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"The first round of viewer voting for the British Soap Awards 2013 has opened today (March 11). As usual, the viewer-voted categories are &amp;#039;Sexiest Male&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Sexiest Female&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Villain of the Year&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Best Actor&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Best Actress&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Best British Soap&amp;#039;. The first five categories feature up to three nominations for each of the UK soaps - Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks. Additionally, all five shows secure an automatic nomination for the &amp;#039;Best British Soap&amp;#039; prize. Digital Spy presents the 2013 longlist below:  Sexiest Male Chris Fountain (Tommy Duckworth, Coronation Street) Marc Baylis (Rob Donovan, Coronation Street) Sol Heras (Ryan Connor, Coronation Street) Ian Kelsey (Howard Bellamy, Doctors) Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors) Nathan Wright (Chris Reid, Doctors) Chucky Venn (Ray Dixon, EastEnders) David Witts (Joey Branning, EastEnders) Phaldut Sharma (AJ Ahmed, EastEnders) Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale) Matthew Wolfenden (David Metcalfe, Emmerdale) Danny Mac (Dodger Savage, Hollyoaks) Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks) James Sutton (John Paul McQueen, Hollyoaks) Sexiest Female Catherine Tyldesley (Eva Price, Coronation Street) Georgia May Foote (Katy Armstrong, Coronation Street) Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street) Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors) Sophie Abelson (Cherry Clay, Doctors) Vineeta Rishi (Jas Khella, Doctors) Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning, EastEnders) Jasmyn Banks (Alice Branning, EastEnders) Shivani Ghai (Ayesha Rana, EastEnders) Fiona Wade (Priya Sharma, Emmerdale) Natalie Anderson (Alicia Gallagher, Emmerdale) Sammy Winward (Katie Macey, Emmerdale) Anna Shaffer (Ruby Button, Hollyoaks) Stephanie Davis (Sinead O&amp;#039;Connor, Hollyoaks) Jorgie Porter (Theresa McQueen, Hollyoaks) Villain of the Year John Michie (Karl Munro, Coronation Street) Natalie Gumede (Kirsty Soames, Coronation Street) Nigel Havers (Lewis Archer, Coronation Street) Sam Barriscale (Andrei Mitkov, Doctors) Sophie Abelson (Cherry Clay, Doctors) Gary Lucy (Danny Pennant, EastEnders) Jamie Foreman (Derek Branning, EastEnders) Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell, EastEnders) Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, Emmerdale) Dominic Power (Cameron Murray, Emmerdale) Tom Lister (Carl King, Emmerdale) Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks) James Atherton (Will Savage, Hollyoaks) Joseph Thompson (Doctor Browning, Hollyoaks) Best Actor Alan Halsall (Tyrone Dobbs, Coronation Street) Jimmi Harkishin (Dev Alahan, Coronation Street) John Michie (Karl Munro, Coronation Street) Chris Walker (Rob Hollins, Doctors) Owen Brenman (Heston Carter, Doctors) Simon Rivers (Kevin Tyler, Doctors) Perry Fenwick (Billy Mitchell, EastEnders) Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, EastEnders) Shane Richie (Alfie Moon, EastEnders) Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale) Steve Halliwell (Zak Dingle, Emmerdale) Tom Lister (Carl King, Emmerdale) Emmett J. Scanlan (Brendan Brady, Hollyoaks) James Atherton (Will Savage, Hollyoaks) Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson, Hollyoaks) Best Actress Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Stape, Coronation Street) Michelle Collins (Stella Price, Coronation Street) Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Coronation Street) Elisabeth Dermot Walsh (Zara Carmichael, Doctors) Jan Pearson (Karen Hollins, Doctors) Lorna Laidlaw (Mrs Tembe, Doctors) Diane Parish (Denise Fox, EastEnders) Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon, EastEnders) Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood, EastEnders) Charley Webb (Debbie Dingle, Emmerdale) Lucy Pargeter (Chas Dingle, Emmerdale) Sian Reese-Williams (Gennie Walker, Emmerdale) Bianca Hendrickse-Spendlove (Texas Longford, Hollyoaks) Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen, Hollyoaks) Stephanie Waring (Cindy Cunningham, Hollyoaks) Best British Soap Coronation Street Doctors EastEnders Emmerdale Hollyoaks First-round voting will close on Monday, April 15 at 3pm. Second-round voting will then open on Monday, April 22, before closing on Friday, May 17. The panel nominations will be revealed at a later date. Fans can cast their votes now via the official British Soap Awards website. &amp;gt; Read all the latest Coronation Street spoilers and news &amp;gt; Read all the latest Doctors spoilers and news &amp;gt; Read all the latest EastEnders spoilers and news &amp;gt; Read all the latest Emmerdale spoilers and news &amp;gt; Read all the latest Hollyoaks spoilers and news Digital Spy Soap Scoop video - Amie Parker-Williams previews a big week ahead for Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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