Lady Gaga Is Now Just 1 Award Away From EGOT Status After Her Latest Surprise Win
As of last year, Lady Gaga had four Emmy nominations to her name for her various musical specials and live TV performances.
But few could have predicted that when she did finally get her hands on one of the coveted television awards, it would be at the ceremony's sports-specific spin-off.
Yes, on Tuesday night, Lady Gaga was revealed as one of the winners at the Sports Emmys, a night honouring the biggest achievements in the world of sports coverage over the last year.
However, it makes sense that Gaga's win was in the Outstanding Music Direction category, following her opening performance at this year's Super Bowl.
While it was Grammy-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar who dominated this year's Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, and singer-songwriter Jon Batiste who opened the event with the US national anthem, the Abracadabra star also made an appearance during the broadcast, paying tribute to those affected by a number of recent tragedies across the US.
With an Oscar win and 14 Grammys already to her name, Gaga is now just one Tony win away from reaching EGOT status – a title bestowed to the select few performers to earn an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony over the course of their career.
Last year, during a 'Little Monsters' press conference to promote her album Mayhem, Gaga was asked by one fan if she had a 'dream' Broadway role in mind, while specifically mentioning the possibility of her winning a Tony.
'I think that I would really love to write a musical,' Gaga responded. 'I feel like that would bring me so much joy – to work with some amazing writers.
'But I think the first thing that needs to happen is I need to figure out what the important story is that I want to tell – with whoever I want to tell it with.'
She continued: 'While I appreciate the desire for me to win a Tony, I just feel like I would want to put years of work into that [musical]. And eight shows a week – [those actors] are rock stars. That is rock star shit.'
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