Michel Rivard won the Félix Award for the Show of the Year – Singer-Songwriter, for L’origine de mes espèces, during the Sunday night ADISQ gala in Montréal, on Oct. 27, 2019. Interviewed afterward, he said he was happy to be recognized for such an intimate stage show, and how he had to be vigilant in order to ensure that the story, based on his childhood, didn’t come across as a therapy session. He confided that he found that experience so special and stimulating that he doesn’t think he’ll go back to a regular “song recital” format for his future shows.