THE BUZZ LIST #1

Introducing Soaps-Now!'s latest feature, which will be one of our biggest, "The Buzz List!" The Buzz List will be a monthly list compiling the top 15 attention getters on the site. Starting next month, the list will be featured at the beginning of the month.

Top 15 most "buzzed about" as of 8/7/09


15. Thom Bierdz (Phillip, Y&R)- Y&R's resident back-from-the-dead storyline participant found himself at #15 on our list. First attention was garnered when the news first broke that his character would be gay, as Bierdz is in real life. More news came as we evaluated Bierdz's return to Y&R, and as Bierdz was an integral part of featured Y&R segments of the day. Lets see if Bierdz will move up on the list as he recently finished up and interview with us.

14. Robin Strasser (Dorian, OLTL) - OLTL's Robin Strasser gained attention this month partially due to her contract situation this month! We'd almost thought that our fav OLTL diva would be exiting, but come to find out, she's not done yet! She also dished in her input on the AMC situation, and was heavily featured in best of OLTL segments.


13. Laura Wright (Carly, GH) - Laura Wright in at #13 on the Buzz. She's been up and front in storylines and featured heavily in the best of GH's scenes. With that said, Wright has two honorable mention nominations for our Performer of the Week award. Keep it up Laura!

12. Eric Braeden (Victor, Y&R) - The Moustache comes in at #12. As usual Victor is always at the center, especially when recently he was up in Billy's face! It has also been rumored that the actor is facing a pay cut, and we wonder just what is he going to do?

11. Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Y&R) - We took a sigh of relief when #11 on our list re-signed! However our brains went to twitching when it was revealed that Nikki would exit the show in someway, but comeback. At first it was presumed Nikki would die, however that turned out to be the late Zapato, then some rumors that the role would be recast. Well all we know is that N&V vans can shout hooray!

10. Tricia Cast (Nina, Y&R) - This girl has been front and center since she came back. Tricia Cast has shared the Performer of the Week award with Jeanne Cooper and Jess Walton for the week of July 6, and was nominated three other times! Tricia needs to keep this up, so give her a man so Nina will rock even more.

9. Stacy Haiduk (Patty/MJ, Y&R) - Look at our girl, my favorite psychopath! Well not her wonderful portrayer Stacy Haiduk, but her character, Patty/MJ! No one would have ever thought AMC's Hannah Nichols would have turned it out like this! This just has us wondering how TPTB will restore Patty. Haiduk won the Performer of the Week for the week of June 29, and was nominated three other times! Her storyline has been red hot, and we're hoping it stays that way.

8. Brett Claywell (Kyle, OLTL) - It seems like a guarantee that one half of Kish would be present in the Buzz, and that half is Brett Claywell. Claywell has been on fire and went from lab rat to criminal hunk in a snap of fingers. He was nominated for Performer of the Week for June 29. But most of his buzz comes from the on screen kiss shared between he and Scott Evans' Oliver Fish this week. Claywell lit up the screen, and has transformed into a star. No doubt he'll be in the running for Performer of the Week this week. Keep it up Brett!

7. John Driscoll (Chance, Y&R) - I know, I was like WOW too when Y&R's newbie landed on the first Buzz List. Maybe it's because of all the buzz surrounding his debut. Even before he debuted there was speculation that was later confirmed false that his character would be made gay, instead his father, portrayed by Thom Bierdz, #15. He's also spawned Elizabeth Hendrickson's Chloe to call him the "Hot-Grown-Up-Guy-Virgin" which may be the Quote of the Year! He also did a Huntington's Disease PSA which his character got tested for. Can Driscoll keep it up for the next round

6. Sarah Brown (Claudia, GH) - If you get to the point where you feel sorry for the ruthless Claudia Zacharra, people may think something's wrong. But it's not, because she made soft Claudia work as she was grieving for her baby in the past weeks! She also took the Performer of the Week away from her several competitors for the week of July 20, and there was also speculation she may be leaving when her contract is up. Keep us feeling this way about Claudia, and we'll be fighting mad if you leave Sarah.

5. Sean Kanan (Deacon, Y&R) - Y&R's newcomer landed on our list this time at #5, perhaps because we had the pleasure of interviewing Kanan a few weeks ago, and posted features of Kana's prime when he was on B&B and GH, and is currently heating up the screen on Y&R.

4. Drew Garrett (Michael, GH) - Now everyone knows the hottest young actor in daytime, was going to be somewhere on here. I mean Drew Garrett has been smokin' every since he debut as GH's Michael Corinthos. Move over Jason Morgan, there's a new bad boy in town. Garrett has been a runner-up for Performer of the Week for four weeks, and the award has only been given for six! So I'm confident that soon Garrett will steal the prize away! The young actor has also been a key part in GH, being featured in several video recaps.

3. Billy Miller (Billy, Y&R) - In the first draft of Buzz List, I thought someone was most notably missing. I went back and saw that it was Billy Miller, and that he was near the top of the list! Jack's on-screen lil'bro was the #4 talked about person on Soaps-Now! so far. Miller has been great, with the exception of the horrid Billy/Mac mess, which does him shame, but even with that on his shoulders, he was recently earned the Performer of the Week award for July 27.

3. Daniel Goddard (Cane, Y&R) - Anyone else think being exposed as a fraud, being given your wedding ring back and given the evil eye by everyone in town good enough to be #3 on our Buzz List. Well if you don't think it was enough Daniel Goddard was in fact the third top talked about person on our site so far! Cane battles double duty with the Phillip-returns mess, and now reuniting with his wife so that Lane is restored! Keep it up Goddard! Goddard was nominated for Performer of the Week for July 20 and July 13.

2. Christel Khalil (Lily, Y&R) - Right before her on-screen hubby, Y&R's Christel Khalil lands the runner-up position in this edition of Buzz List. Her character battled ovarian cancer this summer, and is set to start chemotherapy also on daytime's #1 rated sudser. Khalil's quick-paced yet heart-wrenching storyline has been riveting, and the reason why Khalil earned her spot atop this month's list! Khalil was nominated for Performer of the Week for July 20, and also had a PSA to air after an episode of Y&R.



1. Molly Burnett (Melanie, DAYS) - Look who's at #1. My most improved, and believe me she will be on that list at the end of the year, Molly Burnett! You can't say my girl Molly hadn't been on fire lately, somewhat due in part to her smokin' hot pairing with Mark Hapka's Nathan Horton, which I hope doesn't end soon. Lock Phillip in a closet please, away from Melanie! Anyway, Burnett was an honorable mention for Performer of the Week for the week of , and has been front & center for previews for DAYS and the Video of the Year so far: DAYS' Strip Poker! I mean this girl even got Nelson Branco to say she was soaring alongside her co-stars now, when she used to be his #1 hairmodel in daytime. Keep it rollin' Molly!