The Les Olivier gala took place for 23e Sunday evening edition on Radio-Canada. It was comedian Mariana Mazza who got her hands on the prestigious Olivier of the year, while the prominent Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais left with three statuettes.
The competition promised to be tough in the category of the trophy of the year. 31-year-old comedian Mariana Mazza, currently on tour with her show Impolie, faced an impressive line-up of comedians. Rita Baga, Sam Breton, Mathieu Dufour, Katherine Levac, Christine Morency, François Morency, Arnaud Soly, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais and Rosalie Vaillancourt were also in the running for the coveted Olivier.
See the reaction of Mariana Mazza who was not present to claim her prize:
Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, who led the pack with four nominations, won honors in three categories. « It’s a beautiful evening, ”he said, all smiles. The 27-year-old comedian is the winner of the Discovery of the Year category. Simon Delisle, Richardson Zéphir, who was crowned comedian of the year at the Gala Dynastie, and Matthieu Pepper, whom Quebecers were able to see in the last Bye Byewere also racing.
Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais also stood out in the Comedy Act of the Year category with his excellent There is nobody, captured in front of an empty room during the pandemic and during which he pretends to interact with a non-existent audience, with fake crowd noises and laughter. “It’s special, I had to persist in doing this number, because it was too ‘farted'”, he said in his acceptance speech. He dedicated his trophy to “Thérèse”, in reference to the fact that he had been asked to think of “Thérèse de Trois-Rivières” when presenting his number, when he does not wish to take his audience for “tatas” .
He was finally crowned winner of the Capsule or Humorous Web Sketch of the Year category with Mom writesthe only category to have been put to a public vote.
It’s special, I had to persist in doing this number, because it was too “farted”
Ten statuettes were presented during the evening, which was hosted by François Bellefeuille for the second year in a row. His “last gala,” he said, adding that it was a negotiation strategy.
The absurdly humorous group Les Appendices won comedy web series of the year with The Appendices: back following the break. Series The beautiful discomforts 2.0written by Martin Matte and François Avard, won the Olivier for humorous fiction series of the year. Between two sheets as for it was named Comedy TV Show of the Year.
The co-host of The evening is (still) young Jean-Sébastien Girard, for his part, won the Olivier award in the Capsule or humorous radio sketch of the year category with his segment “Name of a pipe – All regarding sperm”.
Charles Beauchesne was crowned with the Olivier for humorous podcast with script of the year with The worst moments in history. The Unscripted Comedy Podcast of the Year category was won by Everyone hates each other by Marylene Gendron and Sam Cyr.
