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The first annual '''[[Soap Opera Digest Awards|''Soap Opera Digest'' Awards]]''' were held in 1984, with the second being screened on [[NBC]] and ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' winning every award in the daytime categories. For the subsequent six years votes were for awards in either daytime soaps, or primetime (with editor awards being for either). From the 9th event onwards votes were across both types of shows.

==Key==
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|{{Color box|lightblue|border=darkgray}} Indicates award for daytime soap opera
|{{Color box|lightgreen|border=darkgray}} Indicates award available to either daytime or primetime
|{{Color box|#FFDDDD|border=darkgray}} Hosts
|-
|{{Color box|lightyellow|border=darkgray}} Indicates award for a primetime soap
|{{Color box|lightgrey|border=darkgray}} Indicates award not awarded that year
|{{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} Unknown
|}

==Awards dedicated to daytime==

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!rowspan="4"|Award (year and where aired)<br>Hosts
!1st<ref name="SOD 1984">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1984|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1984/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301171303/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1984/|archivedate=March 1, 2009}}</ref>
!2nd<ref name="SOD 1985">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1985|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1985/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303080747/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1985/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!3rd<ref name="SOD 1986">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1986|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1986/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303081544/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1986/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!4th<ref name="SOD 1988">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1988|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1988/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303081601/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1988/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!5th<ref name="SOD 1989">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1989|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1989/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303080752/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1989/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!6th<ref name="SOD 1990">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1990|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1990/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303082314/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1990/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!7th<ref name="SOD 1991">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1991|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1991/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303081639/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1991/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!8th<ref name="SOD 1992">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1992|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1992/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303073829/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/1992/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
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!1984
!1985
!1986
!1988
!1989
!1990
!1991
!1992
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!&nbsp;
!colspan="7" align="center"|[[NBC]]
|-
|style="background:#FFDDDD"|[[Catherine Hickland]]<br>and<br>[[David Hasselhoff]]
|style="background:#FFFFFF"|
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| [[Susan Lucci]]<br>and<br>[[Kevin Dobson]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD"| [[A Martinez]] and [[Marcy Walker]];<br>[[David Canary]] and Susan Lucci;<br>[[Drake Hogestyn]] and [[Genie Francis]];<br>[[Leann Hunley]] and [[Gordon Thomson (actor)|Gordon Thomson]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD"|[[John Loprieno]]<br>and<br>[[Andrea Evans]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD"|[[Dixie Carter]]<br>and<br>[[Terry Lester]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD"|[[Robin Mattson]]<br>and<br>Kevin Dobson
|style="background:#FFDDDD"|[[Deidre Hall]], [[Emma Samms]]<br>and<br>[[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]]
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#228B22"|
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Peter Reckell]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[John Aniston]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stephen Nichols]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eric Braeden]] (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[A Martinez]] (''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[David Canary]] ([[Adam Chandler]] / [[Stuart Chandler]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Deidre Hall]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Patsy Pease]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kim Zimmer]]<br>(''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jeanne Cooper]] (''The Young and the Restless'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Marcy Walker]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Finola Hughes]] (''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|Anne Heche (Vicky Hudson / Marley Hudson, ''Another World'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[John de Lancie]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stephen Nichols]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Nicolas Coster]]<br>(''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Quinn K. Redeker]] (''The Young and the Restless'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robert Gentry (actor)|Robert Gentry]] (''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jordan Clarke (actor)|Jordan Clarke]] (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Doug Davidson]] (Paul Williams, ''The Young and the Restless'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lisa Trusel]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Arleen Sorkin]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Harley Jane Kozak]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Anna Lee]]<br>(''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Joy Garrett]] (''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jane A. Rogers]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Julia Barr]] (''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jane Elliot]] (Tracy Quartermaine, ''General Hospital'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Exciting/Outstanding New Actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|Michael Leon<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Charles Shaughnessy]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Ian Buchanan]]<br>(''General Hospital'')<ref group=lower-alpha>For the 1984 ceremony, the award was given as "Exciting/Outstanding Newcomer"</ref>
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Scott Thompson Baker]] (''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kurt McKinney]] (''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael Watson (actor)|Michael Watson]] (''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Paul Michael Valley]] (Ryan Harrison, ''Another World'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Exciting/Outstanding New Actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kristian Alfonso]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Arleen Sorkin]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Anne Heche]] (''Another World'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jean Carol]] (''Guiding Light'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kimberley Simms]] (''Guiding Light'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alla Korot]]<br>(Jenna Norris, ''Another World'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding actor in a mature role'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Macdonald Carey]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding actress in a mature role'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Frances Reid]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding youth/younger actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[David Mendenhall]]<br>(''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Brian Autenrieth]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Peter Reckell]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Ricky Paull Goldin]]<br>(Dean Frame, ''Another World'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding youth/younger actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Andrea Barber]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|Ellen Wheeler<br>(Marley/Victoria, ''Another World'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;" |[[Tricia Cast]] (Nina Webster, ''The Young and the Restless'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Villain'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Joseph Mascolo]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[John Aniston]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Justin Deas]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Matthew Ashford]] (''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|David Canary (All My Children)
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kin Shriner]] (''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael Zaslow]] (Roger Thorpe, ''Guiding Light'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Villainess'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Nancy Frangione]]<br>(''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Cheryl-Ann Wilson]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Linda Gibboney]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Brenda Dickson]]<br>(''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lynn Herring]] (''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jane Elliot]] ([[Tracy Quartermaine]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Lynn Herring]] (Lucy Coe, ''General Hospital'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding juvenile actor/actress'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kimberly McCullough]]<br>([[Robin Scorpio]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Contribution'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Deidre Hall]] (''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Comic Relief Role''' 
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Arleen Sorkin]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robert Mailhouse]] (Brian Scofield, Days ''of our Lives'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Favorite Daytime Super Couple'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"  align="center"|[[Charles Shaughnessy]] and [[Patsy Pease]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stephen Nichols]] and [[Mary Beth Evans]] (''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Marcy Walker]] and [[A Martinez]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Matthew Ashford]] and [[Melissa Reeves]] (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" |&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Comic Relief Actress'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Arleen Sorkin]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Robin Mattson]]<br>(''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Comic Relief Actor'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael T. Weiss]]<br>(''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stephen Schnetzer]] (''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Joe Marinelli]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Hero'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[A Martinez]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stephen Nichols]] (''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"  align="center"|[[Doug Davidson]] (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" |&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Heroine'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robin Wright (actress)|Robin Wright Penn]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Marcy Walker]]<br>(''Santa Barbara'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Finola Hughes]] (''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Cady McClain]] (''All My Children'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" |&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Storyline'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|Eden's Rape, ''Santa Barbara''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Casey Rogers|Casey the Alien]], ''General Hospital''
|style="background:lightgrey;" |&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Limited Run'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Gerald Anthony]] (''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" |&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Best Wedding/Love Story'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|Jack and Jennifer, ''Days of Our Lives''
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Best Death Scene'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Marcy Walker]] (Eden Capwell, ''Santa Barbara'')
|-
|style="background:lightblue;"|'''Outstanding Daytime Soap Opera'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="5" align="center"|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|style="background:lightblue;"|''Santa Barbara''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|''Days of Our Lives''
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#228B22"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding actor'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[John Forsythe]]<br>([[Blake Carrington]], ''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Patrick Duffy]]<br>([[Bobby Ewing]], ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Larry Hagman]]<br>([[J.R. Ewing]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Kevin Dobson]]<br>(Mack MacKenzie, ''[[Knots Landing]]'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[David Selby]] (Richard Channing, ''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[William Devane]]<br>(Greg Sumner, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Kevin Dobson]]<br>(Mack MacKenzie, ''Knots Landing'')
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding actress'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Linda Evans]]<br>([[Krystle Carrington]], ''Dynasty'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Joan Van Ark]] ([[Valene Ewing]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Michele Lee]]<br>([[Karen MacKenzie]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Joan Van Ark]]<br>([[Valene Ewing|Valene Ewing Gibson]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Nicollette Sheridan]]<br>([[Paige Matheson]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Michele Lee]]<br>([[Karen MacKenzie]], ''Knots Landing'')
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Steve Kanaly]]<br>([[Ray Krebbs]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Doug Sheehan]]<br>(Ben Gibson, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Steve Kanaly]]<br>(Ray Krebbs, ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[William Devane]]<br>(Greg Sumner, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Ken Kercheval]] ([[Cliff Barnes]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Larry Riley (actor)|Larry Riley]]<br>(Frank Williams, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Lisa Hartman]]<br>(Ciji Dunne, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Catherine Oxenberg]]<br>([[Amanda Carrington]], ''Dynasty'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Susan Howard]]<br>([[Donna Culver Krebbs]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="3" align="center"|[[Tonya Crowe]]<br>(Olivia Cunningham, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Lynne Moody]] (Patricia Williams, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Exciting New Actor'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Doug Sheehan]]<br>(Ben Gibson, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Alec Baldwin]]<br>(Joshua Rush, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Exciting New Actress'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Priscilla Presley]]<br>([[Jenna Wade]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Catherine Oxenberg]]<br>([[Amanda Carrington]], ''Dynasty'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding actor in a mature role'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[John Forsythe]]<br>([[Blake Carrington]], ''Dynasty'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding actress in a mature role'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Barbara Bel Geddes]]<br>([[Miss Ellie Ewing]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding youth actor'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Omri Katz]]<br>([[John Ross Ewing]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding youth actress'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Shalane McCall]]<br>(Charlie Wade, ''Dallas'')<ref group=lower-alpha>For the 1985 ceremony, the award was given as "Outstanding Youth Actor/Actress"</ref>
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Villain'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="5" align="center"|[[Larry Hagman]]<br>([[J.R. Ewing]], ''Dallas'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Sam Behrens]] (Danny Waleska, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Villainess'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Joan Collins]]<br>([[Alexis Colby]], ''Dynasty'')
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="3" align="center"|[[Donna Mills]]<br>([[Abby Cunningham|Abby Ewing]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Teri Austin]]<br>(Jill Bennett, ''Knots Landing'')<ref group=lower-alpha>For the 1990 ceremony, the award was given as "Outstanding Villain/Villainess"</ref>
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Michelle Phillips]] (Anne Matheson, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Comic Relief Role''' 
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2" align="center"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Margaret Ladd]]<br>(Emma Channing, ''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Favorite Supercouple''' 
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Michele Lee]]<br>and<br>[[Kevin Dobson]]<br>(Mack and [[Karen MacKenzie]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Storyline'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Jill's insanity, ''Knots Landing''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|Paige and Tom's relationship, ''Knots Landing''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Hero'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Kevin Dobson]] (Mack MacKenzie, ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Heroine'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Nicollette Sheridan]]<br>([[Paige Matheson]], ''Knots Landing'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Best Death Scene'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="7" |&nbsp;
|style="background:lightyellow;" |[[Sheree J. Wilson]]<br>([[April Stevens Ewing]], ''Dallas'')
|-
|style="background:lightyellow;"|'''Outstanding Primetime Soap Opera'''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="2" align="center"|''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]''
|style="background:lightyellow;" colspan="6" align="center"|''Knots Landing''
|-
|colspan="9" bgcolor="#228B22"|
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Editor's Choice Award'''
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[David Jacobs (writer)|David Jacobs]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[William J. Bell]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Douglas Marland]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Michael Filerman]]<br>and<br>[[Susan Lucci]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jeanne Cooper]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Frances Reid]]<br>and<br>[[Macdonald Carey]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eileen Fulton]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[William J. Bell]]
|}

==United awards==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan="4"|Award (year and where aired)<br>Hosts
!9th<ref name="1993 Awards">{{cite news|title='Days of Our Lives' named favorite soap opera|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FrlBAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vqkMAAAAIBAJ&dq=9th%20soap%20opera%20digest%20awards&pg=1253%2C2520017|newspaper=[[Point Pleasant Register]]|date=February 17, 1993|access-date=November 9, 2018|page=8|agency=[[Associated Press]]|volume=55|number=40|via=[[Google News]]}}</ref>
!10th<ref name="1994 Awards">{{cite news|last=Galloway|first=Stephen|title='Days' cleans up at soap awards|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bl1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9_ADAAAAIBAJ&dq=jess%20walton%20soap%20opera%20digest%20award&pg=3153%2C5199638|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|date=February 8, 1994}}</ref>
!11th<ref name="1995 Awards">{{cite news|title=Top Suds|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GCNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9I0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=tom%20eplin%20soap%20opera%20digest%20award&pg=4454%2C1807146|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=Boca Raton News|date=March 5, 1995}}</ref><ref name="1995 Awards 2">{{cite news|title='Days of Our Lives' Wins Best Soap Opera Award|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AUZbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8E8NAAAAIBAJ&dq=tom%20eplin%20soap%20opera%20digest%20award&pg=3728%2C5152894|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=The Durant Daily Democrat|date=February 19, 1995|agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>
!12th<ref name="1996 Awards">{{cite news|title='Soap Opera Digest' names daytime's hottest|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gdcgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DmsFAAAAIBAJ&dq=soap%20opera%20digest%20awards%201995&pg=1504%2C4115983|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=McCook Daily Gazette|date=February 15, 1996|author=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press}}</ref>
!13th<ref name="1997 Awards">{{cite news|title='General Hospital' wins Soap Opera awards|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qo4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BHADAAAAIBAJ&dq=13th%20soap%20opera%20digest%20awards&pg=6877%2C175987|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=March 1, 1997}}</ref><ref name="1997 Awards 2">{{cite news|title=Readers just can't cope without scoop on soaps|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ndIgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=22oFAAAAIBAJ&dq=marcy%20walker%20soap%20opera%20digest%20award&pg=1223%2C4023138|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=Sun Journal|date=March 28, 1997}}</ref>
!14th<ref name="1998 Awards">{{cite news|title='General Hospital' tops in soap opera awards|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_tNRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dG8DAAAAIBAJ&dq=14th%20soap%20opera%20digest%20awards&pg=6703%2C3292551|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=March 3, 1998|author=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press}}</ref>
!15th<ref name="1999 Awards">{{cite news|title='General Hospital' named favorite soap at awards|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mHMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s68FAAAAIBAJ&dq=general-hospital&pg=4819%2C4971094|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=The Argus-Press|date=February 28, 1999|author=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press}}</ref>
!16th<ref name="2000 Awards">{{cite news|title='General Hospital' wins 5 honors|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sgtJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8YIMAAAAIBAJ&dq=general-hospital&pg=3611%2C5637912|accessdate=February 10, 2013|newspaper=The Vindicator|date=March 11, 2000|author=Associated Press|author-link=Associated Press}}</ref>
!17th<ref name="SOD 2001">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 2001|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2001/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303080807/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2001/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!18th<ref name="SOD 2003">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 2003|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2003/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303073901/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2003/|archivedate=March 3, 2009 }}</ref>
!19th<ref name="SOD 2005">{{cite web|title=The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 2005|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2005/|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|publisher=soapoperadigest.com|accessdate=March 15, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225160845/http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/2005/|archivedate=February 25, 2008 }}</ref>
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|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Deidre Hall]] and [[Paul Reiser]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Kelsey Grammer]] and [[Lisa Rinna]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[John Larroquette]], [[Louise Sorel]], [[Victoria Rowell]], and [[Kelly Ripa]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Jane Leeves]], [[Shawn Christian]], [[Drake Hogestyn]], and [[Keith Hamilton Cobb]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Leeza Gibbons]], [[Austin Peck]], [[Shemar Moore]], and [[Ingo Rademacher]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Drake Hogestyn]] and [[Leeza Gibbons]]
|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Drake Hogestyn]] and [[Deidre Hall]]
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|style="background:#FFDDDD;"|[[Lisa Rinna]] and [[Ty Treadway]]
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Peter Bergman]]<br>([[Jack Abbott (The Young and the Restless)|Jack Abbott]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robert Kelker-Kelly]]<br>([[Bo Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tom Eplin]]<br>([[Jake McKinnon]], ''Another World'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Maurice Benard]]<br>([[Sonny Corinthos]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eric Braeden]]<br>([[Victor Newman (fictional character)|Victor Newman]], ''The Young and the Restless'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[John Callahan (actor)|John Callahan]]<br>([[Edmund Grey (All My Children)|Edmund Grey]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"|[[Anthony Geary]]<br>([[Luke Spencer]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eric Braeden]]<br>([[Victor Newman (fictional character)|Victor Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"|[[Maurice Benard]]<br>(''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Susan Lucci]]<br>([[Erica Kane]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jess Walton]]<br>([[Jill Abbott]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Deidre Hall]]<br>([[Marlena Evans]], ''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robin Strasser]]<br>([[Dorian Lord]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Genie Francis]]<br>([[Laura Spencer (General Hospital)|Laura Spencer]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Vanessa Marcil]]<br>([[Brenda Barrett]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lynn Herring]]<br>([[Lucy Coe]], ''[[Port Charles]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kim Zimmer]]<br>([[Reva Shayne]], ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Melody Thomas Scott]]<br>([[Nikki Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michelle Stafford]]<br>(''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tamara Braun]]<br>([[Carly Corinthos]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Richard Biggs]]<br>(Marcus Hunter, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Justin Deas]]<br>([[Buzz Cooper]], ''Guiding Light'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Brad Maule]]<br>([[Tony Jones (General Hospital)|Tony Jones]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stuart Damon]]<br>([[Alan Quartermaine (General Hospital)|Alan Quartermaine]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Doug Davidson]]<br>([[Paul Williams (The Young and the Restless)|Paul Williams]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael E. Knight]]<br>([[Tad Martin (All My Children)|Tad Martin]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Ian Buchanan]]<br>([[James Warwick (The Bold and the Beautiful)|James Warwick]], ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful|B&B]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jon Lindstrom]]<br>([[Kevin Collins (General Hospital)|Kevin Collins]], ''[[Port Charles]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[John Aniston]]<br>([[Victor Kiriakis]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Steve Burton (actor)|Steve Burton]]<br>(''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Rick Hearst]]<br>([[Ric Lansing]], ''General Hospital'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Ellen Dolan]]<br>([[Margo Hughes]], ''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Deborah Adair]]<br>([[Kate Roberts (Days of our Lives)|Kate Roberts]], ''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Signy Coleman]]<br>([[Hope Wilson]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Louise Sorel]]<br>([[Vivian Alamain]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Marcy Walker]]<br>([[Liza Colby]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Judi Evans]]<br>([[Paulina Cory]], ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lauralee Bell]]<br>([[Christine Blair]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="3" align="center"|[[Nancy Lee Grahn]]<br>([[Alexis Davis (General Hospital)|Alexis Davis]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alison Sweeney]] <br>([[Sami Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Male Newcomer'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Monti Sharp]]<br>(David Grant, ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Patrick Muldoon]]<br>([[Austin Reed (Days of our Lives)|Austin Reed]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Keith Hamilton Cobb]]<br>(Noah Keefer, ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Mark Consuelos]]<br>([[Mateo Santos]], ''All My Children'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tyler Christopher (actor)|Tyler Christopher]]<br>([[Nikolas Cassadine]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jensen Ackles]]<br>([[Eric Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Cameron Mathison]]<br>([[Ryan Lavery]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[David Tom]]<br>([[Billy Abbott]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Chad Brannon]]<br>([[Zander Smith]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Justin Bruening]]<br>(''[[All My Children]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Female Newcomer/ New Actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Yvonne Perry]]<br>([[Rosanna Cabot]], ''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lisa Rinna]]<br>([[Billie Reed]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Brooke Alexander]]<br>([[Samantha Markham]], ''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michelle Stafford]]<br>([[Phyllis Summers]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[T.C. Warner]]<br>([[Kelsey Jefferson]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Sabryn Genet]]<br>([[Tricia Dennison]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Patrika Darbo]]<br>([[Nancy Wesley]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Abigail Spencer]] <br>([[Becca Tyree]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eden Riegel]] <br>([[Bianca Montgomery]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Adrianne León]]<br>([[Brook Lynn Ashton]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Youth/ younger actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Matt Borlenghi]]<br>(Brian Bodine, ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Scott Reeves]]<br>([[Ryan McNeil]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Roger Howarth]]<br>([[Todd Manning]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Joshua Morrow]]<br>([[Nicholas Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"|[[Steve Burton (actor)|Steve Burton]]<br>([[Jason Morgan (General Hospital)|Jason Morgan]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jonathan Jackson (actor)|Jonathan Jackson]] <br>([[Lucky Spencer]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Mark Consuelos]] <br>([[Mateo Santos]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jason Cook (actor)|Jason Cook]] <br>([[Shawn-Douglas Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kyle Lowder]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Scott Clifton]]<br>([[Dillon Quartermaine]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Youth/ younger actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alicia Coppola]]<br>(Lorna Devon, ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Melissa Hayden (actress)|Melissa Hayden]]<br>(Bridget Reardon, ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Rena Sofer]]<br>([[Lois Cerullo]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kelly Ripa]]<br>([[Hayley Vaughan]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Heather Tom]]<br>([[Victoria Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]] ([[Carly Benson]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Rebecca Herbst]]<br>([[Elizabeth Webber]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kelly Ripa]] <br>([[Hayley Vaughan]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alison Sweeney]] <br>([[Sami Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Rebecca Budig]]	<br>(''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Eden Riegel]] <br>(''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Child actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kimberly McCullough]]<br>([[Robin Scorpio]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Scott Groff]]<br>([[Shawn-Douglas Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jonathan Jackson (actor)|Jonathan Jackson]]<br>([[Lucky Spencer]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kirsten Storms]]<br>([[Belle Black]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Villain or Villainess'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kimberlin Brown]]<br>([[Sheila Carter]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Louise Sorel]]<br>([[Vivian Alamain]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Timothy D. Stickney]]<br>([[R.J. Gannon]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding Comic Performance'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Matthew Ashford]]<br>([[Jack Deveraux]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="10"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Hottest Male Star/ Favorite Actor'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Mark Derwin]]<br>([[A.C. Mallet]], ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"|[[Drake Hogestyn]]<br>([[John Black (Days of our Lives)|John Black]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Peter Reckell]]<br>([[Bo Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Ingo Rademacher]]<br>([[Jasper Jacks]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Steve Burton (actor)|Steve Burton]]<br>([[Jason Morgan (General Hospital)|Jason Morgan]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Maurice Benard]]<br>([[Sonny Corinthos]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Hottest Female Star/ Favorite Actress'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Crystal Chappell]]<br>([[Carly Manning]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Melissa Reeves]]<br>([[Jennifer Horton]], ''Days of our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kristina Wagner]]<br>([[Felicia Jones]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Lynn Herring]]<br>([[Lucy Coe]], ''General Hospital'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Vanessa Marcil]]<br>([[Brenda Barrett]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Sharon Case]]<br>([[Sharon Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kristian Alfonso]]<br>([[Hope Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]] ([[Carly Benson]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Song/ Musical Achievement'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|"One Dream"<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="9"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Social Storyline'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|Margo's Rape <br>''[[As the World Turns]]''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="10"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Storyline'''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|"Who fathered Marlena's baby?" <br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|The Baby Switch, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Scene Stealer'''
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Victoria Rowell]] <br>([[Drucilla Winters]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Josh Ryan Evans]] <br>([[Timmy Lenox]], ''[[Passions]]''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="3"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Villain'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jason Brooks (actor)|Jason Brooks]]<br>([[Peter Blake (fiction)|Peter Blake]], ''Days of Our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Mark Pinter]]<br>(Grant Harrison, ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Joseph Mascolo]]<br>([[Stefano DiMera]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Roger Howarth]]<br>([[Todd Manning]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Vincent Irizarry]]<br>([[David Hayward]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Rick Hearst]] (Matt Clark, ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Ted King (actor)|Ted King]] ([[Lorenzo Alcazar]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Villainess'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kimberlin Brown]]<br>([[Sheila Carter]], ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alison Sweeney]]<br>([[Sami Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michelle Stafford]]<br>([[Phyllis Summers]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|[[Alison Sweeney]]<br>([[Sami Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Arianne Zuker]]<br>([[Nicole Walker]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jane Elliot]]<br>([[Tracy Quartermaine]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Hottest Couple / Romance'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robert Kelker-Kelly]] and [[Lisa Rinna]]<br>([[Bo Brady]] and [[Billie Reed]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Keith Hamilton Cobb]] and [[Sydney Penny]]<br>([[Noah Keefer]] and [[Julia Santos]], ''All My Children''))
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Austin Peck]] and [[Christie Clark]]<br>([[Austin Reed (Days of our Lives)|Austin Reed]] and [[Carrie Brady]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Mark Consuelos]] and [[Kelly Ripa]]<br>([[Mateo Santos]] and [[Hayley Vaughan]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Male Scene Stealer/ Show Stopper'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael E. Knight]]<br>([[Tad Martin (All My Children)|Tad Martin]], ''All My Children'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tuc Watkins]]<br>([[David Vickers]], ''One Life to Live'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Tom Eplin]]<br>([[Jake McKinnon]], ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[John Ingle]]<br>([[Edward Quartermaine]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kin Shriner]]<br>([[Scott Baldwin]], ''[[Port Charles]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="1"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Josh Ryan Evans]]<br>(''[[Timmy Lenox]]'', ''[[Passions]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Female Scene Stealer/ Show Stopper'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Louise Sorel]]<br>([[Vivian Alamain]], ''Days of our Lives'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robin Mattson]]<br>([[Janet Dillon|Janet Green]], ''All My Children'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Louise Sorel]]<br>(''[[Vivian Alamain]]'', ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Jennifer Bassey]]<br>([[Marian Colby]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Louise Sorel]]<br>([[Vivian Alamain]], ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="1"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Robin Strasser]]<br>([[Hecuba (Passions character)|Hecuba]], ''[[Passions]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''New Character'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Laura Wright]] (''[[Cassie Layne]]'', ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
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|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Teen Performer'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|Erin Torpey<br>([[Jessica Buchanan]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|Erin Torpey<br>([[Jessica Buchanan]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Kristen Alderson]] <br>(''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''New Couple'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="5"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Grant Aleksander]] and [[Beth Ehlers]] <br>([[Phillip Spaulding]] and Harley Cooper, ''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Alison Sweeney]] and Bryan R. Dattilo <br>(Sami and Lucas, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Veteran'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Stuart Damon]] ([[Alan Quartermaine (General Hospital)|Alan Quartermaine]], ''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Couple'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[David Canary]] and [[Jennifer Bassey]]<br>([[Stuart Chandler]] and [[Marian Colby]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Erika Slezak]] and [[Mark Derwin]]<br>([[Victoria Lord]] and [[Ben Davidson (One Life to Live)|Ben Davidson]], ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2"|[[Peter Reckell]] and [[Kristian Alfonso]] (''[[Bo Brady]]'' and ''[[Hope Williams]]'', ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Drake Hogestyn]] and [[Deidre Hall]] (John and Marlena, ''Days of our Lives'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Return'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="6"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Cady McClain]]<br>([[Dixie Cooney]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Finola Hughes]]<br>([[Alexandra Devane]], ''[[All My Children]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="1"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Vanessa Marcil]]<br>(''[[General Hospital]]'')
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Judi Evans]]<br>(''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Hero'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="8"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Joshua Morrow]]<br>([[Nicholas Newman]], ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Heroine'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="8"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[McKenzie Westmore]]<br>([[Sheridan Crane]], ''[[Passions]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Plot twist'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="9"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|Sonny and Alexis, ''[[General Hospital]]''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="1"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding Newcomer'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="9"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Melissa Archer]]<br>(''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|style="background:lightgrey;"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Favorite Triangle'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="10"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Melissa Archer]], [[Michael Easton]] and [[Renée Elise Goldsberry]] <br>Natalie, John, Evangeline, ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Outstanding Soap Opera'''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="4" align="center"|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="4" align="center"|''[[General Hospital]]''
|style="background:lightblue;"|''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
|style="background:lightblue;" colspan="2" align="center"|''[[General Hospital]]''
|-
|colspan="12" bgcolor="#228B22"|
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Editor's Choice'''
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Douglas Marland]]<br>and<br>[[Laurence Caso]]
|style="background:#ffffff;"|Betty Rea
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Claire Labine]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Agnes Nixon]]
|style="background:lightyellow;"|[[Aaron Spelling]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Don Hastings]]<br>and<br>[[Kathryn Hays]]
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Michael Zaslow]]
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="4"|&nbsp;
|-
|style="background:lightgreen;"|'''Diamond Award'''
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="9"|&nbsp;
|style="background:lightblue;"|[[Susan Lucci]]
|style="background:lightgrey;" colspan="2"|&nbsp;
|}

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