Simon Cowell Offered as Much as $144 Million per Year for New 'Idol' Contract

[dfergie]

Cowell, who reportedly made $36 million last year for judging the hit competition show, has been offered three or four times that amount -- between $100 million and $144 million per year

Source & More: nypost.com

 

[jessshaun]

Fox knows they have to do everything in their power to keep him. The show would die without him, probably not right away, but it would.

 

[Derwin0]

Fox knows they have to do everything in their power to keep him. The show would die without him, probably not right away, but it would.

Plus, if he left American Idol, he could jump over to America's Got Talent, which he owns.

Cowell on Talent would kill AI in a one on one competition.