With Paul Tazewell’s win at the 2025 Oscars, he’s now one key award away from pulling off a rare feat – a feat so rare that only 28 people have achieved it. The below-the-line winners of the 2025 Oscars have been incredible examples of the care, artistry, and dedication that go into creating the things we see on screen, and that includes costuming. With Wicked picking up all the major awards for costuming throughout the 2025 awards season, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that it would also win for Best Costume Design at the 97th Academy Awards.

Indeed, it did, with Paul Tazewell taking the stage to accept the prize. His speech was short and joyful, with the well-known and respected Broadway costume designer now breaking through to movie fans thanks to his incredible work on the movie musical adaptation. With his win, he’s now one step away from pulling off another historic achievement.

Paul Tazewell Just Needs A Grammy To EGOT After His Oscars Win

It’s Difficult But Not Impossible For Him To EGOT

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Paul Tazewell’s win was a historic one. As he said right in his acceptance speech, he is the first Black man in Oscars history to win for Best Costume Design, and the standing ovation he got when he mentioned that shows just how respected he and his work are across the industry. That alone is incredible, and worth of celebration. But it’s even more exciting when you consider that Tazewell is now three-fourths of the way to achieving the coveted, rare EGOT cycle.

So far, he’s won three of the big four: the Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony. That just leaves a Grammy for him to win. Considering he’s a costume designer, it seems near impossible, but stranger things have happened, and there are plenty of categories that receive Grammys awards that aren’t televised – for example, Best Recording Package, which has to do with the art design for an album, which would be closer to Tazewell’s expertise.

Only 28 Other People Have EGOTed In History

And Only 21 Have Done It Compeтιтively

It’s hard to win even one prestigious award as the best of the best in one’s creative field, but to win in multiple awards shows across multiple disciplines is almost unheard of. It’s so rare that only 28 people have ever achieved the EGOT, and only 21 of those winners were compeтιтive – the other seven achieved it by winning special or honorary awards in at least one of the awards shows. With his Oscars 2025 win, Paul Tazewell just took a step closer to joining their prestigious ranks.

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