The Nurses Ball is already starting off with a bang!

The Nurses Ball kicked off in true soap fashion, with a classic performance and secrets spilling out during the May 21, 2025 episode of General Hospital.

Blackmail at the Ball
As the Nurses Ball got underway with a performance from its nurses featuring Dr. Gannon (Sawandi Wilson), Curtis (Donnell Turner) just couldn’t stay quiet about Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) blackmail. He finally told Portia (Brook Kerr) what he knows, and she came clean about what Brad (Parry Shen) did and that Drew was holding it over her. Being the second major lie she’s told him, Curtis admitted he wasn’t sure how to move on from this after she promised not to keep things from him.

Another bout of blackmail that came to light was Ric (Rick Hearst) and Ava (Maura West) holding Kristina’s (Kate Mansi) freedom over Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn). The two hadn’t yet left for the ball when Alexis was forced to admit to her daughter what has been going on, and Kristina realized the committal papers were simply to protect her. While Kristina worried she couldn’t keep quiet about it all, Alexis assured her she would do what she has to in order to protect her.

Boots and Babies
In the midst of the drama, we got what felt like a classic Nurses Ball performance, featuring Anna (Finola Hughes), Lucy (Lynn Herring), Felicia (Kristina Wagner), and led by Spinelli (Bradford Anderson). The women danced while Spinelli sang “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’,” wearing regrettably pink boots.

Another stunning performance was from Gio (Giovanni Mazza), who brought his violin talents to the Nurses Ball stage for the first time. But of course, things couldn’t end on a happy note. When Lulu (Alexa Havins) noticed how proud Lois (Rena Sofer) looked during Gio’s performance, she finally confronted her, revealing her suspicions about Gio being Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) and Brook Lynn’s (Amanda Setton) son.