It's that time of year again, one year ago, As The World Turns was the big winner taking home 5 wins at the Soap Opera America Awards, who will come out on top tonight?! Here are the winners for the 2011 Soap Opera America Awards:
OUTSTANDING VILLAIN/VILLAINESS:
Ewa Da Cruz as Vienna Hyatt, As The World Turns
Sean Young as Meggie McClaine, The Young & The Restless
Stephen Nichols as Tucker McCall, The Young & The Restless
Terri Conn as Aubrey Wentworth Buchanan, One Life To Live
Jerry verDorn as Clint Buchanan, One Life To Live
-With the entrance of Meggie on Y&R, fans were treated to a conniving villainess not seen on Y&R since Shelia Carter, and Meggie did everything but destroy one of soap's most famous couples. Her return brought shocking secrets as well, and fans rejoiced when she earned her just rewards!! But Sean Young played Meggie brilliantly, and made us long for villains like Meggie again.
OUTSTANDING PLOT/STORYLINE:
Newman v. Newmans [the lawsuit], The Young & The Restless
Nikki loses sobriety, The Young & The Restless
DNA Test Scandal, One Life To Live
Ronan is Chance’s Brother, The Young & The Restless
Reid’s Heart, As The World Turns
-Y&R has been known to utilize it's history very well, so the Ronan Malloy being Chance's brother (and Nina's Son) storyline was very intriguing, making good use of Y&R's history and bringing a captivating storyline that brought out the best acting skills of those involved.
[FAN VOTED] FAVORITE RILVARY:
Barbara Ryan/Emily Stewart, As The World Turns
Chloe Mitchell/Heather Stevens, The Young & The Restless
Jill Fenmore/Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, The Young & The Restless
Phyllis Summers/Sharon Newman, The Young & The Restless
Ronan Malloy/Chance Chancellor, The Young & The Restless
-This year's newest award, which is fan-voted, was given by the fans to what has become one of Y&R's most well-known rivalries next to Katherine Chancellor & Jill Foster. Phyllis and Sharon found themselves at war again this past year, but for a while they had called a truce, to help Sharon get out of a wrongful conviction. Who knows what will happen once Sharon returns to Genoa City?
[FAN VOTED] FAVORITE COUPLE:
Luke Snyder & Reid Oliver, As The World Turns
Cane Ashby & Lily Winters Ashby, The Young & The Restless
Brody Lovett & Jessica Buchanan, One Life To Live
Billy Abbott & Victoria Newman Abbott, The Young & The Restless
Victor Newman & Nikki Reed, The Young & The Restless
-Despite having their ups and downs, it looks like Victor and Nikki remain popular with the fans, once Nikki returns to Genoa City from rehab I have a feeling that the sparks may re-ignite with these two.
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR/ACTRESS: [25 or under]
Kelley Missal as Danielle Manning, One Life To Live
Kristen Alderson as Starr Marnning, One Life To Live
Christel Khalil as Lily Winters, The Young & The Restless
Brandon Buddy as Cole Thornhart, One Life To Live
Emily O'Brien as Jana Hawkes, The Young & The Restless
-Lily Winters has suffered more in her lifetime than anyone can bear, and she's still in her twenties! This past year has been hard on Lily, her children born premature, Cane was hiding secrets from her, and she believed Cane to be dead for a few months. Christel Khalil brought a gripping portrayal to Lily, bringing a fantastic performance to her repertoire.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Eric Sheffer Stevens as Reid Oliver, As The World Turns
Daniel Goddard as Cane Ashby, The Young & The Restless
Jeff Branson as Ronan Malloy, The Young & The Restless
Billy Miller as Billy Abbott, The Young & The Restless
Mark Lawson as Brody Lovett, One Life To Live
-Billy Miller (last year's Emmy Winner in this category) has shown to add a level of depth to Billy Abbott, and is a great actor overall, his desperation to protect his wife and keep her happy only gave Miller great material to work with and brought more perspective to Billy Abbott.
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Bree Williamson as Jessica Buchanan/Tess Smith/Bess Lord/Teen Jess/Wes Granger, One Life To Live
Trica Cast as Nina Webster, The Young & The Restless
Melody Thomas Scott as Nikki Reed Newman, The Young & The Restless
Lesli Kay as Molly Conlan, As The World Turns
Elizabeth Hendrickson as Chloe Mitchell, The Young & The Restless
-Bree Williamson has more talent than anyone I know, to be able to pull off acting 4 different personalities and one actual person in the past year, and to display a wide variety of emotions is just brilliant. Which is why it's all the more surprising that she has yet to win an Emmy... Maybe she'll be walking away a winner on Sunday!
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS:
Colleen Zenk as Barbara Ryan, As The World Turns
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, The Young & The Restless
Terri Conn as Katie Peretti, As The World Turns
Jeanne Cooper as Katherine Chancellor, The Young & The Restless
Jess Walton as Jill Fenmore, The Young & The Restless
-The weeks leading up to ATWT's finale brought a great kidnapping storyline for one of the show's vets and gave her a chance to show her talent. Which paid off, as she had one of the stronger showings from the three soap operas than any other actress I can remember in the same period.
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR:
Trent Dawson as Henry Coleman, As The World Turns
John-Paul Lavoisier as Rex Balsom, One Life To Live
Van Hansis as Luke Snyder, As The World Turns
Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, The Young & The Restless
Michael Graziadei as Daniel Romalotti, The Young & The Restless
-Victor Newman's life has been turned upside down in the past year, he's lost private ownership of his company, and severed ties with almost all of his children. We rarely see Victor emotional, but over the past year, Braeden brought a brilliant performance to the screen and we saw how Victor really felt. One of the strongest male performances in the past year deserves recognition.
BEST DRAMA SERIES:
The Young & The Restless
As The World Turns
One Life To Life
-This year's best Drama Series is without a doubt, One Life To Live, as they've unfearfully tackled a brave bullying storyline and shaken up the lives of Llanview residents. They've captivated viewers with interesting storylines and continue to do so, with the way they are going, the OLTL finale will be something that viewers won't forget!
HELEN WAGNER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Jeanne Cooper, Y&R
-Be on the lookout for the write-up on Y&R's Jeanne Cooper coming soon, and be sure to watch the Daytime Emmys coming on Sunday June 19th!! Congrats to the winners for tonight:
Y&R took home a total of 7 Wins out of 26 Nominations.
OLTL took home a total of 2 Wins out of 11 Nominations.
ATWT took home a total of 1 Win out of 11 Nominations.
