Emmys: John Legend, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber Become EGOT Winners

John Legend, Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber became EGOT winners through their roles as executive producers of Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert, who has won an outstanding live variety award at Creative Arts Emmys. They become the 13th, 14th and 15th individuals to score an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony – EGOT.

Still with the NBC live musical award, Craig Zadan, who died last month, won a first Emmy posthumously. Zadan, producer of Oscars and Oscar-winning film Chicago, died August 20 at the age of 69 years.

Other executive producers Marc Platt, Neil Meron, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius, Alex Rudzinski and co-executive producer Javier Winnik also received Emmys for the category.

The hall broke under applause as the audience gave the group an ovation after the announcement of their victory.

After a tribute to Zadan, Webber thanked NBC for the production. "It's wonderful that Jesus Christ Superstar should be presented by NBC exactly as Tim and I had hoped 48 years ago, "he said.

"Obviously, I would like to thank everyone involved in this production, which can be a hard sight to make," said Rice. "I think I would like to thank America because America bought the album in prodigious quantities in 1970 and no one in our country did." He continued: "It is because of this record that has worked so well in the United States that the series has conquered the world.I am surprised that it remained 48 years later.I am amazed that I am another 48 years later. "

Rice then reflected on her partnership with Lloyd Webber. "We have been together for a long time and the ups and downs, but it's great to be here," he said.

"I want to thank Andrew and Tim for believing in us and allowing us to play their wonderful material, I want to thank my wife, she went down between the recordings of our show to see if we could do it and I'm so happy. did not make him lose his trip to Burbank, "joked the legend about his wife Chrissy Teigen.

Legend then thanked all the team behind Jesus Christ Superstar. "We put so much love into this performance." Even Jesus and Judas, many of their interactions were based on love, even though there had been treason, even if there had been disappointment, if pleased that we were able to do it and that you loved it so much and that you honored our show. "

Webber said behind the scenes that it was "fantastic" to become an EGOT winner. "I must say that I sat down this afternoon thinking," What can I win if we do not win if we do not win next year? As an exceptional hairdresser, "he joked." This would not have been possible without the fantastic Craig Zadan. It's probably a little known fact that Craig Zadan is the only person who has ever directed and performed on stage. "

"We were very pleased that Craig booked – in a certain way, his career was booked by doing something with us while none of us was so well known and that 's why. was very successful, "added Rice.

On EGOT's realization, Rice said, "I'm not quite sure what it's doing, it's good, it's better than not."

"When I first entered the music industry, it was my dream to win Grammys and be very successful as a musician, to sell a lot of records and to tour the world as an interpreter. , but I never dreamed of winning "I did not even know what it was at the time," said Legend. "I think the projects we have done to get the company out of business. EGOT have really been huge collaborative efforts. "

"Tonight, it's about Jesus Christ Superstar and the reason we won tonight is that first and foremost, Andrew and Tim created a great job and we had the privilege of playing on TV and we thank NBC's Bob Greenblatt and all of them. team and the idea to really believe in this powerful live music and live performance media to bring the country together, talk about something on TV, "said Legend. They believe that all of this could work and that we could run it as a team and what team it was. "

Legend has won 10 Grammy Awards throughout his career, including one for Best New Artist in 2006. He has won three times the best male vocal performance R & B, the best R & B performance of a duet or group with voice twice, the best R & B album and best song written for visual media. Legend won an Oscar with Common in 2015 in the best category of original songs for "Glory", which was featured in the movie Selma. He also won a Tony in 2017 in the best cover of a game category, as a co-producer for Jitney.

Rice won three Oscars, all in the category of best original song, rewarding "A Whole New World" by Aladdin, "Can you feel the love tonight" of The Lion King and "You Must Love Me" from the film adaptation of Evita, which he shared with Lloyd Webber. The lyricist won three Grammys in 1994 in the best children's music album, the song of the year and the best song written especially for a movie or TV categories, all for his work on the Aladdin soundtrack and for the song "A Whole New World". Rice also won three Tony Awards, including the best book of a musical and original score in 1980 for her work for Evita, and original score in 2000 for Aida.

Lloyd Webber won seven Tonys, including two in 1983; one for the best original score and one for the best musical for cats. In 1995, he won in the same categories for Sunset Boulevard. Webber got the best original score for his work on Evita in 1980. The composer also won the best musical in 1988 for The ghost of the Opera. In addition, Webber won the Tony Lifetime Achievement in 2018. The composer won three Grammy Awards – the first in 1986 for Requiem in the Best Contemporary Composition category, and he won the Grammy Legend Award in 1990. Webber won an Oscar in 1996 mentioned above "You must like me" from Evita.

Legend, who played in Jesus Christ Superstar, is also nominated at the Emmy Awards for a lead actor in a limited series or film.

The category was the final prize to be distributed Sunday night.