Britney Spears is thisclose to becoming the new judge on Simon Cowell’s X Factor. The pop-princess would join Cowell and L.A Reid and become the highest paid next to American Idol’s JLo who gets $12 mil.
According to E! News, after weeks of heavy negotiating, Britney’s team has finally agreed to a $15 million fee for the role.
“Both camps were back and forth on the money but now they have finally come to agreement on the fee,” says one insider with intimate knowledge of the pending deal. “That was the big sticking point and now, thankfully, it’s been sorted. All they need to do now is work out the smaller points. The fact the money is now set, means that there is nothing stopping this from becoming a reality.”
And this will be a package deal: coming along for the ride with Britney is fiancé Jason Trawick who would become a producer. Apparently, Spears leans on Trawick a lot for everything and he would be very involved.
Whether she would be taking over for Paula Abdul’s spot or Nicole Scherzinger or both is to be determined.
In a conference call, which took place before Spears’ deal was imminent, Cowell waxed lyrical about his new judge, “The fact that she’s one of the most talked about—not just pop stars, but people—in the world today means that you’ve got this star power. She’s still hot, she’s still having hit records, and she’s still controversial. There’s a reason for that.”
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