The cream of soap talent turned out in force to the British Soap Awards 2012 event, the show will be televised on Wednesday 2nd May on ITV1 but you can check out who won what in our gallery of this year's winners…
Michelle Keegan
The Corrie actress, who is dating The Wanted's Max George, won Sexiest Female for the fourth year running, beating some hot competition: EastEnders'
Scott Maslen
Mirroring his female category equivalent, Michelle Keegan, Eastenders' Scott won Sexiest Male for the fourth consecutive year.
Andrew Lancel
Villain of the Year went to Coronationa Street's Andrew Lancel whose character, Frank Foster, was killed off in March in a ratings-pulling whodunnit.
Danny Miller
For the second year running, Danny picked up the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale.
Alison King
Corrie's Alison won Best Actress (last year's winner was Jessie Wallace) for her portrayal of rape-victim Carla Connor.
Eastenders
The top prize - Best Soap - went to EastEnders. The BBC One show has had an epic year with dramatic storylines including a fire, murder and prison stitch-up.
Natalie Gumede
Natalie - seen here pulling an 'Angelina pose' on the red carpet - won Best Newcomer for her role as Kirsty Soames in Coronation Street.
Stephanie Cole
Stephanie, who plays Roy's overbearing mum Sylvia Goodwin in Coronation Street, won the award for Best Comedy Performance over Doctors'
Lorna Fitzgerald
16-year-old Lorna - who plays Abi Branning in Eastenders - beat Doctors' Charlie Kenyon (Cameron Waterhouse), Emmerdale's Eden Taylor-Dra
Jackson's Choice
Best Storyline went to Emmerdale for Jackson's Choice - the controversial assisted suicide plot.
Becky's Final Farewell
The Corrie episode won Best Single Episode, it was up against Doctors: 'Last Words', EastEnders: Pat: The End of an Era and
John and Moira's car accident
The Spectacular Scene award went to Emmerdale for the dramatic moment John and Moira tumbled down a hill in Andy's Landrover.
Jake Wood and Jo Joyner
The pair, who play Max Branning and Tanya Jessop in EastEnders, won Best On-screen Partnership.
Katherine Kelly
Katherine's Corrie character Becky McDonald ran off with her new man after proving she wasn't responsible for the death of Tracy and Steve's unborn twin
Jo Joyner
Second award of the night for EastEnders' Jo, this time Best Dramatic Performance.
Pam St Clement
Pam won the Lifetime Achievement Award for her role as OTT-earring-loving Pat Evans in EastEnders.
Simon Ashdown
Simon won the Special Achievement Award for his work as a writer for EastEnders.
