American Idol Salary: Pay Lee DeWyze, Crystal Bowersox, Ryan Seacrest, Ellen Degeneres, SImon Cowell

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American Idol Pay
The judges are making a lot of money - see below and at TV Personalities Salaries - but how about the contestants? Will it pay off for Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze?

American Idol winner Lee DeWyze gets $175,000 when recording starts, and the same amount when his first album "delivers". A second album makes anywhere between $275,000 and $550,000 depending on the success of the album. As for a third album: between $325,000 and 650,000. As for a fourth: between $375,000 - $750,000. As for a fifth: $450,000 - $900,000. And a six album is the jackpot: between $500,000 and $1 million.

The second place finisher Crystal Bowersox makes $150,000 when recording of her first album starts and another $150,000 upon delivery. The second album gets between $225,000 and $450,000 and so on.

As for the 3rd through 12th place idols: if the label signs them, the payment is a $100,000 when recording starts and another $100,000 upon delivery. But do we no any of them?

Source: TMZ.com
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Simon Cowell - Judge X Factor/former American Idol, English Artist and Repertoire Exec, TV producer - Born: 1959 UK - Single
- Annual: USD 80,000,000.00
- Monthly: USD 6,666,666.00
- Weekly: USD 1,600,000.00
- Daily: USD 320,000.00
Elllen DeGeneres - American stand-up comedienne and television hostess - Born: 1958 US - Married - Children: 0
- Annual: USD 55,000,000.00
- Monthly: USD 4,583,333.00
- Weekly: USD 1,100,000.00
- Daily: USD 220,000.00

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