gong, which was won by Hollyoaks' Isabelle Smith. Advertisement 3 Laura Doddington's name was chanted by the British Soap Awards audience Credit: Alamy 3 Isabelle Smith picked up the Best Newcomer gong Credit: Getty While viewers accepted Francine Osborne actress Isabelle was a worthy winner, they were keen for popular Laura, who plays Nicola Mitchell, to get her flowers. One person wrote on X: "ITVX cutting the chants for Laura is EVIL." Another said: "I was gutted Laura didn't win this award but the huge (edited out) chants of 'Laura! Laura! Laura!' from the audience hopefully made up for it." A third fumed: "Naw as if they cut out our chant for Laura Advertisement READ MORE ON SOAP AWARDS In total, The televised An apology message read: "We're sorry for the disruption." Fans were quick to take to social media with their complaints. Advertisement Most read in Soaps One wrote: "What the hell is going on ? Will it ever come on?" A second said: "Oh dear looks like we got major problems on ITV1." Sharon Watts furiously punches rival Nicola Mitchell in new EastEnders feud A third commented: "Well, I guess I am not watching The Soap Awards on ITVX. What's going on?" While other fans thought the broadcaster was deliberately sabotaging the awards - which saw BBC rival EastEnders pick up a number of awards on the night. Advertisement One wrote: "British Soap Awards not on are ITV going to be sorry for the disruption for the next 2 hours just because EastEnders won almost everything." Coronation Street suffered a devastating loss, bagging just the specially curated Outstanding Achievement Award which went to Roy Cropper star The show failed to secure wins in any of the main panel or viewer-voted categories amid ITV's ongoing cash crisis and 3 Laura plays Nicola Mitchell in EastEnders and has been tipped for an ward next year Credit: BBC Advertisement British Soap Awards 2025: Winners List Here's who took home trophys at the 2025 British Soap Awards Best Single Episode - Eastenders: Phil's Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985 Best Young Performer - Emmerdale - Amelia Flanagan as April Windsor Scene Of The Year - Eastenders: Angie Watts' Shock Return Best Newcomer - Hollyoaks: Isabelle Smith as Frankie Osborne Villain Of The Year - Eastenders: Navin Chowdhry as Nish Panesar Best Family - Hollyoaks: The Osbornes Best Dramatic Performance - Eastenders: Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell Best On-Screen Partnership - Eastenders: Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter as Patrick & Yolande Trueman Outstanding Achievement Award - Coronation Street: David Neilson Best Comedy Performance - Eastenders: Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson The Tony Warren Award - Emmerdale: Mike Plant Best Storyline - Hollyoaks: Sibling Sexual Abuse Best Leading Performer - Eastenders: Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater Best British Soap - Eastenders
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
British Soap Awards viewers accuse ITV of ‘cutting out' chants for EastEnders actress as BBC show dominates ceremony
BRITISH Soap Awards viewers accused ITV of "cutting chants" for EastEnders' Laura Doddington on a night when the BBC soap dominated its rivals. Ironically, the alleged quieting of cheers for Laura came during the Best Newcomer gong, which was won by Hollyoaks' Isabelle Smith. 3 Laura Doddington's name was chanted by the British Soap Awards audience Credit: Alamy 3 Isabelle Smith picked up the Best Newcomer gong Credit: Getty While viewers accepted Francine Osborne actress Isabelle was a worthy winner, they were keen for popular Laura, who plays Nicola Mitchell, to get her flowers. One person wrote on X: "ITVX cutting the chants for Laura is EVIL." Another said: "I was gutted Laura didn't win this award but the huge (edited out) chants of 'Laura! Laura! Laura!' from the audience hopefully made up for it." A third fumed: "Naw as if they cut out our chant for Laura In total, Enders scooped eight awards on the night including the coveted Best Soap, Best Leading Performer and Scene of the Year. The televised ceremony got off to a nightmare start when a tech issue forced it off air for seven minutes. An apology message read: "We're sorry for the disruption." Fans were quick to take to social media with their complaints. One wrote: "What the hell is going on ? Will it ever come on?" A second said: "Oh dear looks like we got major problems on ITV1." Sharon Watts furiously punches rival Nicola Mitchell in new EastEnders feud A third commented: "Well, I guess I am not watching The Soap Awards on ITVX. What's going on?" While other fans thought the broadcaster was deliberately sabotaging the awards - which saw BBC rival EastEnders pick up a number of awards on the night. One wrote: "British Soap Awards not on are ITV going to be sorry for the disruption for the next 2 hours just because EastEnders won almost everything." Coronation Street suffered a devastating loss, bagging just the specially curated Outstanding Achievement Award which went to Roy Cropper star David Neilson. The show failed to secure wins in any of the main panel or viewer-voted categories amid ITV's ongoing cash crisis and the mass cast exodus at the soap over the past six months. 3 Laura plays Nicola Mitchell in EastEnders and has been tipped for an ward next year Credit: BBC
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Furious ITVX viewers slam channel as service crashes stopping them watching British Soap Awards
OFF AIR Furious ITVX viewers slam channel as service crashes stopping them watching British Soap Awards ITV viewers have slammed the channel as the service crashed - stopping them watching The British Soap Awards 2025. Soap fans were tuning into watch the awards ceremony, which was meant to start at 8pm. Advertisement 5 ITV viewers were met with this message as they tuned into watch The British Soap Awards 5 The programme was meant to start at 8pm - but was delayed by minutes Credit: Shutterstock Editorial 5 EastEnders picked up Best Soap thanks to Anita Dobson's return as Angie Credit: Shutterstock Editorial But the programme was delayed by a few minutes with just a message from the broadcaster and a black screen. The message read: "We're sorry for the disruption." Fans were quick to take to social media with their complaints. One wrote: "What the hell is going on ? Will it ever come on?" Advertisement A second said: "Oh dear looks like we got major problems on ITV1." A third commented: "Well, I guess I am not watching The Soap Awards on ITVX. What's going on?" Despite the delay, the ceremony, which was filmed earlier this week, kicked off with Jane McDonald hosting for a second year. It comes after Coronation Street were brutally snubbed at the awards as they failed to pick up any of the previously announced awards at this year's ceremony. Advertisement The annual soap event made a return this year after ITV mysteriously axed the contest in 2024. Coronation Street and Emmerdale humiliated at British Soap Awards as rival soap wins EIGHT gongs But it was bad news for Coronation Street as the programme suffered a devastating loss after managing to bag just the specially curated Outstanding Achievement Award which went to Roy Cropper star David Neilson. The show failed to secure wins in any of the main panel or viewer-voted categories amid ITV's ongoing cash crisis and the mass cast exodus at the soap over the past six months. Its ITV counterpart Emmerdale also faced a crushing blow ahead of the impending ITV schedule changes which will see 30 minutes worth of each programme cut a week from January 2026. Advertisement BBC rival EastEnders swept the board after collecting a total of eight gongs in its 40th anniversary year - more than double its nearest rival, Channel 4's Hollyoaks who got three awards. EastEnders was awarded Best Soap after its huge live episode and anniversary week which saw Anita Dobson return as Angie Watts and Martin Fowler killed off in the arms of his love, Stacey. It was certainly not the only award that they picked up with actress Lacey Turner receiving the trophy for Best Leading Performer ahead of her impending exit from the show. The 40th anniversary also managed to clutch the Scene of the Year thanks to Angie's shock return. Advertisement Steve McFadden a won a trophy for Best Dramatic Performance as Phil Mitchell but did not attend the ceremony with Angela Wynter and Rudolph Walker also receiving prizes as Patrick and Yolande - beating Corrie fan favourites Lisa Swain and Carla Connor, affectionately known as Swarla, to the Best On-Screen Partnership award. The Walford based soap also collected the Comedy Performance gongs and Villain of the Year. In a major blow to Coronation Street, only David Neilson picked up the Outstanding Achievement Award as Roy Cropper which was presented to him by by his on-screen wife Julie Hesmondhalgh. British Soap Awards 2025: Winners List Here's who took home trophys at the 2025 British Soap Awards Best Single Episode - Eastenders: Phil's Psychosis: The Mitchells In 1985 Best Young Performer - Emmerdale - Amelia Flanagan as April Windsor Scene Of The Year - Eastenders: Angie Watts' Shock Return Best Newcomer - Hollyoaks: Isabelle Smith as Frankie Osborne Villain Of The Year - Eastenders: Navin Chowdhry as Nish Panesar Best Family - Hollyoaks: The Osbornes Best Dramatic Performance - Eastenders: Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell Best On-Screen Partnership - Eastenders: Rudolph Walker & Angela Wynter as Patrick & Yolande Trueman Outstanding Achievement Award - Coronation Street: David Neilson Best Comedy Performance - Eastenders: Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson The Tony Warren Award - Emmerdale: Mike Plant Best Storyline - Hollyoaks: Sibling Sexual Abuse Best Leading Performer - Eastenders: Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater Best British Soap - Eastenders Hollyoaks managed to win three awards with Isabelle Smith winning as Best Newcomer with The Osbourne family taking home Best Family and the sibling sexual abuse storyline being named Best Storyline. Advertisement Emmerdale managed just two awards with Amelia Flanagan beating her Corrie star brother Will to the Best Young Performer prize. Mike Plant, one of the show's camera operators, picked up the prestigious off-screen Tony Warren Award accolade for his contributions to the soap behind the scenes. ITV's crushing defeats come amid a period of unrest backstage at the shows. Both Corrie and Emmerdale have lost a number of stars over the past 12 months amid cuts at the channel. Advertisement In particular, Coronation Street has faced increasing criticism of its far-fetched storylines and dwindling viewer interest in many of its plots. 5 Patsy Palmer was awarded Best Comedy Performance for her role as Bianca Jackson Credit: Getty
