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Jennifer Hudson is one of the most-awarded entertainers in Hollywood and she could be adding another prize to her collection this weekend. The 42-year-old singer and actress is one of only 19 people in the world to achieve EGOT status through competitive awards – winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony through nominations and not honorary awards. Jennifer is the first and only American Idol contestant to achieve the feat. Kelly Clarkson has won two of the prizes with both Emmy and Grammy wins. She has a chance of winning another Emmy TONIGHT (June 7) as her talk show is nominated for Outstanding Daytime Talk Series at the Daytime Emmy Awards. So, how did Jennifer achieve EGOT status? Let’s take a look! Keep reading to find out more… OSCAR GRAMMY EMMY TONY Jennifer still can’t believe it! “I’m still processing it. To be able to know fully what that means, the company that that is… It came as a surprise,” she said on CBS This Morning in September 2022. “I did not fully see it coming.” On winning the Tony that year, Jennifer said, “I went there to celebrate the cast for getting 11 nominations, and I don’t feel like I’ve been present. And then when they said, ‘Strange Loop, best musical,’ I was cheering for them. And once we get on the stage, everybody started chanting, ‘EGOT, EGOT,’ and I was like, ‘Wait, what?’ It blows me away.” Jennifer recently had a Dreamgirls reunion with Beyonce!
