Soap Opera Digest Awards

The Soap Opera Digest Awards are an award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replaced the less lavish Soapy Award which had run since 1977. These awards are ment to promote excellence in the soap opera genre and are decided by the fans who read the magazine. The statue itself is made of call and in the shape of a heart.

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Soap Opera Digest - 1984 - Soapy Award - 1977 - Soap opera

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The first award show in 1984 was featured on national syndicated television and hosted by then husband and wife Catherine Hickland and David Hasselhoff. One of the reasons for the move up was the new found audience of both Daytime and Primetime soap operas. This year for the first time an awards were given to Prime Time soap operas as well as daytime soaps. This practice has become extinct in the 1990's as primetime soap operas began losing the large appeal they once had.

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Catherine Hickland - David Hasselhoff - Primetime - 1990's

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For the first two years fan themselves voted on the nominee's list as well as the winners. This had the side effect that in 1985 the soap opera Days of Our Lives swept every category. The third awards were changed so that the editors of the magazine chose the nominees and every reader was allowed one ballot to vote for their favorites. This allowed other shows like Santa Barbara and Another World to take home tropies.

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Days of Our Lives - Santa Barbara - Another World

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A change in award season from the end of the year to the beginning meant that there was no show in 1987.

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In 1992 the awards were broadcast live for the first time. In addition to this the statue was redesigned to be taller.

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2001 marked the first time that there was no awards ceremony and voting was done entirely online.

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In 2003 the cable channel SOAPnet broadcast the awards which were hosted by Daytime Emmy nominated hosts Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway.

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2003 - SOAPnet - Lisa Rinna - Ty Treadway

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No awards were given out in 2002 or 2004. The 2005 awards were done entirely through the magazine.

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Fans could find a ballot in a November issue of Soap Opera Digest and mailed it to the editors. Only one ballot per person was counted. The awards were announced in the magazine in February 2005.

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