Wicked: For Good star Cynthia Erivo is one letter short of an EGOT (a performer holding an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony), and many thought 2026 could be the year she becomes the 22nd person ever to earn this title competitively. Erivo has blown audiences away with her performance as Elphaba a.k.a. the Wicked Witch of the West and is a shoo-in for 2026's Oscars Best Lead Actress category.

However, many are skeptical of Erivo's chances of actually winning the acting Academy Award, with competitors like Jessie Buckley for Hamnet and Renate Reinsve for Sentimental Value leading the race. But people also believed she would be eligible to win her Oscar for Best Original Song, as it was reported that Erivo collaborated on an original Wicked 2 song with Stephen Schwartz .

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