And the envelopes, please: TV Guide.ca is proud to announce our third annual Soap Opera Spirit Award winners.
Last night, Michael Fairman presented the awards on a special, spirited podcast with Days of our Lives and Venice stars, Crystal Chappell and Galen Gering, hosting the ceremony.
Unlike the Daytime Emmy Awards, SOS winners (quite the ironic acronym, huh?) were not chosen for specific episodes submitted, but instead were judged on an entire year’s work.
A panel of TV Guide Canada editors chose the winners, and daytime guru Nelson Branco chose the esteemed nominees. Eligibility for the 2010 awards ran throughout the 2009 calendar year, with the exception of the web categories, which ended in February of this year.
In total, there were 130 nominations in 24 categories. In addition, there are three special editor awards, including the first annual Vanguard Award, along with our yearly Douglas Marland Memorial Award, and the Irna Phillips Soap Opera Spirit Award.
As for the big winners, for the second time, One Life To Live took home best show honours winning a whopping 11 SOS Awards. Coming in second was General Hospital with four statues. Following in the third place was The Young and the Restless with 3 honours. Below are the tallies — and winners.
Several actors pulled off multiple wins, including Chappell, who took home two Spirit Awards as Best Lead Actress and Best Performance By a Duo. One Life’s Trevor St. John repeated last year’s victory as Outstanding Lead Actor, as did GH’s Kirsten Storms as Best Younger Actress. Imaginary Bitches’ Eden Riegel won Best Actress in a Web Show or Special for the second consecutive year. One Life’s undefeated Tuc Watkins took him his third straight trophy for Outstanding Male Actor in a Recurring Role or Guest Star.
A special thanks goes out to Michael Fairman for producing and co-hosting the kudofest, along with Chappell and Gering for taking time out of their busy schedules to announce the winners.
If you didn’t catch the SOS Awards last night, it’s not too late. Head over to Michael Fariman’s On Air, On Soaps to listen to the suds ceremony to find out why Chappell stormed out of the podcast, and why Gering sounds like James Bond.
In addition, several award winners delivered their acceptance speeches on the air. The best part? Kanye West didn’t RSVP to the event. Whew.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees! Now don’t screw up the final Daytime Emmy Award nominations next month, kids!
NETWORK TALLIES
ABC — 15
CBS —7
The Web — 5
NBC — 0
SHOW WINNERS
One Life — 11
GH — 4
GL —2
Y&R — 3
Mr. Kitty’s True Soap Story — 2
Daytimeconfidential.com’s Podcast Series — 2
Imaginary Bitches’s Emmy Special — 1
OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
One Life To Live
The Young and The Restless
OUTSTANDING HEAD WRITER(S)
Christopher Whitesell and Gary Tomlin, Days of our Lives
Bob Guza, General Hospital
Ron Carlivati, One Life To Live
Maria Bell, Hogan Sheffer, and Scott Hamner, The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING SCRIPT AND BREAKDOWN WRITING
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
One Life To Live
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING DIRECTING TEAM
All My Children
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life To Live
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
Imaginary Bitches — Special Emmy Episode
General Hospital
One Life To Live
Venice
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Maura West (Carly Snyder, World Turns)
Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera, DAYS)
Crystal Chappell (ex-Olivia Spencer, GL)
Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado, One Life)
Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Newman, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Michael Park (Jack Snyder, World Turns)
James Scott (EJ DiMera, DAYS)
Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, GH)
Trevor St. John (Todd Manning, One Life)
Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton, DAYS)
Lisa LoCicero (Olivia Falconeri, GH)
Kimberly McCullough (Dr. Robin Drake, GH)
Tika Sumpter (Layla Williamson, One Life)
Bree Williamson (Jess/Tess, One Life)
Stacy Haiduk (Patty/MJ/Emily, Y&R)
Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Mitchell Abbott, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Don Hastings (Dr. Bob Hughes, World Turns)
Justin Deas (ex-Buzz Cooper, GL)
Brian Kerwin (Charlie Banks, One Life)
Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, Y&R)
Billy Miller (Billy Abbott, Y&R)
Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
Meredith Hagner (ex-Liberty Snyder, World Turns)
Alexandra Chando (Maddie Coleman, World Turns)
Jacqueline Tsirkin (ex-Emma Spencer, GL)
Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones, GH)
Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer, GH)
OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
Daniel Kennedy (Pete Cortlandt, AMC)
EJ Bonilla (ex-Rafe Rivera, GL)
Carmen Le Porto (Jack Manning, One Life)
Eddie Alderson (Matthew Buchanan, One Life)
OUTSTANDING FEMALE RECURRING ACTRESS OR GUEST STAR
Jill Larson (Opal Cortlandt, AMC)
Julie Pinson (Janet Snyder, World Turns)
Betty White (ex-Ann Douglas, B&B)
Marj Dusay (ex-Alex Spaulding, GL)
Ilene Kristen (Roxy Balsom, One Life)
Tricia Cast (Nina Webster, Y&R)
Beth Maitland (Traci Abbott, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A RECURRING ROLE OR GUEST STAR
James Franco (ex-Franco, GH)
Scott Evans (Oliver Fish, One Life)
Roscoe Born (Mitch Laurence, One Life)
Peter Bartlett (Nigel/Nevil, One Life)
Tuc Watkins (David Vickers, One Life)
OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR IN A NEW ROLE OR RECAST
Lexi Ainsworth (Kristina Davis, GH)
Amanda Setton (Kimberly Andrews, One Life)
Kelley Missal (Danielle Rayrbune, One Life)
Shenell Edmonds (Destiny Evans, One Life)
OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR IN A NEW ROLE OR RECAST
Dominic Zamprogna (Dante/Dominic, GH)
Drew Garrett (Michael Corinthos, GH) - TIE
Zack Conroy (ex-James Spaulding, GL)
Brett Claywell (Kyle Lewis, One Life)
Scott Clifton (Schuyler Joplin, One Life)
Michael Muhney (Adam Newman, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A DUO
Terri Colombino and Austin Peck (Katie and Brad, World Turns)
Alison Sweeney and Galen Gering (Sami and Rafe, DAYS)
Crystal Chappell and Louise Sorel (Carly and Vivian, DAYS)
Bradford Anderson and Kirsten Storms (Spinelli and Maxie, GH)
Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia (ex-Olivia and Natalia, GL)
Brett Claywell and Scott Evans (Kyle and Fish, One Life)
Jeanne Cooper and Jess Walton (Katherine and Jill, Y&R)
OUTSTANDING CASTING DIRECTION
As The World Turns
Days of our Lives
General Hospital
One Life To Live
Venice
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN
All My Children
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life To Live
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
All My Children
General Hospital
Gotham
One Life To Live
The Young and the Restless
OUTSTANDING WEB SERIES OR SPECIAL
Anyone But Me
Buppies
Diary Of A Single Mom
Michael Fairman’s Guiding Light Daytime Emmy Award Tribute (four-minute version)
Imaginary Bitches — A Very Special Emmy Bitches Special
Pratt Falls
Then We Got Help!
Y&R’s Kitty — True Soap Story
Venice
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS ON A WEB SHOW OR SPECIAL
Rachael Hip-Flores (Vivian, Anyone But Me)
Tatyana Ali (Quinci, Buppies)
Taryn O’Neill (Sara, Compulsions)
Martha Byrne (Catherine, Gotham)
Anne Sayre (Tina, Gotham)
Eden Riegel (Eden, Imaginary Bitches)
Crystal Chappell (Gina, Venice)
Hillary B. Smith (Guya, Venice)
OUTSTANDING ACTOR ON A WEB SOAP OR SPECIAL
Joshua Holland (Archibald, Anyone But Me)
Preston Davis (Elliot, Buppies)
Craig Frank (Mark, Compulsions)
Billy Dee Williams (Bo, Diary of a Single Mom)
Jordan Clark (The Colonel, Venice)
Peter Bergman (Host, Y&R’s Kitty — True Soap Story)
OUTSTANDING PODCAST/VIDEOCAST
Daytimeconfidential.com’s Podcast Series
BuzzWorthy Radio, Blog Talk Radio
Brandon’s Buzz, Blog Talk Radio
The Pine Valley Podcast
We Love Soaps Radio, Welovesoaps.net
OUTSTANDING PODCAST HOST(S)
Luke Kerr and Jamey Giddens, daytimeconfidential.com
Brandon Michael Henslee, Brandon’s Buzz
Mimi Torchin’s Venice Podcast, Blog Talk Radio
Shadow, Jordan and Ashley, Pine Valley Podcast
Roger Newcomb and Damon Jacobs, welovesoaps.net
THE IRNA PHILLIPS SPIRIT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO THE SERIAL ART FORM
Paul Rauch, Y&R
THE VANGUARD AWARD
Kim Turissi, Hope Royaltey and Crystal Chappell, Venice
THE DOUGLAS MARLAND MEMORIAL AWARD
Clint Ritchie, Frances Reid, Phil Carey, James Mitchell
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Nelson Branco is a Toronto freelance entertainment journalist, who regularly contributes to Hello! Canada, The National Post, The Los Angeles Times' theenvelope.com, TV Guide USA, tvguide.com, Inside Entertainment, OUT, and fab magazine, along with spearheading the soap coverage for TVGuide.ca's popular daytime TV hub. After graduating from Ryerson University in 1997, he moved from Toronto to New York in 1998 to take on the roles as senior news editor at Soap Opera Update. Branco first freelanced for Soap Opera Weekly as an intern in 1994, and after leaving Soap Update to help create and launch Bauer Publishing's In Touch Weekly in 2003, Branco continued to freelance occasionally for its sister publication, Soaps In Depth. Most recently, he helped create and launch Canada's first celebrity magazine, Weekly Scoop in 2005 as its news and entertainment director. Branco is also a contributor to a new TV show titled Planet Soap to air in Canada and America.
