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.

British Soap Awards winners 2025

(Picture: ITV)

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

Bianca Jackson star Patsy Palmer won (Picture: Getty Images)

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

Phil’s storyline captivated fans (Picture:BBC/Jack Barnes)

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

Hollyoaks’ powerful sibling sexual abuse storyline won (Picture: Lime Pictures)

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

Mike Plant – Emmerdale

Coronation Street legend David Neilson, meanwhile, was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement Award.

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!

When will the British Soap Awards be on TV?

The British Soap Awards will hit screens on Thursday June 5 at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

Jane McDonald, who took over hosting the ceremony in 2023, will return as the host this year.

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