As we know Katy Perry is going to be a judge on ABC’s version of American Idol and it is rumored that she is getting $25 million for the gig. A number that reportedly isn’t sitting well with Ryan Seacrest. According to Page Six, he was only offered just over $10 million and he feels as the only original member of the singing competition left, he should make more than the newcomer.
While I get his point, I can see ABC thinking why should we pay him twice since they are already paying him for Live with Kelly and Ryan. Plus, Idol is costing ABC a lot of money and the chances of them making it back are going to be hard. At least according to CBS, who said it would take a 35 share to break even and that is why they turned it down.
Oh and Page Six also says that Perry isn’t making $25 million to do Idol. Which is a good thing because I don’t think she is worth that. Heck I don’t I even think she is worth a quarter, but that is me. I just don’t see people tuning in for her. Would you tune in for her or do you think they should have gone with someone else, anyone else?
Vanity Fair was inspired by Katy Perry’s single Bon Appétit and decided to have some fun with her. They decided to turn the musical artist into a real artist. They asked her to be a work of art as they put her in a table with just her head showing through. To make it more of a masterpiece, her head was served on a silver platter. Then they brought guests in to look at the still life that wasn’t so still and because of her new hair no one knew it was her. Which is why they were more scared when they found out it was her.
Actually most of them were unimpressed, which can you blame them? The only people who don’t know that people are over her are the ones who hired to be on American Idol. Me and ow!
Last week ABC announced that were bringing American Idol back for a 16th season after it only being off the airwaves for just a season. Today, they announced their first judge and it is Katy Perry. She needs them more than they need her because her career is tanking. Her last few songs have been failures and now she is going on a World tour. It used to be if you did Idol, it helped your sales, but I don’t think people will tune in for her. Yes, she is a name, but she is not well liked. In addition, she screams desperation. It is going to be all about her and she will talk over everyone. She is just so last Friday night.
And that is one of the problems Fox had with Freemantle and the show. Fox wanted a new panel for season 15, but Chairmen & CEOs, Fox Television Group, Dana Walden said they wouldn’t do it. Then she elaborated why they wouldn’t do it and the consequences, “They felt it took a long time to find the chemistry that existed with Jen and Harry and Keith. They ultimately said to us they would rather rest the show after this season than make any changes and try out a different panel and we respected that. That’s when we decided to call it the Farewell Season.”
She was right, and Freemantle was wrong. The Voice knows how to pick they type of Coaches that people like and will tune in for, while Idol did not and seems does not. I mean Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban was so turn of the Century and Harry Connick Jr was so last Century. And that is why their ratings plummeted 70% in the last 4 years. Because of the declining ratings, Fox asked them to make some trims and they wouldn’t.
Fox also feels that it is too early to bring back the show per their research and fan boards. Fox wanted to wait until 2020, but on the conference call Walden said that Freemantle wanted to bring it back now. Walden’s theory on why they might have rushed to get it back on the air so quickly is because as she explained, “Then I think probably all of you saw RTL’s earnings call last week. They lost revenue from not having this show on in the U.S. That’s meaningful, when you’re running a public company.”
All in all Walden felt during their initial meetings that, “…it would be extremely fraudulent to bring the show back quickly, that our fans would not appreciate being told one thing and then have the show brought back right away. We and Fremantle just had very different points of view.” Come Spring of 2018, I am sure ABC is going to feel the same way as Fox.
How do you feel about American Idol coming back in 2018? How do you feel about Katy Perry as a judge?
For years, Katy Perry had the same hairstyle, but with different colors. Today on Ellen she tells Ellen DeGeneres there is one color her hairdo couldn’t handle, and that shade is the one she was born with.
About a month ago, the California Gurl tried out the Justin Bieber/Miley Cyrus cut and dyed her blonde. Only problem is she went too blonde and her hair started to fall out. Therefore, she did the only thing she could do and got the Ellen.
She says that people like it, to her face I am assuming, because I don’t think it works with her face. Or the beauty of her face as she says what people tell her.
Now we can discuss the rumors of her going to American Idol. If they want the show to be a hit, then I think they need to look for someone else. She will be like J-Lo all over again. She is a good name on paper, but people don’t like her. She tries too hard and that gets so annoying real fast. Especially if you are going to have to listen to her 3 hours every week.
Katy Perry posed for Vogue in an I-don’t-know-what-type-of outfit, and she asked for help to get herself out it. Would you help her? I know, I would not. Ten years ago, maybe. Today, not so much.
