1980s
- 1985 (12th) - Brian Bloom as Dusty Donovan, As the World Turns
- Steve Caffrey as Andrew Preston Cortlandt, All My Children
- Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin, All My Children
- Michael O'Leary as Rick Bauer, Guiding Light
- Jack Wagner as Frisco Jones, General Hospital
- 1986 (13th) - Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin, All My Children
- Brian Bloom as Dusty Donovan, As the World Turns
- Jon Hensley as Holden Snyder, As the World Turns
- Vincent Irizarry as Lujack Luvonoczek, Guiding Light
- Don Scardino as Chris Chapin, Another World
- 1987 (14th) - Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin, All My Children
- Brian Bloom as Dusty Donovan, As the World Turns
- Jon Hensley as Holden Snyder, As the World Turns
- Grant Show as Rick Hyde, Ryan's Hope
- Billy Warlock as Frankie Brady, Days of our Lives
- 1988 (15th) - Billy Warlock as Frankie Brady, Days of our Lives
- Scott DeFreitas as Andy Dixon, As the World Turns
- Andrew Kavovit as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Ross Kettle as Jeffrey Conrad, Santa Barbara
- Robert Duncan McNeill as Charlie Brent, All My Children
- 1989 (16th) - Justin Gocke as Brandon Capwell, Santa Barbara
- Andrew Kavovit as Paul Ryan, As the World Turns
- Darrell Utley as Benjy Hawk, Days of our Lives
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