For a second year in a row, Les Olivier celebrated their comedians while the performance halls were closed for a good part of last year. In a gala which thus mainly welcomed web and TV projects, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais and Mariana Mazza stood out.
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“Are we having a gala for web capsules? launched Cathy Gauthier before her presentation for a trophy.
In fact, like last year, the usual categories associated with shows (Show of the Year, Author, Designer, Director and Best Seller) have once once more been removed from the gala.
“It’s a gala that might have been an email! “has also joked on this subject the host François Bellefeuille. He mightn’t have said it better.
On Sunday, the only category that was determined by the public’s choice was… Humorous web capsule or sketch. We were far from the prestige of the Olivier of the year, which was often a popular vote.
Three times for Pierre-Yves
Most cited comedian this year with four nominations, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais ended his evening with an impressive success rate of 75%. The young comedian first set the tone by winning the first Olivier of the evening, for Number of the Year, with the brilliant There is nobody.
In this hilarious number, delivered in a Just for Laughs gala which had been shot in an empty room due to sanitary measures, Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais had nicely made fun of the situation by pretending to speak to an invisible audience. A number that will go down in the annals of the pandemic.
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Francois Morency and Marie-Ginette Guay.
“It’s special because it’s a number for which I had to persist,” said the comedian in his thanks. I was told that I had to think of Thérèse of Trois-Rivières as if she was someone stupid. It’s a pity that decision makers think that their public is thick. »
Later, PYRD also won in the always high category of Discovery of the year. Facing male-only competition this year, he beat Pascal Cameron, Simon Deslile,
Matthieu Pepper and Richardson Zéphir.
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Mariana is absent
Pierre-Yves completed his hat trick with the Olivier de la Capsule or humorous web sketch. After such a harvest, it was thought he would end his perfect evening with the ultimate Olivier of the Year trophy. But no ! It is rather Mariana Mazza who won the favor of the jury.
In interview with The newspaper a few days ago, the comedian had told us that she was certain not to win in this category this year, because it was not the public who voted. She was royally mistaken. Unfortunately, Mariana was conspicuous by her absence on Sunday evening, which ended the gala abruptly.
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Martin Matte
For his part, Martin Matte had another fine harvest of trophies this year. After winning two Olivier at the Gala de l’Industrie (text of the year in a humorous TV or web series and Thank you for everything), the comedian received the Olivier for the humorous fiction series, for The beautiful discomforts 2.0.
Writers in the shadows
Charles Beauchesne won a second Olivier for his excellent podcast The worst moments in history. The comedian rightly wondered why he was the only one to be nominated for this prize, when his two writers, Odrée Rousseau and François De Grandpré, were once once more forgotten. This is indeed a shame, not to highlight the work of the writers in the category of the best scripted podcast!
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The host of the Gala Les Olivier, François Bellefeuille.
Hosting the gala for a second year in a row, François Bellefeuille once once more did well in front of a very distanced audience, which contrasts with the performance halls which can now be at maximum capacity.
“At Radio-Canada, it’s the federal measures,” he explained. It’s as if you were having a party at your aunt’s who puts plastic on her couches. »
The winners of the Olivier Gala
olive tree of the year
- Mariana Mazza
Comedy Number of the Year
- There is nobodyPierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Humorous Web Capsule or Sketch of the Year
- Mom writesPierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Comedy Web Series of the Year
- The Appendices: Back following the break, KOTV
Comedy Fiction Series of the Year
- The beautiful discomforts 2.0Encore Television
Comedy TV Show of the Year
- between two sheets, KOTV
discovery of the year
- Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Humorous Radio Capsule or Sketch of the Year
- Name of a Pipe – All About Cum, Jean-Sebastien Girard
Comedy Podcast with Script of the Year
- The worst moments in history with Charles BeauchesneCharles Beauchesne
Unscripted Comedy Podcast of the Year
- Everyone hates each other Marylene Gendron, Sam Cyr
