Big winner.

As Soaps.com readers no doubt know, the 6th Annual Soaps.com Sudzies Awards, which showcase the talent from the Daytime Emmy Nominees from the 2011 season, ended yesterday.

Our congratulations go out to “GH” star Maurice Benard (Sonny), who was voted winner in the Outstanding Actor category and to Chad Duell (Michael) who clinched the win as Outstanding Younger Actor. “General Hospital” also picked up the top honor of Outstanding Show.

Special thanks to readers for taking time to vote this year and we’d love to know if your favorite actress or actor made the cut. Check out who else won in the Soaps.com 6th Annual Sudzies Winners and don’t forget to stop by Soaps.com Saturday for the big day when we live blog and provide you all sorts of delicious coverage for the 39th Annual Daytime Emmys in our Coverage section.

See you next year for our 7th Annual Sudzies Awards.

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– Matt Purvis