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: the accomplishment of winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award in one's lifetime
If Gaga does win an Oscar this year, it would bring her one step closer to the ultimate goal: an EGOT, or a collection that includes an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.—
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This includes 20 Grammys, and Oscar and a Special Tony Award, leaving him just an Emmy shy of EGOT status.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Performing at the London Palladium on Wednesday, March 26, the EGOT winner — who shares sons Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish — got candid about his epitaph with the crowd.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet Our critics discuss the buzzy film about fictional EGOT Lydia Tár.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 25 Mar. 2025
That win made John an EGOT and added to Winston’s hefty Emmy total, which now stands at 13.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2025
Performing at the London Palladium on Wednesday, March 26, the EGOT winner — who shares sons Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, with husband David Furnish — got candid about his epitaph with the crowd.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Yet Our critics discuss the buzzy film about fictional EGOT Lydia Tár.
—Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 25 Mar. 2025
That win made John an EGOT and added to Winston’s hefty Emmy total, which now stands at 13.
—Paul Grein, Billboard, 18 Mar. 2025
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“EGOT.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EGOT. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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