In 2022, Pierre-Roy Roy-Desmarais presented himself at the Gala Les Olivier with four citations and left with three statuettes. He will knock again on the door of the comedy ceremony broadcast on April 19, with four chances to thank his mom and manager up front.
Does Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais have a home at home? We never asked him the question. But, one thing is certain, the space will soon be lacking on his mantelpiece (real or metaphorical), which he may have the opportunity to fill again thanks to his nominations in the categories of Humor Number, Show Comedy, and Writer/Comedy Show of the Year.
The king of the marshes is also one of the five names in the running for the olive tree of the year. By his side: Sam Breton, Mathieu Dufour, Christine Morency and Arnaud Soly.
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Arnaud Soly
It is moreover Soly who follows him the closest with three mentions, if we include the one that Club Soly in the category of Comedy TV Show of the Year.
David Beaucage, Sam Breton, Korine Côté, Simon Gouache, Guillaume Pineault and Odrée Rousseau all appear twice on the list of the lucky ones, as does Thomas Levac who, like Def Leppard at the time of the clip fightwill compete in the Unscripted Comedy Podcast of the Year category (for Open Torquewhich he co-hosts with his girlfriend Stéphanie Vandelac and two princeswhich he co-hosts with his boyfriend Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques).
In the chapter of incongruities: how not to drop a word of church by noting the absence of Adib Alkhalidey in the category of the Show of the year for Quebecois Tabarnack ? Fortunately, it is in that of the Author / Comedy Show of the Year.
After an edition canceled in 2020, and two editions in 2021 and 2022 during which the categories related to the stage had been put away, the Gala Les Olivier will resume on April 19 with its traditional formula, on the airwaves of ICI Télé. Twelve statuettes bearing the effigy of Mr. Guimond will be awarded in the evening at the Pierre-Mercure room — eight others will have been distributed in the afternoon during an event hosted by Neev.
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Katherine Levac
Led in a strange context by François Bellefeuille during the pandemic, the ceremony will this time have Katherine Levac as host. She becomes the third woman, only, to inherit this mission, after Lise Dion (host of the first two editions, in 1999 and 2000) and Claudine Mercier (co-host of the third edition).
A few other categories
discovery of the year
- Pascal Cameron
- Michelle Desrochers
- Jean Michel Martel
- Matthew Pepper
- Richardson Zephyr
Comedy Show of the Year
- At peak and shovel by Sam Breton
- A beautiful evening by Simon Gouache
- Classic by Cathy Gauthier
- Detour by Guillaume Pineault
- Jokes Hat Mom Magic Piano by Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais
Author of the Year/Comedy Show
- Adib Alkhalidey for Quebecers Tabarnak by Adib Alkhalidey
- Virginie Fortin for My feelings by Virginie Fortin
- Simon Gouache, Marie-Christine Lachance and Pascal Mailloux for A beautiful evening by Simon Gouache
- Guillaume Pineault, Yan Bilodeau and Simon Delisle for Detour by Guillaume Pineault
- Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, Alexandre Forest and David Beaucage for Jokes Hat Mom Magic Piano by Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais