General Hospital Performer of the Month for May 2025: Giovanni Mazza
One of GH's most underrated, Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) has been serving up emotional moments for over a decade in Port Charles. This month, it was not just after finding out he has a son he never knew was his, but first when Rocco (Finn Carr) almost died from alcohol poisoning. Zamprogna captured the worry of a father, the smarts of a cop, and the blame game toward Gio long before the shocking truth came out.
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Also involved in the Baby Boy BLQ mess was Jane Elliot's Tracy. The GH vet lent so.e tenderness to her usually stern character after Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) admitted to her grandmother that she had a teen pregnancy and gave the baby up. But the most heartwarming moments came later when Gio was the one to tell her that he was her long lost great-grandson, and she took the reigns as a Quartermaine matriarch and invited him into the dysfunctional family with open arms.
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Say what you will about Willow, but her portrayer Katelyn MacMullen nailed the smitten girlfriend and devastated mom this month. First, the actress continuously pulled off Willow being almost hypnotized by Drew (Cameron Mathison), leading to her ultimate downfall. When Michael (Rory Gibson) snatched his children back, Willow instantly went from lovestruck to mama bear as she begged to see her kids, and when she was denied, she broke down outside Carly's (Laura Wright) door.
Ever since the big reveal at the Nurses Ball, there was no doubt in our minds that this month's top honor would go to Giovanni Mazza (Gio). The young violinist-turned-daytime breakout star made us all feel every ounce of pain, shock, and betrayal that Gio felt after discovering that Brook Lynn and Dante are his true parents. Mazza's blowup at the ball captured Gio in a moment of rage that ended in him smashing his treasured violin to pieces and breaking out hearts along with it.
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