MONTREAL – Comedian Sugar Sammy took home the prestigious Olivier of the Year at the 15th Gala Les Olivier, for his humorous take on life in multilingual Quebec.

The Olivier Awards honour Quebec comedians who perform in French but the prizes don't extend to bilingual comedy shows, like Sugar Sammy's nearly always sold-out show You're Gonna Rire.

Nevertheless, En Francais SVP won the award for Best Comedy Performance of the Year – the only one of Sugar Sammy's shows from last year to be eligible.

During his acceptance speech, Sugar Sammy thanked everyone and then said in English, “Guys, I'm in! Time to take over.”

Olivier winners

Olivier of the year: Sugar Sammy

Show of the year: En français SVP!, by Sugar Sammy

Best Comedy Performance of the Year: Le temps qui court, by Lise Dion

Specialist comedy show on TV: Bye Bye 2012

Comedy series: Les Appendices

Television comedy: Les bobos

Writers: Sébastien Dubé, Vincent Léonard and Sylvain Larocque for the show Comme du monde, des Denis Drolet

New media sketches: Carole aide son prochain, by Silvi Tourigny

Director: Pierre-François Legendre for Comme du monde, des Denis Drolet

Discovery of the year: Adib Alkhalidey

Comedy DVD : Tel quel, by Jean-Michel Anctil

Radio comedy program : à la semaine prochaine

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