Everyone knows how much I LOVE my soaps, this year I’ve been honoured to be mentioned in Corrie, EastEnders and Emmerdale so this is just a dream come true.

I can’t wait to see all our wonderful soap nominees and celebrate all their hard work with them - roll on the awards, I can’t wait!

The awards will take place at The Lowry in Salford and once again celebrate the nation’s biggest and most-loved soap operas.

As always, the numerous awards will be presented by an array of well-known faces from across the TV and showbiz world.

The five biggest soaps - Coronation Street, Doctors, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks - will be battling it out to win recognition for their work over the past year.  Some of the biggest faces from all five soaps will be hitting the red carpet for the most star-studded and glamorous event in the soap calendar.

The short list categories for the public voted awards will close at 5pm this Friday. For full details on categories and voting please go to www.britishsoapawards.tv 

You can watch The British Soap Awards on Tuesday at 8pm on ITV1 & ITVX.