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Best and Worst of Soaps 2013
Topic Started: Dec 25 2013, 03:00 AM (326 Views)
Skye
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I've been reading on several message boards about the Best and Worst in 2013. I have my own moments and decided to share with everyone just for fun. I'll be naming my top 5 with the winner in BOLD. Here's a look at the catergories and I'll reveal the winners before the new year.

Best Soap Opera

Best Writing

Best Directing

Best Production
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress

Best Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress

Best Young Actor/Young Actress
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Best Storyline/Worst Storyline

Best Special Episode

Best/Worst Wedding

Best/Worst Non Wedding

Best Couple/Worst Couple

Best Triangle/Worst Triangle

Best/Worst Secret

Best/Worst Return

Best/Worst Exit

Best/Worst Use of History

Best/Worst Entertaining Character:

Most Ruined Character:

Most Wasted Talent (Male/Female)

Most Disappointing Show

Most Improved Show

Best/Worst Primetime Soap

Best/Worst New Primetime Soap








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ebard
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Best Soap Opera: General Hospital (only soap I watch)

Best Writing: General Hospital (only soap I watch)

Best Directing: General Hospital (only soap I watch)

Best Production: General Hospital (only soap I watch)
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress: I know I'm going to get some flack for this by Laura Wright and Roger Howarth whether Carly/Todd or Carly/Franco they can BRING IT.

Best Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress: Teresa Castillo/Jason Thompson (I know he's a lead actor, but I dont think Sabrina is) from November on they've been on fire!

Best Young Actor/Young Actress: None. The teen scene on GH needs to be blown up. Seriously.
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Best Storyline/Worst Storyline:
Best Storyline-Robin Back from the Dead (I hate back from the deads but any story that brings Jerry, Obrecht and Faison in a room together, I'll sit through)
Worst storyline- Anything with Heather Webber. The character has overstayed it's welcome.

Best Special Episode:
50th Anniversary/Nurses Ball

Best/Worst Wedding:
Best Wedding-Sabrina/Patrick
Worst Wedding-Morgan/Kiki

Best/Worst Non Wedding:
Felica/Mac since 75% of it happened offscreen.

Best Couple/Worst Couple:
Best Couple- Nikolas/Britt
Worst Couple- Kiki/Michael

Best Triangle/Worst Triangle:
Best Triangle- AJ/Elizabeth/Nikolas
Worst Triangle- Connie/Sonny/Olivia

Best/Worst Secret:
Best Secret- Derek Wells is Jullian Jerome
Worst Secret- Ben's Dante/Lulu's baby (anyone who's watched 15 seconds of a soap, saw that coming back in February)

Best/Worst Return
Best Return- Faison (round two..not rubber mask time)
Worst Return- Frisco

Best/Worst Exit
Best Exit- Spinelli/Ellie
Worst Exit- Todd/Starr/John

Best/Worst Use of History
Best Use: Nurses Ball
Worst Use: Franco's parentage (both times as a Q and as a Baldwin)

Best/Worst Entertaining Character:
Most Entertaining Character: Franco
Least Entertaining Character: Duke/Shaun/Olivia/TJ/Molly/Rafe/Taylor

Most Ruined Character:
AJ Quartermaine

Most Wasted Talent (Male/Female)
The canvas is so well balanced that I dont think anyone was wasted.

Most Disappointing Show:
General Hospital (only soap I watch)

Most Improved Show
General Hospital (only soap I watch)

Best/Worst Primetime Soap
I dont watch any Primetime Soaps

Best/Worst New Primetime Soap
I dont watch any Primetime Soaps
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ZackMallory
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Best Soap Opera:
Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love, Germany)

Best Writing
Home and Away

Best Directing
Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love)

Best Production
Home and Away
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress
Lisa Gormley as Bianca Scott (Home and Away)
Miriam Lahnstein as Tanja von Lahnstein (Verbotene Liebe, Forbidden Love)
Wolfram Grandezka as Ansgar von Lahnstein (Verbotene Liebe/Forbidden Love)
Dan Ewing as Heath Braxton (Home and Away)
Vincent I. as Dr. David Hayes

Best Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress
Claus Thull-Emden as Butler Justus (Forbidden Love, Verbotene Liebe).. I have never seen such Epic Supporting Character in my Life.
Kristina Wagner as Felicia Jones (General Hospital)

Best Young Actor/Young Actress
Morgan Baker as Callum Jones (Neighbours)
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Best Storyline/Worst Storyline
Best: Romeo's Cancer Storyline (Home and Away)
The Business Storyline with the von Lahnsteins vs the Bergs (Verbotene Liebe, Forbidden Love)
David & JR's Shooting Revelation of 2011 on AMC 2.0
David & Caras Plot on AMC aswell

Worst:
The Cult Story (Rote Rosen/Red Roses)
Kates Pregnancy and Whos the Daddy Story (Neighbours)
Every Hollyoaks Story
Frisco's Return
Sasha being a criminal who is selling stolen stuff (Verbotene Liebe/Forbidden Love)

Best Special Episode
GH's 50th Anniversary Episodes

Best/Worst Wedding
Best Wed: Bianca & Heath (Home and Away)
Worst Wedding: Rick & Caroline (The Bold and The Beautiful).. i have never seen such an unromantic and forced Wedding ever..

Best Couple/Worst Couple
Best Couple:
Heath & Bianca (Home and Away)
Jule & Sönke (Rote Rosen /Red Roses)
Marylin & John (Home and Away)
Callum & Josie (Neighbours)
Indi & Romeo (Home and Away)
Eric & Nicole (Days of Our Lives)

Worst:
Phillip & Ayla (Gute Zeite Schlechte Zeiten/Good Times Bad Times)
Kiki& Michael (General Hospital)
Dexter & April (Home and Away).. and i was a fan of them once but this year.. oh man no words
Nearly every couple on the bold and the beautiful

Best Triangle/Worst Triangle
Best: Marlena/John/Susan (Days Of Our Lives)
Worst: Liam/Hope/Wyatt (The Bold and The Beautiful)

Best/Worst Secret
Best: Romeo's Cancer

Worst:
Every Secret they tried to tell their Audience after the 50th Anniversary: General Hospital
Every Hollyoaks-Secret

Best/Worst Return
Best: Michael French as David Wicks (EastEnders)
Samantha Womack as Ronnie Mitchell (EastEnders)
SALLY FLETCHER <3 (Home and Away)

Frisco Jones (General Hospital)... he's inbetween.. it was good to have him back but the writting sucked.

Worst: RIDGE FORRESTER (The Bold and The Beautiful)
Clare (Hollyoaks)

Best/Worst Exit
Best: Romeo Smith (Home and Away)

Worst:
Frisco Jones (GH)
Susan (Days of Our Lives)

Best/Worst Use of History
Best: General Hospital until the 50th Anniversary
All My Children 2.0

Worst:
The Bold and The Beautiful

Best/Worst Entertaining Character:
Best: Butler Justus Steel (Verbotene Liebe,Forbidden Love)
Romeo Smith (Home and Away)
Heath Braxton (Home and Away)
Isabel (Alles Was Zählt / Everything that Matters)
Richard Steinkamp (Alles was Zählt)
Ansgar & Tanja von Lahnstein (Verbotene Liebe/Red Roses)
Eric Brady (Days of Our Lives)
Nicole (Days of our Lives)

Worst:
EVERY Character on Hollyoaks
Nearly everyone is so not entertaining on the bold and the beautiful.. so freaking lame.

Most Ruined Character:
Frisco Jones (GH)
Casey Braxton (Home and Away)
Britta (Unter Uns/Over Us)
Susan (Days Of Our Lives)
EVERY CHARACTER ON Hollyoaks & The Bold and the Beautiful.. That someones realy interested to join this crappy Show beyonds me.

Most Wasted Talent (Male/Female)
Easy Winter (Unter Uns/Over Us)
Jasmin (Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten/Good Times Bad Times)
Thomas Hansen (Rote Rosen/Red Roses)
Mesut (Gute Zeiten Schlechte Zeiten /Good Times Bad Times)
Marylin Chambers (Home and Away)


Most Disappointing Show
Hollyoaks, The Bold and the Beautiful.. General Hospital since the 50th Anniversary..

Most Improved Show
Home and Away.. Rote Rosen(Red Roses).. Verbotene Liebe (Forbidden Love).. ALL MY CHILDREN

Best/Worst Primetime Soap
There is no such Primetime Show in the Moment that i'm touched too.. but if you Count Arrow as Primetime Soap than i would go with Arrow.
Ahh there is one: REIGN !

Best/Worst New Primetime Soap
WORST: AGENTS OF SHIELD (Marvel sucks when it Comes to live actian Shows)
BEST: REIGN/ARROW
Edited by ZackMallory, Dec 25 2013, 09:19 AM.
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Ali
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Best Soap Opera - General Hospital

Best Writing - Hollyoaks/General Hospital

Best Directing - In the US, I have to say GH, but otherwise Hollyoaks slays in this department

Best Production - Hard to beat Hollyoaks but in the US Y&R
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress - Laura Wright (Carly Jacks, GH)
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R)

Best Supporting Actor/Supporting Actress -
Jessica Collins (Avery Clark, Y&R)
Billy Miller (Billy Abbott, Y&R)

Best Young Actor/Young Actress -
Chandler Massey (Will Horton, DAYS)
Hunter King (Summer Newman/Abbott, Y&R)
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Best Storyline/Worst Storyline
Best: Resurfacing of the Jerome crime family (GH)
Worst: The GC Blogger (Y&R)

Best Special Episode
Katherine Chancellor Memorial (Y&R)

Best/Worst Wedding

Best/Worst Non Wedding
Best: Sabrina and Patrick (GH)
Worst: Liam and Hope (B&B)

Best Couple/Worst Couple
Best: Sonny and Kate/Connie (GH)
Worst: Kevin and Chloe (Y&R)

Best Triangle/Worst Triangle
Best: Sabrina/Patrick/Robin (GH)
Worst: Liam/Hope/Wyatt (B&B)

Best/Worst Secret
Best: Adam killed Delia (Y&R)
Worst: Dylan's paternity (Y&R)

Best/Worst Return
Best: Robin Scorpio Drake (GH)
Worst: Lesley Webbber (GH)

Best/Worst Exit
Best: Spinelli/Ellie (GH)
Worst: Phyllis Summers (Y&R)

Best/Worst Use of History
Best: Jerome Crime Family (GH)
Worst: Dylan's Parentage (Y&R)

Best/Worst Entertaining Character:
Best: Ava Jerome (GH)
Worst: Sharon Collins (Y&R)

Most Ruined Character:
Sharon Collins (Y&R)

Most Wasted Talent (Male/Female)
Male: John J York (GH)
Female: Jess Walton (Y&R)

Most Disappointing Show
The Young and the Restless

Most Improved Show
General Hospital

Best/Worst New Primetime Soap
Worst: The Haves and the Have Nots (OWN)
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Soap I watch: YR, BB, GH, DAYS. (Not counting amc / oltl as soaps)

BEST SOAP
Days of our Lives

WORST SOAP
First 1/2 of the year: Bold and the Beautiful
Last 1/2 of the year: Young and the Restless

MOST DISAPPOINTING SOAP
General Hospital

MOST IMPROVED SOAP
Days of our Lives

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R)

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
Eileen Davidson (Kristen DiMera, DAYS & Ashley Abbott, Y&R)
Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine, GH)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jacqueline MacInnes Woods (Steffy Forrester, B&B)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, DAYS)

BEST YOUNGER ACTOR
Casey Moss (JJ Deveraux, DAYS)

BEST YOUNGER ACTRESS
Hunter King (Summer Newman, Y&R)
Samantha Logan (Taylor DuBois, GH)

WORST LEAD ACTOR
Drake Hogestyn (John Black, DAYS)

WORST LEAD ACTRESS
Maura West (Ava Jerome, GH)

WORST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
...

WORST SUPPORTING ACTOR
...

WORST YOUNGER ACTRESS
Kristen Alderson (Kiki Corinthos, GH)

WORST YOUNGER ACTOR
Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos, GH)

BEST STORYLINE
Kristen's revenge (DAYS)

WORST STORYLINE
Franco and his "daughter" coming to PC (GH)

BEST SPECIAL EPISODE
The tribute to Jeanne (Y&R)

BEST WEDDING
...

WORST WEDDING
Felicia & Mac (GH)

BEST NON-WEDDING
Kristen & Brady (DAYS)
Sabrina & Patrick (GH)

WORST NON-WEDDING
Liam & Hope (B&B)

BEST COUPLE
Scott & Lucy (GH)
Nick & Sharon (Y&R)
Phyllis & Jack (Y&R)

WORST COUPLE
Kiki & Michael (GH)
Franco & Carly (GH)

BEST TRIANGLE
...

WORST TRIANGLE
Morgan/KiKi/Michael (GH)

BEST SECRET
Kristen raped Eric (DAYS)
Summer is an Abbott (Y&R)
Wyatt is Bill's son (B&B)

WORST SECRET
Franco's alive (GH)
Kiki isn't a Quartermaine (GH)
Franco is Heather and Scott's son (GH)

BEST RETURN
Holly Scorpio (GH)
Steffy Forrester (B&B)
Lesley Webber (GH)
Julian Jerome (GH)

WORST RETURN
Laura Baldwin (GH)
Frisco Jones (GH)
Laura Horton (DAYS)
Franco Anderson (GH)

BEST EXIT
Phyllis Newman (Y&R)
Spinelli & Ellie (GH)

WORST EXIT
Frisco Jones (GH)
Laura Baldwin (GH)
Cameron Davis (DAYS)
Trey Mitchell (GH)

BEST USE OF HISTORY
Days of our Lives (Alice Horton's weed brownies)

WORST USE OF HISTORY
General Hospital (Caleb terrorizing Port Charles)

BEST NEW CHARACTER
Stitch Rayburn (Y&R)
Kelly Andrews (Y&R)
Hilary Curtis (Y&R)
Anne Milbauer (DAYS)

WORST NEW CHARACTER
Kiki Corinthos (GH)
Ava Jerome (GH)

MOST RUINED CHARACTER
Jennifer Horton (DAYS)
Brooke Logan (B&B)
Carly Jacks (GH)
Morgan Corinthos (GH)
Michael Corinthos (GH)

MOST WASTED MALE TALENT
Sean Blakemore (GH)
Adam Gregory (B&B)

MOST WASTED FEMALE TALENT
Rebecca Herbst (GH)
Kristolyn Lloyd (B&B)

BEST PRIMETIME SOAP
Scandal

WORST PRIMETIME SOAP
Degrassi

BEST NEW PRIMETIME SOAP
The Haves and The Have Nots

WORST NEW PRIMETIME SOAP
...

BEST RECAST
Casey Moss as SORASed as JJ (DAYS)
William deVry as Julian (GH)

WORST RECAST
Roger Howarth as Franco (GH)

BEST EVENT
Brady and Kristen's wedding (DAYS)
Kate, Sami, and Gabi killing up to hide Nick's death (DAYS)

WORST EVENT
The Art Show (GH)

BEST SURPRISE
Stavros Cassadine is alive! (GH)
AMC / OLTL are back
Y&R doing tribute to Jeanne

WORST SURPRISE
Michelle Stafford quitting as Phyllis (Y&R)
Hunter Tylo out as Taylor (B&B)

MOST PROPPED CHARACTER
Daniel Jonas (DAYS)
Jennifer Horton (DAYS)
Brooke Logan (B&B)
Sabrina Santiago (GH)
Kiki Corinthos (GH)

BEST HUMOROUS CHARACTER
Pam Douglas (B&B)
Donna Logan (B&B)
Anne Milbauer (DAYS)

WORST HUMOROUS CHARACTER
Franco Anderson (GH)
Felix DuBois (GH)

BEST FAMILY
Bradys (DAYS)
Forresters (B&B)
Scorpios (GH)
Chancellors/Abbotts/Valentines (Y&R)

WORST FAMILY
Quartermaines (GH)
Newmans (Y&R)

BEST CATFIGHT
Kristen vs Nicole in HTS (DAYS)
Marge slaps Sami after finding out she killed her husband (DAYS)
Jennifer slaps Jeannie in the hospital (DAYS)

WORST CATFIGHT
Kiki slaps Ava (GH)

Edited by Nate, Dec 27 2013, 12:44 AM.
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superstargirl818
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This is just for the UK soaps for me as that's all I watch. I've also changed them slightly as there is no lead or supporting actors in UK soaps, they are all the same.

Best Soap Opera - Hollyoaks

Best Writing - Emmerdale

Best Directing - Emmerdale

Best Production - Hollyoaks
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress

Best Actor - Emmett Scanlan (Brendan Brady) - Hollyoaks
Best Actress - TIE - Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen) - Hollyoaks AND Anna Passey (Sienna Blake) - Hollyoaks


Best Young Actor/Young Actress -

Best Young Actor - TIE - Ellis Hollins (Tom Cunningham) - Hollyoaks AND Alex Bain (Simon Barlow) - Coronation St
Best Young Actress - Ella-Grace Gregoire - (Grace Piper) - Coronation St

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Best Storyline/Worst Storyline

Best Storyline - Wow this is hard but I have to say the Cancer storyline that Coronation St are doing at the moment, brings me to tears :(
Worst Storyline - Easy, Carl White trying to kill Phil in Eastenders and then setting up Max for it. (More plot holes than swiss cheese!)

Best Special Episode - 18th Birthday Episode - The House Explosion and Dr Browning murder aftermath - Hollyoaks

Best/Worst Wedding

Best Wedding - TIE - David/Alicia in Emmerdale AND Bob/Brenda in Emmerdale (In short, I love Emmerdale weddings :) )
Worst Wedding - Nick/Leanne in Coronation St

Best/Worst Non Wedding

Best Non-Wedding - Kirsty/Tyrone in Coronation St
Worst Non-Wedding - Sharon/Jack in Eastenders

Best Couple/Worst Couple

Best Couple - Ste Hay/Brendan Brady in Hollyoaks
Worst Couple - David Metcalfe/Priya Sharma in Emmerdale


Best Triangle/Worst Triangle

Best Triangle - Ste Hay/Doug Carter/Brendan Brady - Hollyoaks
Worst Triangle - Jack Branning/Sharon Rickman/Phil Mitchell - Eastenders


Best/Worst Secret

Best Secret - Kirsty's abuse of Tyrone in Coronation St
Worst Secret - Janine being the real killer of Michael in Eastenders

Best/Worst Return

Best Return - Ronnie Mitchell in Eastenders
Worst Return - David Wicks in Eastenders

Best/Worst Exit

Best Exit - Brendan Brady - Hollyoaks
Worst Exit - Zainab Masood - Eastenders

Best/Worst Entertaining Character:

Best Entertaining Character - Joe Tracini (Dennis Savage) - Hollyoaks
Worst Entertaining Character - Wallis Day/Amanda Clapham (Holly Cunningham) - Hollyoaks

Most Ruined Character - Michelle Keegan - (Tina McIntyre) - Coronation St


Most Wasted Talent (Male/Female)

Most Wasted Talent - Male - Oliver Mellor - (Dr Matt Carter) - Coronation St
Most Wasted Talent - Female - Katie McGlynn - (Sinead Tinker) - Coronation St

Most Disappointing Show - Eastenders

Most Improved Show - Hollyoaks
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Ali
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superstargirl818
Dec 30 2013, 08:27 AM
This is just for the UK soaps for me as that's all I watch. I've also changed them slightly as there is no lead or supporting actors in UK soaps, they are all the same.

Best Soap Opera - Hollyoaks

Best Writing - Emmerdale

Best Directing - Emmerdale

Best Production - Hollyoaks
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Best Lead Actor/Lead Actress

Best Actress - TIE - Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen) - Hollyoaks AND Anna Passey (Sienna Blake) - Hollyoaks


I totally agree with you for that tie. Claire brought it during the whole Dr. Browning ordeal and Anna has been fantastic during the fall of Sienna.

I do have to disagree a tad though, I think HollyOaks has better directing than Emmerdale.
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Emmerdale was on fire this year because of finishing the Serial killer Story.. that gained plus Points :D
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