TV Choice Awards 2011

Comic Ben Miller has been announced as the host of the 2011 TV Choice Awards.

The Armstrong & Miller and Primeval star will front the ceremony, which takes place at London's Savoy on Tuesday, September 13. Miller has hosted the show twice before.

It is the 15th year for the awards show, which celebrates the magazine's favourite stars and programmes. Daz will sponsor the event, while the beneficiary charity is Cash For Kids.

Fans can cast their votes for their favourite shows until June 10. A shortlist will then be announced and voting will reopen.

Winners at last year's TVChoice Awards included Gordon Ramsay for 'Best Food Show', Lacey Turner for 'Best Soap Actress' and Britain's Got Talent, which won the 'Best Talent Show' gong.

The full shortlist of nominations for the TV Choice Awards 2011, to be hosted by Ben Miller on September 13, has been announced today.

Viewer voting for the awards began in May when the official longlist was revealed and the most popular choices have now made it through to the final stage.

Here, Soap Scoop presents the shortlisted nominees in all of the soap-related categories:

Best Soap Actor
Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald, Coronation Street)
Shane Richie (Alfie Moon, EastEnders)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Soap Actress
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)
Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald, Coronation Street)
Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon, EastEnders)
Pauline Quirke (Hazel Rhodes, Emmerdale)

Best Soap Newcomer
Paula Lane (Kylie Platt, Coronation Street)
Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders)
Steve John Shepherd (Michael Moon, EastEnders)
Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks)

Best Soap Award
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

Best Soap Storyline
50th Anniversary tram crash (Coronation Street)
Ronnie swaps her baby for Kat's (EastEnders)
Lisa's rape (Emmerdale)
Brendan and Ste's affair/gay domestic abuse story (Hollyoaks)

Soap fans have until July 8 to cast their votes via the official TV Choice website.

Best New Drama

Downton Abbey (ITV1)
Sherlock (BBC1) - WINNER!
Single Father (BBC1)
The Walking Dead (FX/C5)

Best Drama Series
Being Human (BBC3) - WINNER!
Glee (E4/C4)
Misfits (E4/C4)
Shameless (C4/E4)

Best Family Drama

Casualty (BBC1)
Doctor Who (BBC1) - WINNER!
Merlin (BBC1)
Waterloo Road (BBC1)

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
Colin Morgan (Merlin)
Matt Smith (Doctor Who)
David Tennant (Single Father) - WINNER!

Best Actress

Amanda Burton (Waterloo Road)
Karen Gillan (Doctor Who) - WINNER!
Vicky McClure (This Is England '86)
Elisabeth Sladen (The Sarah Jane Adventures)

Best Entertainment Show
An Idiot Abroad (Sky1)
Celebrity Juice (ITV2) - WINNER!
The Graham Norton Show (BBC1)
QI (BBC1)

Best Comedy

Benidorm (ITV1)
The Inbetweeners (E4/C4) - WINNER!
Miranda (BBC2)
The Ricky Gervais Show (E4/C4)

Best Gameshow
The Cube (ITV1) - WINNER!
Deal Or No Deal (C4)
The Million Pound Drop Live (C4)
Total Wipeout (BBC1)

Best Reality Show

The Apprentice (BBC1) - WINNER!
I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! (ITV1)
The Only Way Is Essex (ITV2)
Peter Andre: The Next Chapter (ITV2)

Best Daytime Show
BBC Breakfast (BBC1)
The Jeremy Kyle Show (ITV1) - WINNER!
Loose Women (ITV1)
This Morning (ITV1)

Best Talent Show

Britain' s Got Talent (ITV1) - WINNER!
MasterChef (BBC1)
Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1)
The X Factor (ITV1)

Best Lifestyle Show
Come Dine With Me (C4) - WINNER!
Gok' s Clothes Roadshow (C4)
Grand Designs (C4)
Supersize Vs Superskinny (C4)

Best Factual Entertainment Show

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (C4)
Embarrassing Bodies (C4)
Katie: My Beautiful Friends (C4)
Top Gear (BBC2) - WINNER!

Best Food Show
The Hairy Bikers (BBC2)
Jamie's 30 Minute Meals (C4) - WINNER!
Saturday Kitchen (BBC1)
Something For The Weekend (BBC2)

EastEnders has picked up three prizes at the TV Choice Awards 2011.

The BBC drama beat off competition from Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks to be named 'Best Soap', while show favourites Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie also secured gongs.

Wallace, who plays Kat Moon, triumphed over Emmerdale star Pauline Quirke and Coronation Street's Katherine Kelly and Michelle Keegan in the 'Best Soap Actress' category.

Meanwhile, her screen husband Richie (Alfie Moon) won the 'Best Soap Actor' prize. Coronation Street's Simon Gregson, Emmerdale's Danny Miller and Hollyoaks' Emmett Scanlan had also been nominated in the category.

Coronation Street also secured recognition as the 50th anniversary tram crash disaster was voted the 'Best Soap Storyline'.

Additionally, Weatherfield's new recruit Paula Lane (Kylie Platt) was named 'Best Soap Newcomer'.

The TV Choice Awards 2011 were hosted by Ben Miller and took place tonight at a ceremony in London.

I can't believe Downton Abbey didn't win, and there are far better actors in soap than Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie.

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Best Daytime Show
BBC Breakfast (BBC1)
The Jeremy Kyle Show (ITV1) - WINNER!
Loose Women (ITV1)
This Morning (ITV1)

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I think this explains all about the type of person who voted for Wallace and Ritchie along with the terminally depressing Deadenders as best soap.

I cannot believe Jeremy Kyle show has won. I would not give it air time. Absolute RUBBISH show. The Wright show on 5 a lot better TV.