Eric Sheffer Stevens wins TV Guide Canada’s Soap Opera Spirit Award | Including partial transc
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It’s official! In last night’s podcast on Michael Fairman’s On-Air On-Soaps, Nelson Branco revealed all the winners along with hosts Nadia Bjorlin and Carolyn Hennessey (I took my best guess when transcribing at which woman’s voice was which, so if I mixed them up, apologies).
The vast majority of the winners called in to give acceptance speeches, so the fact that Eric’s photo is featured in the Podcast post was a big hint! Highlights:
MF: [I’m] VERY happy about that. And the fans at On-Air On-Soaps will go crazy.
NB: Well, he deserved it! Sometimes, you know, an actor comes around and once in awhile sort of captures your imagination, and Sheffer Stevens did that. And he brought a little bit of Hugh Laurie - a GAY Hugh Laurie, I don’t know if that’s redundant or not - a gay Hugh Laurie to daytime. Laughter in background.
NadiaB: A one-of-a-kind original.
MF: You came on and nobody’s forgotten this role….You made such a mark. And I think Nelson and I would agree, it’s just a STAND OUT, remarkable performance.
ESS: I think I’m actually going with the Elevator episode…because it has a bunch of different sort of personalities all in one episode instead of just like playing one thing throughout. Um, there was a chance in that one to do a lot of different stuff. Some funny stuff, and some serious stuff, and some sexual tension with Luke, so I think that’s what I’m settled on.
ESS: [Van and I] talked a little bit before I was coming out to LA. You know. Just touching base a little bit. But we haven’t talked in a little bit.
ESS: I THINK [Silent House] will be out in the summer.
NB: He made the biggest impact. And again, I love actors who don’t go the traditional route with their performances….a breath of fresh air.
MF: I LOVED that Eric Sheffer Stevens won. I really have to tell you I hope you get to see his work some day on this show, or look at it on YouTube. It’s amazing.
Luke and Reid lost the best duo/couple category to Bold and the Beautiful’s Brooke and Stephanie. And Jonathan Jackson won the Supporting Actor category, with apparently no debate.
The podcast can be heard on MF’s site or you can download it from iTunes. Eric’s portion begins at 46:32. Woot woot!
Nelson Branco has posted the complete list of winners on the said that the complete list of winners (presumably with some of the thinking behind their selection) will be posted on the TV Guide Canada site by Thursday.
In the meantime, you can find a complete list of nominees (in podcast order) with winners highlighted here, and transcripts of relevant portions of intro/discussion and Eric’s call-in portion follow after the jump.
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