Awards
Elton John is now an “EGOT” award winner thanks to his Emmy win
Elton John has received many awards throughout his career. photo
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The Brit was honored at the Emmys for his concert special. John is now one of the few personalities to have won all four major entertainment awards.
Through his Emmy win he is a musician Elton John the 19th “EGOT” award winner, an abbreviation for the four most important entertainment awards in the world: Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The 76-year-old Brit won the Emmy television award for his concert “Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium” as the best entertainment special of the year.
During his career, John won five recording industry Grammy awards, a Tony Award from New York’s Broadway Theaters for the music of the musical “Aida”, and two Oscars for songs from “The Lion King” and “Rocketman”.
The 18 other personalities who have achieved an “EGOT” so far include Audrey Hepburn, Whoopi Goldberg and most recently Viola Davis. The term probably goes back to actor Philip Michael Thomas, who announced during his time as Ricardo Tubbs in “Miami Vice” that he wanted to win the four awards within five years.