Mariah Carey – Highest Paid American Idol Judge

Mariah Carey recently became not only the highest paid judge on American Idol, but the highest paid judge on reality tv. With being the new judge on American Idol, for  1 year she will make $18 million. This puts her ahead of Jennifer Lopez, who contract was $12 million and Britney Spears who is getting paid $15 million to be a judge on X Factor. Mariah’s recent comments about working on the show.

“It’s gonna be so much fun working on American Idol. As a singer-songwriter, I’m excited to help find and nurture new talent. LYM! – MC”

I bet, I could fine tune some ametuers for $18 million.

[via TMZ]