The Official EGOT Watch Thread

[malcolm1980]

Might as well move this here as well.




This is a thread dedicated to speculate which entertainment personality will next achieve the creme de la creme of entertainment awards status: The EGOT, winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar AND Tony. Only a little over a dozen people have done it. EGOT-ing is sometimes controversial because some people don't count Daytime Emmys, Latin Grammys or honorary awards and some people do. I'll let the board decide.

Here's the list of those who have achieved it in chronological order:

01. Richard Rodgers
02. Barbra Streisand* (honorary Tony)
03. Helen Hayes
04. Rita Moreno
05. John Gielgud
06. Liza Minnelli* (honorary Grammy)
07. Audrey Hepburn
08. Marvin Hamlisch
09. Jonathan Tunick
10. Mel Brooks
11 Mike Nichols
12. Whoopi Goldberg* (Daytime Emmy)
13. James Earl Jones* (honorary Oscar)
14. Scott Rudin
15.Robert Lopez* (Daytime Emmy)
16. John Legend
17. Andrew Lloyd Webber
18. Tim Rice
19. Alan Menken* (Daytime Emmy)
20. Jennifer Hudson* (Daytime Emmy)
21. Viola Davis
22. Elton John

Here are the triple crown winners with who are one away from EGOT-ing. I've deleted those who have passed away. I will upgrade them should they EGOT and delete them should they pass away. I will also add names to this list should someone triple-crown.

EGO_
01. Adele
02. Julie Andrews
03. Alan Bergman
04. Jon Blair* (International Documentary Emmy)
05. Cher
06. Common
07. Eminem
08. Michael Giacchino
09. Brian Grazer
10. Hildur Guðnadóttir
11. Ron Howard
12. Steve Martin* (Honorary Oscar)
13. Paul McCartney
14. James Moll
15. Morgan Neville
16. Randy Newman
17. Trent Reznor
18. Caitrin Rogers
19. Atticus Ross
20. Martin Scorsese
21. Ringo Starr
22. John Williams
23. Kate Winslet

E_OT
01. Ellen Burstyn
02. Jeremy Irons
03. Glenda Jackson
04. Jessica Lange
05. Frances McDormand
06. Helen Mirren
07. Al Pacino
08. Vanessa Redgrave
09. Geoffrey Rush
10. Maggie Smith

_GOT
01. Joel Grey
02. Benj Pasek
03. Justin Paul

EG_T
01. Rachel Bay Jones* (Daytime Emmy)
02. Andre de Shields
03. Cynthia Erivo* (Daytime Emmy)
04. Anne Garefino
05. Hugh Jackman
06. John Kander
07. Tom Kitt
08. Alex Lacaimore
09. Stan Lathan
10. Cyndi Lauper
11. Katrina Lenk* (Daytime Emmy)
12. Audra McDonald
13. Bette Midler
14. Lin-Manuel Miranda
15. Cynthia Nixon
16. Trey Parker
17. Ben Platt* (Daytime Emmy)
18. Billy Porter
19. Marc Shaiman
20. Ari'el Stachel* (Daytime Emmy)
21. Matt Stone
22. Charles Strouse
23. Lily Tomlin
24. Dick Van Dyke
25. David Yazbek

[malcolm1980]

A few discussion questions to keep this thread alive:

Three out of the four acting winners this year are halfway to EGOT: Eddie Redmayne (Oscar, Tony), Julianne Moore (Oscar, Emmy) and Patricia Arquette (Oscar, Emmy), who will be the first to triple-crown? Who will be most likely to EGOT? I think Eddie Redmayne is the answer to both. He can easily get himself in a made-for-HBO/PBS/BBC America TV movie or miniseries and win an Emmy. Since we know he can sing, he could win himself a Grammy if he headlines a Broadway musical or sing a track on a song or something.

Oooh, I just realized Lily Tomlin COULD easily EGOT next year if Grandma happens.

[misplaced validity]

For me the ultimate EGOT would be someone who does different things well within the fields. What I mean is, technically someone could produce a single Broadway show and win 3-4 of these (i.e. a Tony for producing show, a Grammy for the recording of it, an Oscar for the movie version, and an Emmy for a televised performance of it). I'm more interested in someone who has original material they sing, produce, whatever to get a Grammy, who does a musical on Broadway, wins an Oscar for acting/directing/whatever, and then wins an Emmy for something different from those. Some of these "Spoken Word" Grammys bother me, too, though I don't know why. I guess they just don't seem in line with what the Grammys are ultimately known for (i.e. music).

[dug11]

I also think Redmayne has the best shot at hitting EGOT first. An Emmy could easily happen. And if he takes part in a musical again and sings on the majority of the album, wouldn't he win a Grammy if it did?

[jonny]

julie harris is dead.

[malcolm1980]

Corrected! Don't know how I missed that.

Quote:I also think Redmayne has the best shot at hitting EGOT first. An Emmy could easily happen. And if he takes part in a musical again and sings on the majority of the album, wouldn't he win a Grammy if it did?

Yes, I looked it up. I think they added principal vocalist/s a couple years ago. So if Eddie Redmayne headlines a musical, he can win a Grammy for it.

[misplaced validity]

Is Kate Winslet looking to do any Broadway shows? I can see her winning a Tony. I think she studied theatre when she was fairly young. I think she sang for Heavenly Creatures, too? I don't know if she's done a musical.

[pvdk]

Steve Martin is EGO.

[malcolm1980]

Helen Mirren just triple-crowned. Now all she needs is to do a book-on-tape and win that Grammy!

[Above the Title]

She triple crowned and won for playing a queen for all three!