Katy reportedly turned down a $20 million deal to judge the 12th season of ‘American Idol!’ A source close to the situation told HollywoodLife.com EXCLUSIVELY how this offer will affect the series. Read on for all the details.
Katy Perry has reportedly turned down the chance to judge on American Idol — a gig that would have placed her next to Mariah Carey.
Idol pursued Katy for weeks, eager to get her to sign on for one season of the hit reality series. They started the offer at $18 million, but threw even more cash on the table — $20 million, sources close to the production tell TMZ.
Unfortunately, Katy reportedly made it clear that money was not the issue. Not only would her schedule make it impossible, but Katy simply was not interested.
A source close to the situation told HollywoodLife.com exclusively, “Katy felt that judging on Idol is like appearing on DWTS, meaning your career is over or in a desperate need of a [overhaul] and Katy believes her career is only going up and she is strictly focused on her music. [Katy] also declined to appear on her own show for [the CW], so she doesn’t want to do anything else but new music and a new album.”
And news of Katy’s offer may hurt Idol producers. Our source continued, “All potential judges that have been mentioned are still in contention, but Idol put themselves in a hole as everyone wants way more money then they may even deserve since people like Katy have been offered 20 million.”
What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Should Katy be a judge on American Idol?
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Posted at 2:02 PM on August 25, 2012
Katy Perry makes somewhere between 35-50 million dollars a year. That’s what she was thinking. You are never going to get an established mainstream star in the prime of their career to sign on to one of these shows, no matter how much money you offer. Every single judge on one of these talent show competition is either trying to reignite their careers several years past their prime or trying to use this as an outlet to jump start their fledgling careers into mainstream stardom.