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Elton John Completes EGOT With Emmy Win
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Elton John completed his EGOT Monday night after his Emmy win for outstanding variety special (live) for Elton John Live: Farewell From Dodger Stadium.
The 76-year-old piano man is only the 19th performer in history to score an EGOT, winning at least one Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.
The five-time Grammy winner was not in attendance to accept his statue at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., as he is still recovering from knee surgery. His partner, David Furnish, was at the ceremony, and revealed to reporters that John screamed when he learned he’d won.
The award was presented by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, the latter of whom joked, Now, I can’t speak for Elton, but ‘EGOT’ to be excited about that.
John’s award was accepted by the special’s producers, including Ben Winston, who said John wanted to send his love and thanks.
We knew this show would be historic because it was going to be Elton’s last ever show in North America on tour. We knew it would be historic because it was Disney’s first ever live global stream, Winston said. We didn’t know it was going to be historic because it was going to win a man, who has created the soundtrack to all of our lives — he’s done so much great for society, who is all of our heroes — we didn’t know that it was going to win him an EGOT.
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour began in 2018 and continued for years, with delays due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. John played the final show of the tour in Stockholm, Sweden, in July of last year.
TMX contributed to this article.
