Greg Vaughan, Michael Easton, Eileen Davidson, and Sean Kanan.

May 2024 was a big month for Soap Operas. It was sweeps month, and Days of our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless pulled out all the stops, resulting in some excellent performances.

Soap Hub asked viewers to vote all last week on their favorite performances for each soap opera. The results are in, and here’s who won for each soap.

Days of Our Lives

May gave us some dramatic DAYS, including a painful Mother’s Day for more than one of the characters. The nominees are Ashley Puzemis (Holly), Raven Bowens (Chanel), and a double dose of Gregs, Rikaart (Leo), and Vaughan (Eric). While all four excelled at playing the pain and anguish of their characters’ messy lives, only one actor took the top spot.

Eric Brady’s world imploded after Sloan (Jessica Serfaty) told him that Jude was really Nicole (Arianne Zucker) and EJ’s (Daniel Feuerriegel) son. Instead of immediately falling apart, he first did the right thing and brought Jude (Oliver McLarty) to Nicole. He saved the falling apart for afterward. Greg Vaughan played the anger, devastation, and depression of losing yet another baby so well that he broke our hearts. The fans had no choice but to vote for Vaughan as DAYS’s performer of the month for May. Congratulations, Greg!

Written by Tina Charles.

General Hospital

GH saw a great month with Kate Mansi (Kristina), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri), Jophielle Love (Violet), and Michael Easton (Finn) garnering the top positions in May. All of them were mired in compelling stories and brought their A-game front and center.

Dealing with the death of his father and his subsequent downing of liquor to ease his pain, Michael Easton grabbed the number one spot with his tragic performance as he balanced grief and addiction. Congratulations, Michael!