


Lynn Redgrave is the only performer who has achieved the anti-EGOT of being nominated for all four awards and not winning any of them. No one has yet achieved the all-inclusive PREGOT variation. Due to her Razzie win for Worst Actress for Rent-a-Cop and Arthur 2: On the Rocks, Liza Minnelli has a REGOT if her Grammy Legend Award is considered. Alan Menken has a REGOT due to his Razzie win with Jack Feldman for Worst Original Song for “High Times, Hard Times" from Newsies. Īnother variation is the REGOT, which includes a Razzie. As of 2019, Mike Nichols, Rita Moreno and Barbra Streisand (if her Special Tony Award is considered) have achieved this status by winning the Peabody while Richard Rodgers and Marvin Hamlisch have achieved it by winning the Pulitzer. Some say the "P" refers to the Peabody Award, others say the Pulitzer Prize. The only Double EGOT - a person who has won all four awards at least twice - is songwriter Robert Lopez, who is also the youngest person to achieve EGOT status, at 39 years, 8 days and who won his first four awards in the shortest time (a span of 9 years, 8 months).Īnother variation of the accomplishment is the PEGOT, though there are conflicting definitions. 5 Winners including non-competitive awards.4 Qualifying awards summary (competitive only).3 Additional recipients of all four (including non-competitive or special/honorary awards).The term gained wider recognition in the 2010s after a series-long arc in the 4th season of the sitcom 30 Rock featured the character of Tracy Jordan (portrayed by Tracy Morgan) setting out to achieve the EGOT.

Nevertheless, two of the 16 EGOT winners have won only the Daytime Emmy. However, he intended that the "E" should be for the Primetime Emmy Award, and not a Daytime Emmy nor any of the awards presented at the other types of Emmy ceremonies. The EGOT acronym was coined by actor Philip Michael Thomas in late 1984, when his role on the new hit show Miami Vice brought him instant fame, and he stated a desire to achieve the EGOT within five years. As of 2020, 16 people have accomplished this feat. Achieving the EGOT has been referred to as the "grand slam" of show business. Respectively, these awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and theatre. For other uses, see EGOT (disambiguation).ĮGOT, an acronym for the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards, is the designation given to people who have won all four awards.
