Luke and Noah will be on As the World Turns today (and I will be here to hold your hands through the tough spots, as usual), but we've actually got a double-dose of Nuke thanks to the new episode of the online reality competition InTurn. In case you haven't been keeping tabs (not that I'd blame you, really), the online series gives a stable of soap wannabes a crack at scoring a 13-week contract at As the World Turns, provided they can shine in a series of daytime challenges that range from giving birth on a parkbench to walking down the aisle.

This week's challenge was the "first kiss" screen test, and the show decided to pair up two of the guys and two of the girls in order to make things more interesting (they left Justin with a lady, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the fact that he is the only male left who doesn't mention a wife or girlfriend in his bio. Just sayin'!). While the boy/girl couple did alright and the ladies really pulled it out (blonde Nell, in particular), the boys cracked and blew the kiss and the scene.

While this was embarrassing enough, what made it even more uncomfortable was the fact that the judges for this challenge were Oakland's Alpha Gay Couple, Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann). Van and Jake don't hesitate to drop the hammer on the guys for wimping out of a very simple challenge, and good for them. But am I the only one who is a bit put off by the talk of the Nuke kiss being "the most talked about" in the show's history? Not to mention straight guy Peyton's mention that even a guy totally "secure in his masculinity" would have trouble with the scene ... uh, do you mean "secure in his sexuality"?

Anyway, you can watch it yourself after the jump and see what you think.

Not like that's really too hard, these days. But fans of Luke and Noah (and their real-life counterparts, Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann) and the mechanisms of daytime television might want to keep an eye on the web show InTurn, which awards one lucky aspiring soap star with a 13-week contract on As the World Turns. (Get it? In Turn?)

While it doesn't look like any of the four male contestants is openly gay (three of the guys mention girfriends or wives in their bios), the preview video suggests that they'll be asked to do a guy/guy love scene in one of the challenges, as screencapped above. (From what I can tell, that's Peyton on the left and Michael on the right.)

And Van and Jake are on-hand in some capacity (mentors? judges?), which is never a bad thing. Maybe they'll be there to share their tips on how to inject sexual innuendo into discussion of deli meats or use jumping on the bed like a sugarbombed third-grader as a metaphor for actual physical intimacy? We'll have to wait and see.

InTurn 3 (yes, this is the third season) premieres tomorrow, with new eps posted every Tuesday and Thursday.

Check out the video preview after the jump!