Sir Elton won the Grammy for best variety special live for ‘Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium’ at the 2024 awards ceremony.
It will now sit on his mantlepiece along with the two Oscars he won for ‘Can You Feel the Love Tonight’ from The Lion King and ‘(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again’ from Rocketman, his Tony award for best original score for musical Aida, and five Grammy Awards.
He joins a select club of those to have completed the clean sweep that includes some of the best known faces in the film, theatre and music industries, along with a few lesser known names.
Only 19 people have ever been able to call themselves EGOTS, a figure that rises to 23 if you include honourary awards (Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, James Earl Jones, Harry Belafonte and Quincy Jones all completed one leg with a non-competitive award).
Here are all 19, and what they won.
5. Audrey Hepburn - actress
Oscars: 1953 Best Actress in a Leading Role – Roman Holiday. Emmys: 1993: Outstanding Individual Achievement, Informational Programming – Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn. Grammys: 1994 Best Spoken Word Album for Children – Audrey Hepburn's Enchanted Tales. Tonys:1954 Distinguished Dramatic Actress – Ondine. Photo: Hulton Archive
6. Marvin Hamlisch - composer
Oscars: 1973 Best Original Dramatic Score – The Way We Were; 1973 Best Original Song – "The Way We Were"; 1973 Best Scoring: Original Song Score and Adaptation or Scoring: Adaptation – The Sting. Emmys: 1995 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Direction – Barbra: The Concert; 1995 Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics – Barbra: The Concert; 1999 Outstanding Music and Lyrics – AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies; 2001 Outstanding Music Direction – Timeless: Live in Concert. Grammys: 1974 Song of the Year – The Way We Were; 1974 Best New Artist; 1974 Best Pop Instrumental Performance – "The Entertainer"; 1974 Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special – The Way We Were. Tonys: 1976 Best Musical Score – A Chorus Line. Photo: Roy Jones
7. Jonathan Tunick - composer
Oscars: 1977 Best Music, Original Song Score, and Its Adaptation or Best Adaptation Score – A Little Night Music. Emmys: 1982 Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction – Night of 100 Stars. Grammys: 1988 Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocals – "No One is Alone," Cleo Laine. Tonys: 1997 Best Orchestrations – Titanic. Photo: Dia Dipasupil
8. Mel Brooks - comedian and filmmaker
Oscars: 1968 Best Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen – The Producers. Emmys: 1967 Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety – The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special; 1997 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You; 1998 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You; 1999 Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series – Mad About You. Grammys: 1998 Best Spoken Comedy Album – The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000; 2002 Best Long Form Music Video – Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks; 2002 Best Musical Show Album – The Producers. Tonys: 2001 Best Musical – The Producers; 2001 Best Book of a Musical – The Producers; 2001 Best Original Score – The Producers. Photo: Charley Gallay