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THE SOAPIES 2015 VOTE: VOTING INTERACTION INFORMATION

Voting method and cost:

Viewers can vote for their favourite nominee in the following categories: Best Actor, Best Actress, Villain of the Year, Best Bitch, Funniest Male, Funniest Female, Best Young Actor, Best On-Screen Partnership, Best Newcomer, Best Return, Best Exit, Best Storyline, Best Dramatic Performance, Spectacular Scene of the Year, Best Single Episode and Best Family (the “categories”) and for their favourite nominee in the Best British Soap and Best British Drama categories (the “Best British Soap and Best British Drama categories”) at The Soapies 2015 (the “programme”). There will be two rounds of public voting for each of these categories. You may register your vote by going to [website] (the “website”) and follow the instructions there. There is no charge when voting via the websites, although internet service providers’ fees may apply when you access the internet and these fees will not be refunded by The Soapies.

Voting restrictions:

One online vote per category may be submitted during the first round of voting and one online vote per category may be submitted during the second round of voting. If you exceed these limits your vote will not be counted. For the avoidance of doubt the capping limits apply to each of the two rounds of voting. You do not need to vote for the same nominee in each round.

Nominees:

First round voting – most categories will each contain a selection of up to 21 nominees; the Spectacular Scene of the Year and Best Single Episode categories will contain 7 nominees; the Best Young Actor and Best Return categories will contain 20 nominees; the Best Bad Boy category will contain 19 nominees; the Best British Soap category will contain a selection of 4 nominees and the Best British Drama category will contain a selection of 3 nominees. The total number of nominees in the Spectacular Scene of the Year, Best Single Episode, Best British Soap and Best British Drama category will remain at the original nominees throughout each round of the competition. In the event of a tie between two or more nominees before the second round of voting, there will be six nominees avaliable to vote for.

Second round voting – each of the categories will contain a selection of up to 7 nominees. The shortlist for the Spectacular Scene of the Year, Best Single Episode, Best British Soap and Best British Drama category will contain the same nominees who were listed in the first round of voting.

Opening dates – first round voting:

First round voting opens at 16:00 on Thursday 22 May 2015.

Closing time - first round voting:

First round voting closes on Friday 19 June 2015 at 17:00.

Opening times – second round voting:

Second round voting via the websites opens at 18:00 on Wednesday 24 June 2015.

Closing time – second round voting:

Second round voting closes on Friday 10 July 2015 at 17:00.

Announcement – winners:

The winners are announced on Sunday 12 July 2015.

 

The Soapies is committed to operating the voting fairly, and to preventing abuse of the voting systems. For this reason, The Soapies reserves the right to disqualify and/or discount votes. These circumstances include (without limitation) where there has been excessive manipulation of the outcome of the voting, where votes have been made in breach of the Terms and Conditions, and where there has been any activity which unfairly advantages a voter or unfairly influences the outcome.

Voting results:

For the Spectacular Scene of the Year, Best Single Episode, Best British Soap and Best British Drama categories, the results from the first round voting will be carried over to the votes for the second round voting stage, and the voting results will represent the accumulated votes achieved in both the first round voting and the second round voting stages. For the categories, all valid votes from the first round of voting are used for the purpose of determining the 7 nominees who progress to the second round but are then disregarded for the second round voting.

In the event of a tie in the Best British Soap or Best British Drama category, each of the nominees which receive the joint highest number of votes will share the award. In the categories, viewer votes determine the overall winner. In the event of a tie in any of the categories, the backstage team will decide on a winner.

Winners will be announced online at the website at a time to be announced.