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Soap opera stars and those behind the scenes of their shows gathered on Friday, June 7, at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in Los Angeles for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. Want to know who won? We’ll be updating this live blog throughout the evening. The list below includes all the nominees and, as each winner is announced, we’ll bold that person or show’s name. Ready? Here we go!
Outstanding Drama
The Bay
Bold & Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
WINNER: General Hospital
Neighbours
Young & Restless
Outstanding Drama Writing Team
The Bay
Bold & Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
WINNER: General Hospital
Young & Restless
Outstanding Drama Directing Team
The Bay
Bold & Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
WINNER: General Hospital
Young & Restless
Outstanding Lead Actor
Eric Braeden (Victor, Young Restless)
Scott Clifton (Liam, Bold & Beautiful)
WINNER: Thorsten Kaye (Ridge, Bold & Beautiful)
Eric Martsolf (Brady, Days of Our Lives)
John McCook (Eric, Bold Beautiful)
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Outstanding Lead Actress
Tamara Braun (Ava, Days of Our Lives)
Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital)
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, Bold & Beautiful)
Annika Noelle (Hope, Bold & Beautiful)
WINNER: Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Young & Restless)
Cynthia Watros (Nina, General Hospital)
Outstanding Supporting Actor
WINNER: Robert Gossett (Marshall, General Hospital)
Bryton James (Devon, Young & Restless)
Wally Kurth (Justin, Days of Our Lives)
A Martinez (Nardo, The Bay)
Mike Manning (Caleb, The Bay)
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Jennifer Gareis (Donna, Bold & Beautiful)
Linsey Godfrey (Sarah, Days of Our Lives)
WINNER: Courtney Hope (Sally, Young & Restless)
Allison Lanier (Summer, Young & Restless)
Emily O’Brien (Gwen, Days of Our Lives)
Outstanding Guest Performer
Linden Ashby (ex-Cameron, Young & Restless)
Ashley Jones (Bridget, Bold & Beautiful)
Alley Mills (Heather, General Hospital)
Guy Pearce (ex-Mike, Neighbours)
WINNER: Dick Van Dyke (ex-Timothy, Days of Our Lives)
We’d like to invite our readers to share their thoughts on the winners. Feel free to post them in the comment section and let us know if you agree, or agree to disagree — plus, stay tuned, as Soaps.com will be bringing you more of our Emmy coverage, gathered straight from the event, in the coming days.
And browse through the photo gallery below filled with our Daytime Emmy dream winners — from outstanding storytelling to most pointless recast and more!