The pool from which this year's Emmy winners will be selected just got a little smaller. The official 2014 Daytime Emmy pre-nominations have been announced.
Four televised daytime drama series -- The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless -- and two online soaps -- All My Children and One Life to Live -- are eligible for Emmy consideration this year.
Here's how the pre-nominations were determined. All stars who wanted to be considered for the Emmy process submitted a single scene representing their best work from the 2013 calendar year. The submitted clips could be no longer than three minutes in length.
"An online judging ballot containing all entrants in each of six performer categories was sent to registered, eligible peer judges. The ballot contained a randomized order of performers in each category, regardless of their show affiliation," NATAS explained in a statement. "Judges were required to view clips online containing the work of each performer entry before selecting their top 10 performer choices in each category."
The ten candidates in each category who received the highest number of votes now advance to the blue ribbon at-home screening round, scheduled to begin on March 26, 2014, which will determine both nominees and Emmy winners.
The Lead Actress category contains 12 prenominated performers and the Supporting Actor category contains 13 prenominated performers due to ties.
The nominations for this year's Daytime Emmys will be announced May 1. The ceremony will be held June 22 at the Beverly Hilton hotel. Whether or not there will be a television broadcast is still very much up in the air. As reported earlier this year, HLN has opted out of broadcasting this year's ceremony.
Outstanding Lead Actress
Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Jessica Collins (Avery Bailey Clark, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Eileen Davidson (Kristen DiMera, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Finola Hughes (Anna Devane, General Hospital, ABC)
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, General Hospital, ABC)
Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Heather Tom (Katie Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Jess Walton (Jill Abbott Fenmore, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Maura West (Ava Jerome, General Hospital, ABC)
Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos, General Hospital, ABC)
Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, Jr., General Hospital, ABC)
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Roger Howarth (Franco, General Hospital, ABC)
Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
John McCook (Eric Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake, General Hospital, ABC)
Billy Miller (Billy Abbott, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
James Scott (EJ DiMera, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Shawn Patrick Christian (Daniel Jonas, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Outstanding Supporting Actress
Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren Fenmore Baldwin, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine, General Hospital, ABC)
Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, General Hospital, ABC)
Amelia Heinle (Victoria Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Fisher, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Lisa Locicero (Olivia Falconeri, General Hospital, ABC)
Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio Drake, General Hospital, ABC)
Kelly Sullivan (Connie Falconeri, General Hospital, ABC)
Cynthia Watros (Kelly Andrews, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Outstanding Supporting Actor
Robert Adamson (Noah Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli, General Hospital, ABC)
Blake Berris (Nick Fallon, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler, General Hospital, ABC)
Darin Brooks (Wyatt Fuller Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Steve Burton (Dylan McAvoy, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Scott Clifton (Liam Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
William DeVry (Julian Jerome, General Hospital, ABC)
Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Greg Rikaart (Kevin Fisher, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri, General Hospital, ABC)
Outstanding Younger Actress
Kristen Alderson (Kiki Jerome, General Hospital, ABC)
Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Linsey Godfrey (Caroline Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Christel Khalil (Lily Winters Ashby, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Hunter King (Summer Newman, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Kate Mansi (Abby Horton Deveraux, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Kim Matula (Hope Logan, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Kelley Missal (Danielle Manning, One Life to Live, TOLN.com)
Ashlyn Pearce (Aly Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Denyse Tontz (Miranda Montgomery, All My Children, TOLN.com)
Outstanding Younger Actor
Corbin Bleu (Jeffery King, One Life To Live, TOLN.com)
Bryan Craig (Morgan Corinthos, General Hospital, ABC)
Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos, General Hospital, ABC)
Max Ehrich (Fenmore Baldwin, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Adam Gregory (Thomas Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)
Chandler Massey (Will Horton, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Casey Moss (JJ Devereaux, Days of our Lives, NBC)
Eric Nelsen (AJ Chandler, All My Children, TOLN.com)
Daniel Polo (Jamie Vernon, The Young and the Restless, CBS)
Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis, Days of our Lives, NBC)
