Who was the highest paid judge of American Idol till now?

Up until now, the highest paid judge of American Idol would be Katy Perry. She is making about twenty-five million per year to judge American idol. The next highest paid judge of American Idol would be Jennifer Lopez who made twenty million dollars per year for her 2011-2012 season Mariah Carey received eighteen million dollars for the season of 2012-2013. Even though it seems that the female judges make the most money compared to the male judges, it is actually different on similar reality television singing competition shows.

Simon Cowell who was on American Idol and then went on to be on The X Factor made a whopping seventy-five million dollars for his 2012-2013 season. Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears make a lot of money for judging on their shows.