Vote here! Inside Soap Awards 2026 nominations revealed - with exciting hall of fame addition

The Inside Soap Awards are back for their milestone 30th year – and you can still cast your votes for Best Soap by clicking here!

In the only soap awards ceremony to be held in 2026, Inside Soap has offered fans the unique chance to pick their favourites across 13 show-stopping categories.

The main vote has since closed, but the competition for Best Soap carries on until 12pm on Monday 21 September.

The Inside Soap Awards recognise the talented stars of Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks – and for the first time since 2009, viewers have been able to vote for Aussie soap Home and Away in all of the main categories, too!

Casualty and Waterloo Road are also in the mix with their own award, as viewers were able to pick their favourite cast member from the two BBC dramas.

Competition is sure to be fierce after another unmissable year in soap. We've seen the historic Corriedale crossover episode, Nigel Bates's tear-jerking exit in EastEnders, Diane Hutchinson's emotional farewell in Hollyoaks and the jaw-dropping Home and Away train crash.

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There have been emotional weddings, including the long-awaited Swarla nuptials in Corrie, as well as dramatic baby bombshells like Charity Dingle's lies over Leyla in Emmerdale, and impactful issue-based stories as the long-running soaps continue to shine a light on real-life topics.

All of these moments and many more are reflected in this year's nominations. And in a change to proceedings, it'll be a party up north this year as the awards are moving to Manchester for the first time ever!

"The Inside Soap Awards are still going strong after 30 years, and we're proud to be championing all the wonderful work the soaps produce day in, day out," says Inside Soap magazine editor Sarah Ellis.

"Our readers are just as passionate and loyal now as they were back in 1996, with over 90,000 of them voting each year – and the Inside Soap Awards remain the only accolades of their kind to be voted for entirely by the true experts, the soap fans themselves."

Excitingly, the weekly magazine will also be marking 30 years of the awards by launching the Inside Soap Hall of Fame, with the inaugural inductee being announced on the night.

"The soap star who receives this prestigious accolade will be someone who’s been closely associated with the Inside Soap Awards since they began in 1996," adds Sarah. "In addition, fans will also be able to nominate their Soap Superstar of 2026, a person they feel has gone above and beyond the call of duty when it comes to providing entertainment."

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Don't forget to click here to cast your votes for Best Soap. And here's the final nominations shortlist...

Vicky Myers (Lisa Connor-Swain, Coronation Street)

Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)

Emma Atkins (Charity Dingle, Emmerdale)

Alex Fletcher (Diane Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)

Emily Weir (Mackenzie Booth, Home and Away)

Gareth Pierce (Todd Grimshaw, Coronation Street)

Paul Bradley (Nigel Bates, EastEnders)

Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)

Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks)

Ethan Browne (Tane Parata, Home and Away)

Amy Robbins (Christina Boyd, Coronation Street)

Pierre Counihan-Moullier (Oscar Branning, EastEnders)

Chris Coghill (Kev Barton, Emmerdale)

Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Shane Withington (John Palmer, Home and Away)

James Cartwright (Theo Silverton, Coronation Street)

Ronni Ancona (Bea Pollard, EastEnders)

Joe Absolom (Ray Walters, Emmerdale)

Anna Passey (Sienna Blake, Hollyoaks)

Sara Wiseman (Kerrie Matheson, Home and Away)

Jude Riordan (Sam Blakeman, Coronation Street)

Max Murray (Joel Marshall, EastEnders)

Amelia Flanagan (April Windsor, Emmerdale)

Oscar Curtis (Lucas Hay, Hollyoaks)

Nathan Murray (Cohen Luthor, Home and Away)

Olivia Frances-Brown (Jodie Ramsey, Coronation Street)

Pierre Counihan-Moullier (Oscar Branning, EastEnders)

Chris Coghill (Kev Barton, Emmerdale)

Tisha Merry (Gemma Johnson, Hollyoaks)

Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (David Langham, Home and Away)

Daniel Brocklebank (Billy Mayhew, Coronation Street)

Paul Bradley (Nigel Bates, EastEnders)

Joe Absolom (Ray Walters, Emmerdale)

Alex Fletcher (Diane Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)

Lynne McGranger (Irene Roberts, Home and Away)

The Driscolls (Coronation Street)

The Brannings (EastEnders)

The Dingles (Emmerdale)

The Hutchinsons (Hollyoaks)

The Fowlers (Home and Away)

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

Steve McFadden & Paul Bradley (Phil Mitchell & Nigel Bates, EastEnders)

Jeff Hordley & Natalie J Robb (Cain & Moira Dingle, Emmerdale)

Kieron Richardson & Jonny Labey (Ste Hay & Rex Gallagher, Hollyoaks)

Ada Nicodemou & James Stewart (Leah Patterson & Justin Morgan, Home and Away)

Todd's abuse at the hands of Theo (Coronation Street)

Nigel’s dementia & final goodbye (EastEnders)

Bear's modern slavery nightmare (Emmerdale)

Diane's ovarian cancer (Hollyoaks)

Irene’s Alzheimer's diagnosis (Home and Away)

Corriedale (Coronation Street & Emmerdale)

Nigel's 90s special (EastEnders)

Return to Brookside Close (Hollyoaks)

The train crash (Home and Away)

William Beck (Dylan Keogh, Casualty)

Elinor Lawless (Stevie Nash, Casualty)

Lindsey Coulson (Stella Drake, Waterloo Road)

Adam Thomas (Donte Charles, Waterloo Road)

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks

Home and Away

The winner of the Soap Superstar and Outstanding Achievement prizes will also be announced on the night, as well as the first inductee into the Hall of Fame.

Stay tuned for all the news and gossip ahead of the ceremony in Manchester in September.

Click here to cast your votes in the Inside Soap Awards 2026