Nicki Minaj To Be Paid $12,000,000 As Judge on "American Idol"

Nicki Minaj just got a big cash break with being chosen to be a judge on this year's American Idol show...and she is to be paid a whopping $12,000,000 for a year deal. As X Factor and The Voice are more or less getting hotter than American Idol, it is not a surprise that they would snag up Nicki to get more viewers from the the millions of Nicki's teenage fanbase. I also like the fact that they got Mariah Carey as a judge too....she definitely has more experience with music than Minaj, and would make the show more credible.

But inside sources say the two (Minaj and Carey) didn't seem to get along on the first day on set, as Mariah kept cutting Nicki off while she critiqued contestants...and Nicki overrode her voice every-time by speaking louder, and ignoring her.


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The "American Idol" judges' panel is now complete with the naming of singer-rapper Nicki Minaj and country crooner Keith Urban. The Fox network officially tapped the pair with an announcement Sunday, confirming rumors surrounding them both just hours before the first round of auditions for next season was due to begin in New York. Minaj is getting $12 million for a one-year deal on the hit Fox singing series, a person in the music industry with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the deal. (Wall Street Journal)