British Soap Awards voting open as Celebrity Big Brother star Jack P Shepherd is up for TWO gongs

CELEBRITY Big Brother star Jack P Shepherd has received not one, but two nominations for the upcoming British Soap Awards 2025 ahead of entering the iconic house.

has been nominated for Best Leading Performer and Best Comedy Performance.

The ITV soap has been riding high after the devastating death of Paul Foreman last year and the huge house fire as David Platt spirals out of control.

Voting is now open for the first roundof the British Soap Awardsand the public have until April 25 at 5pm.

The second round of voting will happen from May 1 and May 30, where the Best Leading Performer category will be whittled down to four big names.

The will take place at the Hackney Empire in London on May 31 and will air on ITV1 in June.

will host once more after stepping in in 2023 to replace disgraced presenter.

The long-runningITVcelebration of all things soap as the best and brightest from,,andface off to win awards.

EastEnders will no doubt be expecting to win big after its 40th anniversary live episode.

The BBC soap drafted in old favourites from its 40 year history in the run-up to last week’s special.

ITV rival Emmerdale also pulled out all the stops for a dramatic limo crash stunt week that saw FOUR shocking deaths revealed.

And Hollyoaks has revived itself after a tough few years that saw its weekly episodes slashed by 40 per cent – down to three per week.

However it’s year-long time jump and strong storylines have revitalised the show just in time for the awards.

After a year long hiatus when the show was mysteriously cancelled last year, it returns to screens thissummer.

Corrie actor Jack is set to enter the compound – which returns to tonight – along with 13 famous faces.

Flying Eze recently reported how for the show despite shunning reality TV for years.

The star, who is thought to make £250k a year on the cobbles, has finally decided to take the plunge after being offered an impressive pay cheque.

The actor, 37, will be tying the knot to Hanni Treweek in just four months time afterin 2024 on safari in Africa.

Jack will be entering the house alongsideand.

Also entering the famous house are chat show hostand double-Olympic gold medallist Daley Thompson.

Best Leading Performer

Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey,Coronation Street)

(Carla Connor, Coronation Street)

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt,Coronation Street)

Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley,Coronation Street)

Diane Parish (Denise Fox,EastEnders)

Angela Wynter (Yolande Trueman,EastEnders)

(Stacey Slater, EastEnders)

(Linda Carter, EastEnders)

Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle,Emmerdale)

(Aaron Dingle, Emmerdale)

Beth Cordingly (Ruby Fox-Miligan,Emmerdale)

Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle,Emmerdale)

Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay,Hollyoaks)

Nadine Mulkerrin (Cleo McQueen,Hollyoaks)

Isabelle Smith (Frankie Osborne,Hollyoaks)

(Mercedes McQueen, Hollyoaks)

Villain of the Year

Calum Lill (Joel Deering,Coronation Street)

Navin Chowdhry (Nish Panesar,EastEnders)

Ned Porteous (Joe Tate,Emmerdale)

Tyler Conti (Abe Fielding,Hollyoaks)

Best Comedy Performance

Jack P Shepherd (David Platt,Coronation Street)

(Bianca Jackson, EastEnders)

Nicola Wheeler (Nicola King,Emmerdale)

Nicole Barber-Lane (Myra McQueen,Hollyoaks)

Best British Soap

Coronation Street

EastEnders

Emmerdale

Hollyoaks