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← Back to IdeasOgilvy Brings Home Network of the Year at the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
On the final day of the 2026 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, Ogilvy won top honors as Network of the Year, claiming the prestigious title for the third time in five years. This achievement captures Ogilvy’s creativepower and influence on a global scale, and celebrates the incredible impact the network drives for client brands and businesses around the world. For the entire festival, 36 offices contributed to a total of 81 Lions, including 3 Grand Prix, 13 Gold, 22 Silver and 43 Bronze as well as 137 shortlists, across such categories as Creative Data, Social & Creator, Direct, Entertainment, Digital, and Health & Wellness.
Laurent Ezekiel, Ogilvy Group’s Global Chief Executive Officer, said: “In my first year as Global CEO of The Ogilvy Group, I have seen the unmatched creative power and impact we bring our clients across our global network and I could not be more proud of being named Cannes Network of the Year. This honor recognizes our creativity in all forms and crafts —from creative storytelling and advertising to social content, influence, PR, innovation and activations — and celebrates the integrated teams across our network who continue to push boundaries and bold ideas for our clients. It’s a great privilege to share this moment amongst our clients, teams and partners and to continue setting the creative standard for our industry.”
Liz Taylor, Ogilvy’s Global Chief Creative Officer, said: “We come to Cannes with one goal in mind: to proudly take the stage each night with our clients and celebrate the power of creativity in every corner of the world. To affirm their belief in ideas to solve any problem, overcome any challenge, and drive the impact they aspire to create. I am incredibly proud of Ogilvy’s performance this week, but more than anything, I’m proud of how we continue to show up for and with thebiggest and boldest brands. To shape culture, inspire communities, reimagine entire categories, and to chart the future that we’re all,always, stepping into.”
Ogilvy’s Network of the Year win was led by three Grand Prix awards.
“Uva Uva Bombón” for Uva App by de la Cruz Ogilvy won the Grand Prix in Direct. The campaign turned the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show performance ever into immediate consumer action. Once Bad Bunny sang the lyric “Uva Uva Bombón” during the show’s opening number “Tití Me Preguntó”, delivery platform UVA instantly triggered a real-time activation, unlocking a curated selection of in-app products that were on sale for $1 until inventory ran out.
DAVID New York’s “Copycats Welcome” for Clash Royale took home the Grand Prix in Entertainment – Gaming for inviting players of copycat games to convert their progress in those games into rewards in the real Clash Royale. The campaign targeted players in online communities with a film calling out the copycats, directing them to a site where they could upload their progress and currency from those games and turn it into Clash Royale currency.
The Ogilvy network’s third Grand Prix was earned by Circus Grey for their BCP Bank campaign, “SOS POS”, which won for Creative Data. With “SOS POS,” BCP Bank turned terminals in small businesses all across the country into places where customers could block their bank accounts instantly with no calls or apps in the event that their phone was stolen and they had no way to quickly alert the bank.
Also during Friday’s awards show, DAVID New York was named Agency of the Year – Entertainment. Earlier in the week, Ogilvy earned three Regional Network of the Year honors, earning the designation in Asia, Latin America, and North America.
A selection of Ogilvy’s Cannes Lion-winning work can be found at Ogilvy.com.