The first round of viewer voting for the British Soap Awards 2014 has opened today (Monday, March 17).
Best Actor, Best Actress, Sexiest Male, Sexiest Female, Villain of the Year and Best British Soap are the categories which are judged by the public.
The first five categories contain three nominations for each of the UK soaps - Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.
All five shows also get a nomination in the Best British Soap category.
Below, Digital Spy presents this year's longlist in full:
Sexiest Male
Marc Baylis (Rob Donovan, Coronation Street)
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Coronation Street)
Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw, Coronation Street)
Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors)
Simon Rivers (Kevin Tyler, Doctors)
Nathan Wright (Chris Reid, Doctors)
Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
Khali Best (Dexter Hartman, EastEnders)
Ben Hardy (Peter Beale, EastEnders)
Anthony Quinlan (Pete Barton, Emmerdale)
Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe, Emmerdale)
Michael Parr (Ross Barton, Emmerdale)
Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks)
Ayden Callaghan (Joe Roscoe, Hollyoaks)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)
Sexiest Female
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)
Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price, Coronation Street)
Georgia May Foote (Katy Armstrong, Coronation Street)
Dido Miles (Emma Reid, Doctors)
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors)
Danielle Henry (Mandy Marquez, Doctors)
Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders)
Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce, EastEnders)
Shona McGarty (Whitney Dean, EastEnders)
Fiona Wade (Priya Sharma, Emmerdale)
Natalie Anderson (Alicia Metcalfe, Emmerdale)
Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, Emmerdale)
Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes Browning, Hollyoaks)
Gemma Merna (Carmel Valentine, Hollyoaks)
Villain of the Year
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Coronation Street)
Connor McIntyre (Pat Phelan, Coronation Street)
Jack P Shepherd (David Platt, Coronation Street)
Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors)
Neil Haigh (Gus Harper, Doctors)
Mark Cameron (Tom, Doctors)
Daniel Coonan (Carl White, EastEnders)
Cornell S John (Sam James, EastEnders)
Charlie Brooks (Janine Butcher, EastEnders)
Michael Parr (Ross Barton, Emmerdale)
Emma Atkins (Charity Sharma, Emmerdale)
Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale)
Greg Wood (Trevor Royle, Hollyoaks)
Jesse Birdsall (Fraser Black, Hollyoaks)
Anna Passey (Sienna Blake, Hollyoaks)
Best Actor
David Neilson (Roy Cropper, Coronation Street)
Ben Price (Nick Tilsley, Coronation Street)
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Coronation Street)
Ian Kelsey (Howard Bellamy, Doctors)
Ian Midlane (Al Haskey, Doctors)
Owen Brenman (Heston Carter, Doctors)
Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, EastEnders)
Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale, EastEnders)
Danny Dyer (Mick Carter, EastEnders)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale)
Jason Merrells (Declan Macey, Emmerdale)
Jeremy Sheffield (Patrick Blake, Hollyoaks)
Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)
Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)
Best Actress
Julie Hesmondhalgh (Hayley Cropper, Coronation Street)
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street)
Alison King (Carla Barlow, Coronation Street)
Jan Pearson (Karen Hollins, Doctors)
Dido Miles (Emma Reid, Doctors)
Lorna Laidlaw (Mrs Tembe, Doctors)
Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, EastEnders)
Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders)
Lindsey Coulson (Carol Jackson, EastEnders)
Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, Emmerdale)
Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle, Emmerdale)
Charlie Hardwick (Val Pollard, Emmerdale)
Jessica Fox (Nancy Osborne, Hollyoaks)
Stephanie Davis (Sinead Roscoe, Hollyoaks)
Nikki Sanderson (Maxine Minniver, Hollyoaks)
Best British Soap
Coronation Street
Doctors
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks
First-round voting will close at midday on Tuesday, April 22. Second-round voting will then open at 10am on Monday, April 28 before closing on Friday, May 23 at 3pm.
The rest of the categories are judged by a panel and these nominations won't be revealed until a later date.
Viewers can cast their votes now via the official British Soap Awards website.
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s3...#ixzz2wDZiufaX
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