Shrine to Soap Hunks

Visit Shrine to Soap Hunks

For first time visitors to Shrine to Soap Hunks, the site offers a cornucopia of information, pictures and one of the best features: video. Soap hunks such as Aidan Turner (Aidan Devane, All My Children), Scott Bailey (Sandy Foster, Guiding Light), Billy Magnussen (Casey Hughes, As The World Turns) and Dondre T. Whitfield (Terrance Frye, All My Children) decorate the front page. Each of these gentlemen has a ‘shrine’ dedicated to them on the site.

Shrine Information

Each soap hunks shrine features information on characters the actors have played as well as information about the actor. The pages feature photos, and in some cases video. The site’s affinity for shirtless scenes plays well into the hunk theme.

Videos

Soap Hunks are featured in the video vault that can be searched by actor or by soap. For example, a search of All My Children turns up videos of love scenes featuring Justin Bruening (Jamie Martin), workout sessions and other shirtless scenes with favorites like Collin Eggsfield, Alec Musser, Jacob Young, and others.

Adonis Awards

Every summer, the site hosts a 16 week contest to elect the Adonis of soap hunks for that year. Visitors vote and each week, 2 contestants are eliminated. 2007’s winner was James Scott (EJ, Days of Our Lives). Previous Adonis winners include Eric Martsolf, Mark Collier and Justin Bruening.

Blog

The site’s blog is filled with information, commentary and news about some of daytime’s best soap hunks.

Other Features

Other features include soap clichés, ideal hunks, banners and wallpaper downloads as well as a live chat where Adonis winners are announced and other events are hosted. The soap clichés link includes definitions of some of the greatest clichés to play out on the small screen from amnesia to who’s the daddy. Ideal hunks explores what it takes to make an actor a soap hunk. The site's downloadable banners and wallpapers let soap opera fans decorate their desktops.

100 Moments in Time

One of the site’s best features and one that will have visitors sitting still for hours is the "100 Moments" link. The site canvassed soap fans all over the Internet to find out what they listed as their favorite moments in soap opera history. The site then put together their top 100 moments and many include actual video clips from those favorite moments. Some moments that visitors can see again include:

• Luke and Laura’s Wedding on General Hospital
• Karen Wolek Takes the Stand on One Life to Live
• Cindy’s Death on All My Children
• Mary’s Death by the Falling C on the Capwell Hotel on Santa Barbara
• Bo kidnapping Hope on her wedding day on Days of Our Lives
• Tad’s chicken suit proposal to Dixie on All My Children

Soap Hunks and Soap Fans

Soap opera hunks are a terrific addition to any cast of a soap opera, particularly for female viewers who enjoy the eye candy as long as it is partnered with top notch acting. But the definition of a soap hunk is not found in just his shirtless scenes, but also in the way he talks to the woman he loves, how he defends what he cares about, and the level of passion he holds for life. Soap opera viewers want to be transported and swept away by the storylines. Reviewing the top 100 moments in soap history above demonstrates some of the finest reasons why soap fans tune in day after day, week after week, year after year.