Coronation Street's Gray O'Brien was crowned Best Actor at the Inside Soap Awards on Monday.
O'Brien was rewarded for his portrayal of twisted Tony Gordon, whose antics have included ordering the killing of his love rival, Liam Connor.
EastEnders took home top honours, as well as a fourth consecutive Best Actress win for Lacey Turner.
The Walford soap beat Coronation Street by collecting seven of the 14 gongs, including Best Soap, to rival Corrie's haul of five awards.
Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks won one award, with the Best Family title going to The McQueens, while Emmerdale went away empty-handed.
The Bill collected the award for Best Drama for the fourth year running.
EastEnders' John Partridge, who plays Christian Clarke, was named Sexiest Male, while Michelle Keegan (Coronation Street's feisty Tina McIntyre) triumphed in the Sexiest Female category.
Best Bad Boy was taken by EastEnders' Larry Lamb for his role as scheming Archie Mitchell, who constructed a web of lies to keep his daughter Ronnie (Samantha Womack) from knowing she was the mother of Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace).
The gripping tale of Archie's torment and Danielle's death scooped the Best Storyline award.
Best B**** was picked up by Charlie Brooks (EastEnders' Janine Butcher), who has won the award twice before.
Coronation Street's Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor) collected the award for Best Newcomer, after winning in the same category at the British Soap Awards in May.
Steven Murphy, editor of Inside Soap magazine, said: "This was one of the most hotly contested years for the Inside Soap Awards.
"Many categories were neck and neck until voting closed, which just proves what an outstanding year it's been in soapland.
"It was Inside Soap's biggest and best party ever and it's wonderful to see so many new names on the winners' list."
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