egot。

This is the abbreviation of the top slam of the four major arts awards in the United States, namely the Emmy in television, the Grammy in music, the Oscar in film and the Tony in theater.

Although the four major awards are all from the United States, all awards span the fields of television, music, film and theater, and the four awards are also recognized as the highest awards in the American art industry, which also makes it more difficult to win the award than imagined, and even far exceeds the "acting slam", "director slam" and so on.

So, not just in the United States, but around the world, any "EGOT" winner is also a pinnacle in history.

As of 2017, only a handful of artists have reached such heights in the long history:

Richard-Rodgers, Helen-Hayes, Rita-Moreno, John-Gielgud, Audrey Hepburn, Marvin Hamlisch, Jonathan-Tunick, Mel-Brooks, Mike Nichols, Whoopi Goldberg, Scott Rudin, Robert Lopez.

Because the Grammys are involved in the music industry among the four major awards, the "EGOT" winners are still mostly composers, and it is extremely difficult for actors, they often can only choose audiobooks and impact the Grammys, and the difficulty of winning awards can be imagined, so you can often see top actors, for "EGOT", they will record relevant audiobooks, hoping to make up the awards.

Incidentally, Meryl Streep has been nominated for five Grammys, four audiobooks and one "Mamma Mia" soundtrack, but has never won an award, and a Tony Award nomination has unfortunately passed by.

Barbra Streisand, who is often mentioned, is also a Grand Slam winner of "EGOT", but in a weakened version, as the Tony Award she won was not a competition award, but a "Tony Special Award". However, even this is still very rare, because in terms of non-competition awards, there are only 17 winners of "EGOT".

Among the twelve top Grand Slam winners, the youngest is composer Robert Lopez.

In 2004, the Tony Award of "Q Avenue", the Emmy Award of "Fantastic Pet" in 2008, the Grammy of "Book of Mormon" in 2012, and the Oscar of "Frozen" in 2013, Robert only took ten years, and when he was thirty-eight years old, he collected all the four major awards of "EGOT", he not only became the youngest winner in film history, but also the shortest winner.

Before Robert, the shortest time was Rita Moreno, which took sixteen years.

It can be seen in all aspects, in addition to strength, EGOT's slam, time, place, people, all of which are indispensable, are truly rare, which is more and more precious and rare.

This time, Ranley-Hall will hopefully break the record by a wide margin.

Or even a record that completely upended the entire industry.

If Lan Li can successfully reach the top of the 2013 Tony Awards, then he will become the youngest "egot" in film history at the age of less than 24, and what is even more incredible is that it only took four years to start with the first Emmy Award in 2009 and already have the qualifications to impact in 2013.

Four years! At the age of twenty-three!

Such a historical record, shocking the world, is not enough to describe people's shock and consternation!

So, even though everyone knows that "EGOT" is about the Tony Awards, and there are still two months before the announcement of the Tony Award nominees, and now it's just the Oliver Awards, people still can't control their excitement and excitement, and they start looking forward to it early

Everyone clearly knows that "Les Miserables" is undoubtedly the strongest contender this year, and once Lan Li successfully reaches the top, then the whole history will usher in a new page!

Even if it's just one possibility, it's enough to get carried away, cheer, and get excited.

And the list of nominees for the Oliver Award seems to prove this, continuing to add fuel to the raging fire, little by little, step by step, pushing the expectation of hope to an unknown height. The youngest actor in Oscar history, the only winner in the long history to complete the EGOT Grand Slam in four years, what about that?

What's more, Lan Li's performance this year is really too strong!

From the opening night of "Les Miserables", Blue Gift was undoubtedly the strongest contender for the Olivier Award, at least in London's West End, and the pickiness and harshness of industry veterans all converged on the edge, and unanimously sent the highest praise, which had already determined the status of Blue Gift in the industry and even in history, such a rare sight, but it really happened, and it continued all the way to this year's Olivier Award nomination stage.

Sweep through the army!

So, on top of this year's Olivier Awards, can Lan Li successfully reach the top? Can several other competitors pose enough threat? Because of the close connection between the Olivier Awards and the Tony Awards, the stage theater field is a very small and very close circle, and the connection between the West End and Broadway is inextricably linked, once "Les Miserables" is crowned king in the United Kingdom, does that mean that North America will continue to be so popular?

In the race for Best Actor in a Musical, Michael Ball of "Sweeney Todd", Tom Chambers of "Top Hat", Will Young (Ill-Young) of "Cabaret" and Blue Lee-Hall of "Les Miserables" made it to the final trophy race.

To the uninitiated, these may seem like unfamiliar names, but in fact they all have their own origins.

Tom Chambers is a veteran actor on BBC television, a versatile singer and dancer who has been rolling on the West End stage for more than a decade, and is the quintessential type of actor in the industry: basically solid, capable, and just a chance to show himself, and "The Top Hat" has made him the pinnacle of his career.

Will Young, the first champion of the "pop idol", the originator of the talent competition, can be said to be the first draft winner in the world, and his singing ability is undoubted, although he is not orthodox in acting, the "Cabaret" repertoire full of distorted light and shadow makes his personal charm shine.

and Michael Ball, who has a little bit of a relationship with Lan Li, he is the first Marius of the Queen's Theatre version of "Les Miserables", and made a name for himself in the industry with this role, and later the 10th anniversary special edition, the role of Marius was also played by him.

Twenty-eight years later, Michael has become an indispensable pillar of the industry, appearing in classics such as The Phantom of the Opera, West End Story, Hairspray, and winning two Olivier Awards, and in 2015 he was awarded an OBE for his work in theatre.

The three alternates, each with their own merits, especially Michael Ball of "Sweeney Todd", are undoubtedly the biggest favorites to win the award.

But objectively speaking, from acting skills to word of mouth, from reviews to feedback, Lan Li of "Les Miserables" is unbeatable in the field of drama this year, and it is really difficult for other opponents to pose a threat.

The professional magazine "Stage" wrote an article early and said that this will be a grand event to witness the strong ascent of the Blue Ceremony, even if Michael is mature, even if Tom is steady, and even if Will is young and vigorous, they cannot pose an effective threat to the Blue Ceremony, even if it is only in terms of the quality and depth of the performance, the strong leading position of the Blue Ceremony is still unshakable.

In other words, it can be said that this is the moment when almost everyone witnessed the birth of history!

After the Oliver Awards, the Tony Awards are coming, so does that mean that they will be witnessing a stormy version of the storm coming in person, and then ...... A new king is born?

Now, the only obstacle and trouble is age.

Twenty-three years old, about to turn 24 in November this year, this is really too young, in the first half of the age of 20, to reach the height that countless people have been unable to reach in their lifetime, is this really good?

The most direct example is Jodie Foster, who won the Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the age of fourteen, and has won the Oscar for Best Actress twice at the age of twenty-six, and then her career has entered the stage of "lifetime achievement" ahead of schedule, and it seems that she will never be able to surpass the peak of her youth, and now Lan Li is even younger than Judy!

The Oscars have already made history once, and it's almost impossible to replicate or touch, so is it necessary for the Olivier and Tony Awards to rush so much?

As we all know, the drama circle is more cruel than the film industry, for qualifications, for experience, for precipitation, for accumulation, the requirements are so strict, outsiders can't imagine that when they are young, the elimination rate is very high, but after surviving the initial stage, the professional vitality of stage actors is longer and more vigorous. Especially for male actors, their peak often comes around the age of forty.

Le Hale, not only young, but also young, "Les Miserables" is only his first starring stage play, for professionals in the field of theater, is really too immature and too young, in comparison, Michael Ball is obviously a wiser and more suitable choice.

Although there is no "academy public relations" above the Oliver Awards, the rules of the industry exist by default, and they are stricter than the film industry.

So, what are the odds of Lan Li challenging EGOT's Grand Slam?

Before the Tony Awards, the Olivier Awards were outposts, but until the awards were announced, anything was possible!