Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais dominates the nominations for the 24th Gala Les Olivier, which were announced Tuesday morning at the Maison de Radio-Canada.
Already, barely a year after being crowned discovery of the year, the comedian could leave with the Olivier of the year, a category in which he competes against Mathieu Dufour, Sam Breton, Christine Morency and Arnaud Soly.
We then find him alongside his co-authors Julien Corriveau, David Beaucage and Odrée Rousseau for the humor number of the year (without assembly). The forkby Korine Côté, Gabrielle Caron and Justine Philipe, is also included in this category, as is Lesbianby Jessica Chartrand, long end of the worldby Martin Perizzolo, and Number in the Great well-cooked ComediHa!Michel Barrettea gift from Billy Tellier.
Jokes Hat Mom Magic Piano, the solo show by Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, is also in the running for comedy show of the year. He will face At peak and shovelby Sam Breton, A beautiful eveningby Simon Gouache, Classicby Cathy Gauthier, and Detour, by Guillaume Pineault.
Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, who we saw in the most recent bye, is also a finalist for author of the year for a comedy show, an honor he could share with Alexandre Forest and David Beaucage if he wins. Adib Alkhalidey (Quebec tabarnak), Virginie Fortin (My feelings), Simon Gouache, Marie-Christine Lachance and Pascal Mailloux (A Beautiful Evening by Simon Gouache) as well as Guillaume Pineault, Yan Bilodeau and Simon Delisle (Detour) are also named.
The Olivier for the capsule or the humorous web sketch of the year could also go to Silvi Tourigny (Canal Carole — Confidences with Pierre Houde) than to Arnaud Soly (COVID Christmas), David Beaucage (Gosser on my cell) and François Ruel-Côté and Sébastien Tessier (In Search of the Country: Chapter 2 from Unhappy to Happy Male) or PO Forget and Yannick de Martino (The Great Facebook Debate). This category will be submitted to the vote of the public, who will be able to express their preferences from March 1st to 17th.
Club Soly, In my head, the 22nd season ofInfoman, The Game Master and the third season of Laugh without taboos will compete for the award for Comedy TV Show of the Year.
Three KOTV productions stand out as finalists in the Comedy Fiction Series of the Year category, namely The eye of the storm, The Blue House (season 2) and Between two sheets (season 3). Also found in this category That’s how I love you (season 2) and Leo (season 4).
On the radio, Fabien Cloutier (Rascality, Environment and snow management), Eve Côté (Strike at the SQ), Catherine Ethier (Feminine hygiene products), Susie Bouchard (The voice of heterosexual women) and Phil Roy (What’s going on, Phil?) are in the running to win the humorous capsule or sketch of the year.
The Olivier for the humorous web series of the year will be contested by Completely high school, From Pierre to girl, The Dump (season 2), Gazebo and The Gong Show.
In all, 22 prizes will be awarded on March 19, whether during the industry gala, hosted for the first time by Nev, or during the televised gala, which will be broadcast in the evening on Ici Télé and which Katherine Levac will take over.
The Les Olivier Gala, co-produced by the Association of Comedy Industry Professionals (APIH), celebrates the work of artists and artisans in the comedy industry in Quebec. It takes its name from the late humorist Olivier Guimond.
As tours have been canceled in recent years due to health restrictions, the comedy show categories include shows launched in 2019 and 2020 among their finalists, said Johanne Pouliot, general manager of APIH.
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