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Daytime Emmy season is upon us! The road to the 2015 Daytime Emmy Awards starts now; with the reveal of the pre-nominations for the acting categories. Which stars will advance to the next round? Who didn’t make the cut?
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in cooperation with The Television Academy (ATAS), today announced the Drama Performer Pre-Nominations for the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards.
The process used to determine those chosen as Pre-Nominated performers follows:
An online judging ballot containing all entrants in each of four performer categories (Lead Actor and Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress) was sent to all registered, eligible peer judges. The ballot contained a randomized order of performers in each category, regardless of their show affiliation. Judges were required to view clips online containing the work of each performer entry before selecting their top 10 performer choices in each category. Please note that there are 11 Lead Actors and 11 Supporting Actresses due to exact ties in the voting.
The stars below received the highest number of votes and will advance to the blue ribbon screening round, scheduled to begin on February 24, 2015, which will determine both nominees and recipients for Lead and Supporting categories. Nominees for Younger categories proceed directly to the final nomination round. All nominations will be announced on Thursday, March 26th.
Pre-nominated performers in alphabetical order in six categories follow below:
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
TRACEY E. BREGMAN, as Lauren Fenmore Baldwin
The Young and the Restless, CBS
JESSICA COLLINS, as Avery Bailey Clark
The Young and the Restless, CBS
MELISSA CLAIRE EGAN, as Chelsea Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
KATHERINE KELLY LANG, as Brooke Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
PEGGY MCCAY, as Caroline Brady
Days of Our Lives, NBC
ALISON SWEENEY, as Sami Brady DiMera
Days of Our Lives, NBC
GINA TOGNONI, as Phyllis Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
HEATHER TOM, as Katie Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
MAURA WEST, as Ava Jerome
General Hospital, ABC
LAURA WRIGHT, as Carly Corinthos
General Hospital, ABC
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OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
PETER BERGMAN, as Jack Abbott
The Young and the Restless, CBS
ERIC BRAEDEN, as Victor Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
TYLER CHRISTOPHER, as Nikolas Cassadine
General Hospital, ABC
DANIEL COSGROVE, as Aiden Jennings
Days of Our Lives, NBC
DOUG DAVIDSON, as Paul Williams
The Young and the Restless, CBS
ANTHONY GEARY, as Luke Spencer
General Hospital, ABC
JUSTIN HARTLEY, as Adam Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
CHRISTIAN LEBLANC, as Michael Baldwin
The Young and the Restless, CBS
JOHN MCCOOK, as Eric Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
BILLY MILLER, as Billy Abbott
The Young and the Restless, CBS
JASON THOMPSON, as Dr Patrick Drake
General Hospital, ABC
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
LINSEY GODFREY, as Caroline Spencer Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
NANCY LEE GRAHN, as Alexis Davis
General Hospital, ABC
AMELIA HEINLE, as Victoria Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
ELIZABETH HENDRICKSON, as Chloe Fisher
The Young and the Restless, CBS
FINOLA HUGHES, as Anna Devane
General Hospital, ABC
LISA LOCICERO, as Olivia Falconeri
General Hospital, ABC
KIM MATULA, as Hope Logan
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
CADY MCCLAIN, as Kelly Andrews
The Young and the Restless, CBS
MICHELLE STAFFORD, as Nina Clay
General Hospital, ABC
CHRISHELL STAUSE, as Jordan Ridgeway
Days of Our Lives, NBC
KELLY SULLIVAN, as Sage Warner
The Young and the Restless, CBS
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OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BLAKE BERRIS, as Nick Fallon
Days of Our Lives, NBC
DARIN BROOKS, as Wyatt Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
STEVE BURTON, as Dylan McAvoy
The Young and the Restless, CBS
SEAN CARRIGAN, as Ben “Stitch” Rayburn
The Young and the Restless, CBS
SCOTT CLIFTON, as Liam Spencer
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
CHAD DUELL, as Michael Corinthos
General Hospital, ABC
BRYTON JAMES, as Devon Hamilton
The Young and the Restless, CBS
ERIC MARTSOLF, as Brady Black
Days of Our Lives, NBC
KRISTOFF ST. JOHN, as Neil Winters
The Young and the Restless, CBS
JACOB YOUNG, as Rick Forrester
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
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OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES
Kristen Alderson, as Kiki Jerome
General Hospital, ABC
CAMILA BANUS, as Gabi Hernandez
Days of Our Lives, NBC
LAUREN BOLES, as Ciara Brady
Days of Our Lives, NBC
ASHLEIGH BREWER, as Ivy Forrester
The Bold and The Beautiful, CBS
CAMRYN GRIMES, as Mariah Copeland
The Young and the Restless, CBS
Hunter King, as Summer Newman
The Young and the Restless, CBS
TRUE O’BRIEN, as Paige Larson
Days of Our Lives, MBC
ASHLYN PEARCE, as Aly Forrester,
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
HALEY PULLOS, as Molly Lansing Davis
General Hospital, ABC
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OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES
BRYAN CRAIG, as Morgan Corinthos
General Hospital, ABC
Max Ehrich, as Fenmore Baldwin
The Young and the Restless, CBS
CONNOR KALOPSIS, as Chase Jennings
Days of Our Lives, NBC
CASEY MOSS, as JJ Devereaux
Days of Our Lives, NBC
MAX PAGE, as Reed Hellstrom
The Young and the Restless, CBS
TERRELL RANSOM JR., as Theo Carver
Days of Our Lives, NBC
TEQUAN RICHMOND, as TJ Ashford
General Hospital, ABC
Freddie Smith, as Sonny Kiriakis
Days of Our Lives, NBC
I hope Doug Davidson will take home the Daytime Emmy for Lead Actor not Billy Miller again this year. I think Doug will win because Austin shot him and he found out Dylan was his son too.
How is Elizabeth Hendrickson is nomiated even she was on Y&R for even less than a week? How young child actors come be even nominated too they are too young in my point of view?