My comments on your comments
As we come closer to Wednesday's announcement of the winners of The 9th Annual Soaphunks.net Awards, I thought I'd take a few moments to share some of the comments voters submitted on their ballots, and respond where appropriate. I'm leaving out the names to protect the not-so-innocent, but the comments are verbatim. Some of them are valid, some are just misinformed, and some are just bizarre. I shall leave it to you to decide which is which. Join us Wednesday, December 26th at 10pm ET at soaphunks.net/chat for the winners!
Here we go:
How could James Scott not be nominated for Best Face? That is crazy.
How did James Scott not get Best Hair?
I can't believe James Scott wasn't an option for Best Face...come on! Are you serious? Given his Adonis win, I'm surprised he is not an option in more categories.
James Scott should have been nominated for more categories. I absolutely adore that man! He is the Adonis after all!
James Scott should be in more categories. He is the main reason I watch DAYS. If he is not on, I don't watch.
I wish that James Scott had been listed in more categories.
James Scott should have been listed in every category. James Scott shoulda been nominated for more!
James Scott was missing from most of your categories. This man is the most gorgeous, jaw-dropping, charmingly beautiful, and sinfully sexiest man ever. He should have been in every category. Although I haven't had the privilege of seeing his bum!
Soapy responds: I get it, people. James Scott rules all. For the record, I love James Scott, and I did long before you DAYS junkies even knew who we was. Where were you when he lost Hunkiest Newcomer in 2004? Where were you when he only managed a 7th place finish in Adonis 2005? Those were the years that I wondered why no one gave the man any attention. So now that he has finally caught on, the last person who needs to be gotten onto for not showing JS some lovin' is moi. :)
A truly unbiased survey would have a selection from each soap in each category. In the Hunkiest Soap category, each soap should be listed. BIG GH FAN here and just feel like my guys got shafted!
Soapy responds: This isn't an unbiased survey. I spend the year looking for the most-worthy nominees among all the soaps, and certain soaps have more qualified contenders than others. The Hunkiest Soap nominees are the five soaps who were deemed to have the hunkiest cast who actually spent a noteworthy amount of time shirtless. While GH certainly has its share of hot guys, they are almost comically clothed, all the time. Also, GH has been up for this award four times in the past, and voters have never voted it as the winner. This contest is just not the feature to visit my site for if you are hell-bent on supporting one-show-or-bust.
These nominations are plain weird. I feel like I am obviously voting for someone's personal favorites...as most of the people nominated are no one I would ever vote for in the categories and often no one I would not even think of in these categories. A lot of them are my least favorite people in soaps in general.
Soapy responds: So it should have been a list of your personal favorites?
Best Hunk Thorsten Kaye Best Hunk Over 40 Thorsten Kaye Best Eyes Thorsten Kaye Best Chest Thorsten Kaye Best Butt Thorsten Kaye Best Face Thorsten Kaye Best Smile Thorsten Kaye Best Hair Thorsten Kaye Best Smile Thorsten Kaye Best Pecs Thorsten Kaye! As you can see I find Thorsten Kaye to be the Best of Hunks and I hope that you will be able to add Thorsten Kaye to all of the categories that I mentioned. Thank you.
Soapy responds: Wait, do you like Thorsten Kaye?
Cannot believe you did not include Tyler Christopher from General Hospital for Best Arms and Best Chest.
Soapy responds: I started to, but he got cut near the end. Unfortunately, Tyler Christopher doesn't have a good track record with the voters. With 10 nominations overall (and four in the categories you mention specifically), he has yet to win his first race. But I still love him.
Couldn't vote in most of the categories because I didn't like the options. I can't believe that Thorsten Kaye is only in the Best Voice category. His eyes his smile and everything else.
Soapy responds: You need to get with the lady above! (And, come on, no one else on the ballot was worthy in any category to you?) Did you look at the evidence pictures?
David Fumero should have been listed for Best Hunk. Don't ya think?
Soapy responds: Hey, now! I've nominated David Fumero 17 times in the past, including three nods in the Best Hunk category, which he has won twice.
There are definitely not enough GH men on here and that is the only soap that I like so I had no clue who anybody else was except for people that are on other ABC soaps. So that was disappointing.
Soapy responds: Arrrrrrrgghhhhhhhh! You don't need to know who someone is to tell if they have great abs! Look at the evidence!
Eric Martsolf for Best Smile? Cameron Mathison for Best Chest? Where is Thorsten Kaye for Best Hunk Over 40? Or Billy Miller for Hunkiest Newcomer? Who comes up with this stuff?
Soapy responds: I'm the moron who came up with this stuff. Imagine the lunacy of me selecting that gap-toothed denture-wearing freak Martsolf for Best Smile! And that scrawny beanpole Mathison for Best Chest! What was I thinking?!
Looking forward to the results. Fingers crossed James Scott wins NOTHING!!!
Soapy responds: There are people who visit this site who'll get ya for that!
First off, love the site. I just wanted to say the only thing that was really hard for me was to vote for Best Eyes. So hard to pick one, but I picked one and I never even watch that soap!
Soapy responds: Bless you, dear voter. Re-read that last sentence, folks. If you can say that, you've picked up on the point of these annual awards.
Focus more on their bulges in the trouser area.
Soapy responds: Oh my. Maybe we could call it the Battle of the Bulge!
GH men are HOT! It's a shame that there weren't very many on the list but I still voted for Jason Gerhardt Jason Thompson and Greg Vaughan.
Soapy responds: Well, four GH guys were nominated this year, which is a fairly standard number for any of the soaps. I also contend that if you came to the ballot with the intent of voting only for one soap all the way, then you're not getting the point of these awards.
Good choices overall but how in the WORLD was Alec Musser NOT nominated for Best Arms, Best Chest and ESPECIALLY Best Abs? Dude has a six pack and has been in every fitness magazine!
Soapy responds: I agree, brotha. But I learned the hard way two years ago that the public does not care. When Musser came in 5th place out of five for Best Abs, I threw my hands up in defeat. Since then, I decided it's better to just leave him out rather than insult him with that indignity again. Get some glasses, people.
Hey, what about Mark Wystrach? Couldn't he get an honorable mention?
Soapy responds: Anyone who knows me knows how much I dig Wystrach. But after his crash-and-burn results in last year's races made Soapy sad, I dared not try again.
Hoping Adrian wins these. I'm his personal trainer so it would be quite validating for me as well.
Soapy responds: Win or lose, I already think you should be up for sainthood. Adrian is a god!
How about some Steve Burton?!?!?!
I CANNOT believe Steve Burton wasn't nominated at all! He is by far the most shamefully clothed. He is ridiculously huge--those arms and chest? Forget it!
Why isn't Steve Burton nominated for anything!? He's got a killer body & face. Everything is killer on him!
Where is Steve Burton for some kind of body part? Butt? Chest? Something?
Why is Steve Burton not nominated for Most Shamefully Clothed?? He never takes his clothes off anymore!
I must complain that no one is more shamefully clothed than the one and only Steve Burton of GH. How he could not be on the ballot is unbelievable!
Soapy responds: Okay. The Burton people really got after me this year. Here's my official response. I can't in good conscience nominate a soap hunk in body categories when he didn't take off his shirt all freaking year. (It's been since August 2006). And Best Hair was completely out of the question. Worst Hair, maybe. As for Most Shamefully Clothed, he was originally on the list, but after winning that category last year and not skinning at all this year, I sorta felt like, what's the point? Maybe he should just get a lifetime achievement award for this and we'll let that be that?
How come Galen Gering is not nominated for any of these?
Soapy responds: I've done okay by Gering over the years. Witness his 12 career nominations and 4 wins, including two nods for Best Hunk.
I'm so mad Bryan Dattilo didn't get nominated. Like what the hell? It was all about James Scott, just because he's British, and that pissed me off. Bryan Dattilo should have been in here!
Soapy responds: Well hell, people! First I'm not nominating James Scott enough, and now I'm doing it too much (apparently just because he's British)! And for the record, Bryan Dattilo has been nominated 8 times in the past, and you pesky voters still haven't found him a win.
How about Josh Duhon for Hunkiest Newcomer? General Hospital needs more respect!
Soapy responds: This may not count as "respect," but Josh Duhon was in fact the last guy cut from that category, so he barely missed.
I can't believe Jason Thompson didn't get nominated for Best Smile (he was 2006's winner) or Best Voice. His voice (especially the low timbre) can almost make me have an orgasm on the spot.
Soapy responds: If Jason Thompson's voice can make you do that, then I assure you the Soaphunks.net Awards should be the last thing on your mind.
I love the site, Soapy! Now the bitchy section: WHY was Adrian Bellani not nominated for Best Eyes? OMG! He has the most captivating eyes I ever saw. One look into those eyes & you are LOST!
Soapy responds: If anyone's fans shouldn't complain about my choices this year, it's six-nominations-more-than-anyone-else-for-two-years-running Adrian Bellani's!
I miss James Hyde in Best Hunk Over 40. He is the hottest guy over 40. So so hot.
Soapy responds: The main reason James Hyde didn't make the cut this year is just because Passions rarely showed him in 2007. He has won this category in the past, and has a record-holding three wins for Best Eyes to boot.
On Ricky Paull Goldin's age, he does claim that he will be 40 in January 2008; however, I think he might be fudging it a little even though I love him dearly.
Soapy responds: I received quite a bit of conflicting information as to whether RPG was actually 40 or just really close in November when these nominations came out. After being unable to confirm, I just went with it because he's so close. Either way, he's dreamy.
I see no appeal with Cameron Mathison, sorry. Good job though. No one could ever all agree.
Soapy responds: Really? None of Cameron's pack-leading 34 nominations over the years have been merited, in your opinion? Wow. But as to everyone never agreeing, you are so right.
Thrilled to see that Cameron Mathison received so many nods. The man is what perfection stands for!
Soapy responds: See?
Very hot poll! I gotta say I'm very very very disappointed and surprised that Kyle Lowder is nowhere to be found! I'd like a detailed explanation please!
Soapy responds: Sorry, I couldn't get past the Shelley Long hair this year. He's had four nominations in the past, though. Cheers!
Way too much Brandon Beemer. I find him completely unattractive- can't believe he is in so many categories! Aiden Turner is not in enough! Have you seen his butt chest arms face smile eyes?
Soapy responds: I agree with you on Aiden Turner. As for Brandon Beemer, I must ask you, have you seen his butt chest arms face smile eyes?
What happened to Thaao Penghlis? He's been hot for over 20 years. He's the whole hot package too!! I'd like a write in vote for him in every category!
What? Where's Thaao Penghlis!?!?!?! He's just totally the hottest man ever!!! Best eyes smile chest hair best dressed best everything!!!!!
Soapy responds: I try to go with the flow with most of you guys' opinions. But, sorry, I just don't see this one at all. But diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks, I guess!
What is the difference between Best Chest and Best Pecs?
Soapy responds: You mean after nine years I haven't ingrained this in your brains yet? :) For the purposes of these awards, the chest is the entire torso from neck to navel. Pecs are manboobs only.
Why are so many "ex-" stars nominated?
Soapy responds: Aside from the Most Missed category, nominees only had to have appeared in six months of soaps in 2007 to be eligible. That meant Marcus Patrick, Adrian Bellani, Mark Cameron Wystrach, etc. were all fair game. (Trevor Donovan was not.)
Kamar de los Reyes is not over 40. He just turned 40 this past November.
Soapy responds: Hence, he's over 40.
Great site but all your best voice people have accents! That seems a little unfair. And anyway while not exactly a hunk the best voice on soaps has to be Stefano DiMera's!
Soapy responds: I accept the criticism here. I guess it's just from the feedback I get on the guys with the accents. What I mean is, people write in all the time saying how sexy James Scott's voice is, for example. No one ever writes in saying how sexy the American guys' voices are, with the exception of that lady up top who has orgasms over Jason Thompson's "low timbre."
Why is Cameron Mathison in practically every category? Is ABC paying to promote him?
Soapy responds: I wish.
I love the way the voting was run this year. Instead of going for my favorites I used the evidence to its potential. I love when votes like this come up. They are so fun. Keep doing what you do I appreciate the hell out of it.
I love your site! Anyone else who hates this site is either a fool or just plain stupid. Love ya!
I absolutely love this site and you make it so much fun, especially in chat! I love these contests! Keep up the great work. I know how time-consuming this must be, but you have to know how much we all love it. Thanks Soapy!
I freaking love you for making this site!
Soapy responds: Awwww, thanks guys. :)
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