Elton John Is Officially An EGOT After The 2023 Emmys — Here's How We Got Here

A legend gets his due.

Elton John was already a legend — and with his Outstanding Variety Special (Live) win for the Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium special at tonight's 2023 Emmy Awards, now he's achieved something very few have: an EGOT.

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In case you're not familiar — an "EGOT" refers to someone winning an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony across their career.

Let's go back to where this all started: Back in 1987, Elton won a Grammy (he's since won four more) for his role in Dionne Warwick's star-studded cover of Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager's "That's What Friends Are For."

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The next one's a biggie: In 1995, he nabbed the Best Original Song Oscar for the timeless, utterly classic The Lion King song "Can You Feel the Love Tonight."

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In 2000, he took home the Tony for Best Original Score for his musical with Tim Rice, Aida.

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Since then — for 24 freakin' years — Elton has been lying in wait, ready at any moment (I assume) to accept the final trophy in his EGOT journey.

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Except — he wasn't there to accept the award. So, producer Ben Winston accepted the award in his absence.

Elton John Live: Farewell from Dodger Stadium wins the award for Outstanding Live Variety Special at the 75th #Emmys pic.twitter.com/pEqk2DE12O

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 16, 2024

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His speech was nice enough. Anyway, congrats to Elton on the EGOT!

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