Simon Cowell Hired Paula Abdul For The X Factor?
As we all know, the new season of American Idol is set to air without Paula Abdul, but that doesn’t mean she and her craziness is off our screens for good if new rumors are to be believed.
Paula, who is still friends with Simon Cowell, quit her judging duties on Idol because they wouldn’t pay her $10 million per season of the show. Now she has reportedly signed a $4.5 million contract with Cowell to judge on the US version of The X Factor.
The X Factor replaced Pop Idol in the UK a few years ago and has since become the most watched TV show on that side of the pond, which means Cowell is wanting to bring the show over to the US in 2011.
A source said, “Simon flew Paula to London and wined and dined her relentlessly over the course of several days, even introducing her to everyone who works on X Factor. But what really clinched the deal was Simon’s pledge that she wouldn’t have to deal with all the nonsense and infighting that she hated on Idol.â€
I sure hope Paula Abdul did her research on the show before signing the contract because there is even more fighting on The X Factor than there is on American Idol. It is rumored that Sharon Osbourne left her judging job on the show because of fighting.
Either way, The X Factor is way better than American Idol so the sooner it is on US TV the better.
source: Simon Cowell Signs Paula Abdul To $4.5 Million-A-Year Contract With “The X Factor?†[Popcrunch]
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Actually Paula flew to London (on October 7th) to celebrate Simon’s 50th birthday with him. Simon has not even signed with a network in the U.S. to air X-Factor, so it is unlikely that any contract with Paula has actually been finalized. She probably will be on the show, but that remains to be seen. They may have discussed the X-Factor while she was in London, but according to Paula, that was not the reason for her trip.