The results are in from the We Love Soaps Daytime Soap Best of the Week poll for April 8-12, 2013. NBC's DAYS OF OUR LIVES was voted the favorite daytime soap opera of our readers again this week followed by ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL and CBS' THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. See the complete list of shows below as well as the favorite couples, actors and actresses.| RANK | SHOW | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | DAYS OF OUR LIVES (NBC) | 1 | 163 |
| 2 | GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) | 2 | 88 |
| 3 | THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) | 3 | 86 |
| 4 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (CBS) | 4 | 25 |
In our Favorite Couple poll, Sonny and Will from DAYS OF OUR LIVES remained in the No. 1 spot for the 23rd week in a row.
| RANK | COUPLE | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Sonny & Will, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 37 |
| 2 | John & Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 2 | 70 |
| 3 | Luke & Laura, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Patrick & Sabrina, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | EJ & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Frisco & Felicia, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | AJ & Elizabeth, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 8 | Bill & Brooke, BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Billy & Victoria, YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS | - | 0 |
| 10 | Rafe & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 10 | 27 |
Freddie Smith of DAYS OF OUR LIVES was voted Favorite Actor of our readers for the fourth week in a row.
| RANK | ACTOR | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Freddie Smith, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | Drake Hogestyn, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 2 | 55 |
| 3 |
Chandler Massey, DAYS OF OUR LIVES
| 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Anthony Geary, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Jason Thompson, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Sean Kanan, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 7 | James Scott, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 8 | 5 |
| 8 | Maurice Benard, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | Galen Gering, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 9 | 5 |
| 10 | Robert Kelker-Kelly, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
DAYS OF OUR LIVES star Alison Sweeney was voted Favorite Actress this week.
| RANK | ACTRESS | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Alison Sweeney, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 2 | 36 |
| 2 | Deidre Hall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 55 |
| 3 | Laura Wright, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Arianne Zucker, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Lynn Herring, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Genie Francis, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | Lauren Koslow, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | Vanessa Marcil, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 9 | Kate Mansi, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Teresa Castillo, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 10 | 0 |
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