Katy Perry: Bumper deal for US X Factor job. Pic: TalkbackThames
Katy Perry has been offered £220,000 a week to become a full-time member of The X Factor panel for the planned US version of the show, a report has claimed.
Sources told a tabloid newspaper that the 25-year-old has been offered a salary of $340,000 to sit on the panel next year.
A source told the Daily Mirror: "Simon Cowell wants to get the judging names signed, sealed and announced within six weeks.
"He wants at least one massive American star, someone who is known globally, plus one Brit and at least one authoritative male.
"Katy was thrilled, especially by the package which is said to be a $340,000-a-show deal."
The insider claimed that the entertainment mogul had considered making an offer to Jennifer Lopez.
The source added: "Lopez was a serious consideration as was her husband Marc Anthony. Mariah Carey's other half Nick Cannon is also in the frame.
"But Katy really came on Simon's radar after the Dublin auditions. She absolutely nailed it. She was a natural."
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