Bad Bunny, Sabrina Carpenter bag first Emmys

Bad Bunny and Sabrina Carpenter won their first Emmys at the 78th Creative Arts Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday, putting both Grammy-winning artists halfway towards achieving EGOT status.

Neither star was present at the ceremony, and neither had addressed their wins on social media at the time of the report. Both already have Grammy wins, meaning they now need an Oscar and a Tony to complete the rare EGOT distinction.

Bad Bunny won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for his performance and production work on the Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show earlier this year.

The Super Bowl halftime show dominated the evening, taking home seven awards and becoming the most-awarded halftime performance in television history.

Carpenter won her first Emmy for her work as executive producer and performer on The Muppet Show. The television special, released in February, won four of its six nominations, including Best Variety Special (Pre-Recorded), the category in which Carpenter was recognised.

On Sunday afternoon, Carpenter took to Instagram to express her pride and gratitude for the win alongside the team behind The Muppet Show.

“A lot of love and happiness and hard work and diva fights went into making this special,” she wrote.

Both artists had already established successful Grammy-winning careers before their Emmy wins. Carpenter won two Grammys in 2025, while Bad Bunny has won six, earning his first in 2021. He has also received 17 Latin Grammys.

The evening’s other first-time winners included Octavia Spencer, who was honoured for her work in the true-crime series Lost Women of Alaska.

Overall, the halftime show was followed by The Traitors in total wins. The reality show, hosted by Alan Cumming, earned six awards, including Outstanding Directing for a Reality Program and Outstanding Host.

The Creative Arts Emmys precede the Primetime Emmys on September 14. In her opening remarks, stand-up comedian, actress and writer Wanda Sykes highlighted the importance of the ceremony and the technical categories it honours, including directing, writing, cinematography, hairstyling, makeup and sound mixing.

“Television isn’t made by a handful of people,” she said. “It’s made by thousands of talented people solving impossible problems together to create something great. So, the more excellence there is to recognise, the more time we should spend celebrating it.”