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Simon Cowell Offered Over $100 Million a Year to Judge American Idol
Vote for the Worst —
... Simon Cowell's negotiation tactics for his new contract with American Idol are apparently working. The New York Post reports that Simon is being offered between $100 million and $144 million a year to judge American Idol. Compare that to the measly $34 million he made judging the show last year. Since Idol makes about $900 million a year, is Simon worth 1/9 of the total profits? Probably. Even though he's a tool mouthpiece for the producers, we'd have no one to vote for if Simon wasn't telling the VFTW contestants that they're terrible and they should pack their ...
Simon Cowell To End Up Richer Than You No Matter What
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip —
... makes nothing more than this admittedly large performance fee and that’s the gap the Green deal hopes to fill.
That would ballpark the figure between $108 million and $144 million. Newsday TV critic Verne Gay thinks the figure is crap, but even if the offer on the table is for “only” two times Cowell’s current salary? That’s a pretty high per-barb rate for anyone.
[Guardian; HT NYP]
Simon Cowell Gets Paid The Exact Right Amount
Videogum —
... Simon Cowell is renegotiating his American Idol contract this week, and rumors are starting to circulate about how much he is going to make. Last year he made $36 million for making teenagers feel bad about themselves (something that most adults, and just fellow human beings in general, do for free). This year he could make as much as four times that amount. From the New York Post: ...
Simon Cowell Offered Crapload of Money to Re-up American Idol Contract
Vulture —
... tops the amounts raised for Africa by either 2007's or 2008's Idol Gives Back" telethons, but we're already sick of the clown judges on So You Think You Can Dance and America's Got Talent and since AI pulls down $900 million a year anyway, $140 million seems like a perfectly reasonable price for Simon. Also, paying out that much might make it difficult to employ four judges next season, and we'd totally approve of one losing her job.
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Simon Cowell To Make Over $100 Million A Year To Stay On Idol????
Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton —
... Cowell is being offered between $100 million and $144 million per year by co-producers Fox and 19 Entertainment to stay with Idol once his contract expires next May. ...
Simon Cowell Offered $144M For Another Year Of Idol. This Is Not a Typo
Evil Beet Gossip —
... As if I wasn’t astounded enough to read that Simon Cowell was paid $36M last season for his role on American Idol, his contract for next year offers up a salary of — having paralysis of the fingers trying to type this out — $144M. ...
Simon Cowell Offered $144M For Another Year Of Idol. This Is Not a Typo
Evil Beet Gossip —
... As if I wasn’t astounded enough to read that Simon Cowell was paid $36M last season for his role on American Idol, his contract for next year offers up a salary of — having paralysis of the fingers trying to type this out — $144M. ...
Simon Cowell scores $144m a year for Idol
Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog —
... “This is about properly owning himself. Everything he does - New formats and programs, not just the ones starring him,” a close friend told Post reporters. ...
$144 Million for Simon Cowell???
The Moviezzz Blog —
The NY Post is reporting that Simon Cowell is being offered $144 million, a year, to stay as a judge on AMERICAN IDOL. Once again, that is $144 million, a year, for at most 3 hours a week in front of a camera (and on the results show, he hardly speaks). Not a typo. $144 million. Three times what he is getting now. Anyone think he is worth it? Especially with IDOL not being quite the watercooler show it once was? I used to watch IDOL up until this past season (when I didn't care about any of the contestants) and Simon was the only judge that ever ...
Simon Cowell is Rich. Really Rich
notorious news —
... Including me. On top of that the guy is pretty good looking and seems to be able to land about any chick he wants. Yes. Yes. I want to be Simon Cowell. Source
$144M For Being A Judge On American Idol
Crazy Days and Nights —
... The NY Post is reporting that salary figures for Simon Cowell's renewal of his American Idol contract are leaking. This past year he made $36M for his five months of work being a judge on Idol. For his next contract he would like a raise to the tune of $144M for his five months on the show. Umm, that is a ridiculous f**king amount of money for someone who speaks about 6 minutes for every hour he is on the air. To be fair, lets say there are about 25 episodes of Idol. In addition to those there are the audition cities where Simon has to put in almost an 8 hour day four or five ...
Simon Cowell Offered $144 MILLION A Year to Stay on 'American Idol'
Scrapper's Place —
... Everyone loves to hate Simon Cowell, now here's one more reason to add to that running list. He made $36 million last year as judge of American Idol and when his contract expires next May, Fox is willing to pay up to $144 million (no, that's not a typo) to keep him on the top-rated show. Wow! source
Simon Cowell’s Idol Salary May Rise To $144 Million
TFL Scandalist —
... . But when it came time to renegotiate his contract this year, rumor has it that Cowell knows the show would be lost without him and he’s gunning for more money, to the tune of up to $144 million a season. ...
Simon Cowell Wants $144m a Year For American Idol
Showbiz Spy - celebrity news, rumors & gossip —
Is Simon Cowell worth $144m a year? Simon Cowell Well that’s what he wants! The British meanie is currently in the midst of renewing his contract with American Idol . He reportedly made $36 million last year for judging the hit TV talent show — and has now been offered three or four times that amount. The New York Post reports : EARLY salary figures from Simon Cowell’s “American Idol” contract negotiations are leaking out and they’re eye-popping. Cowell, who reportedly made $36 million last year for judging the hit competition show, has been offered three or four times ...
Simon Cowell Is About To Get A MAJOR Rai$e
the.LIFE Files - "Welcome To Exclusiveness" —
... The condescending American Idol host is reportedly in serious negotiations to have his salary to take part in the hit show we hate raised from about $36 million last year to somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 - $144 million this year. All that to break some little kids heart…. ...
Simon Cowell Is Worth Every Penny
Dlisted - Be Very Afraid —
Last season, Simon Cowell was paid $35 million for American Idol. This season, Simon will get anywhere from $100 million to $144 million. That's what The New York Post is claiming. Meanwhile, Paula Abdul continues to get paid in Adderrall pills bought from the internet and handwritten I.O.U. notes. Simon's contract is up in May and he knows very well how important he is to American Idol. The reality crap fiesta brings in almost $1 billion in ad revenue and Simey believes he deserves a nice slice of that. Yes, what you probably make a year, Simon is going to make an hour. ...
Simon Cowell is richer than you
The Blemish —
... Simon Cowell made $36 million last year for judging American Idol, but his contract expires in May. The co-producers of FOX and 19 Entertainment must really love him because they’ve offered him between $100 million and $144 million per year to stay. More than four times his previous salary. ...
Simon Cowell Snags $144 Million for ‘Americal Idol’
Hollywire.com —
... This is ridiculous. We all knew that the AI judges were negotiating their contracts, but seriously. Does Simon Cowell deserve a 400% raise from his $36 million he made last season? New reports say that’s what Cowell may pocket thanks to new contract ‘Idol’ negotiations. According to a report in The Guardian ( via the New York Post ) , Cowell has reportedly been offered between $100 million and $144 million per year to stay on as an ‘Idol’ judge. His current contract is set to expire in May. In my opinion I don’t think anyone deserves that kind of money, especially not now ...
Simon Cowell's Job Description: Being a Prick. Compensation: $144 Million
CelebNewsWire —
... Face it, the world isn't fair. You work you ass off asking people if they want fries with that, and you can barely afford the maintenance on your Pinto. But all Simon Cowell has to do is tell some delusional 18-year-old that he sounds like a raccoon stuck in the blades of a manual lawn mower and he gets millions of dollars thrown at him. Make that millions and millions and millions of dollars, if rumors about his contract negotiations are to be believed. Says the New York Post: ...
Cowell hunting a cash cow before returning to American Idol
TV Squad —
... The U.K. and U.S. tabloid press reports that Cowell is negotiating for more than $140 million to return to Idol. That's just a slight raise over the reported $36 million he made for sitting on his backside and ridiculing warbling wannabes last year. ...
Random Musings: MELROSE PLACE, Simon Cowell, NIP/TUCK & More!
the TV addict —
... Is Simon Cowell really worth $144 million a year? And if the show truly believes the nasty Brit is the big draw, what does that say about us as an audience that we tune in to hear him being a jerk? ...
Just In Case You Needed Another Reason to Loathe Ryan Seacrest
Gawker: defamer —
... has received a three year, $45 million contract extension, plus a $300,000 annual "expense account." Maybe those rumors about Simon Cowell getting $144 million are true? [ ...
Just In Case You Needed Another Reason to Loathe Ryan Seacrest [Enigmas]
Gawker —
... has received a three year, $45 million contract extension, plus a $300,000 annual "expense account." Maybe those rumors about Simon Cowell getting $144 million are true? [ ...
