FOX president Kevin Reilly officially announced that Mariah Carey has signed on to judge American Idol this season. Reilly made the announcement during his opening speech at the 2012 Television Critics Association executive meeting. "We do in fact have one judge whose deal closed very recently," said Reilly, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "It's an artist that many contestants have tried to emulate. Because it really was concluded only hours ago our new judge couldn't be with us", he said.
The deal alllegedly estimated to be worth somewhere between $12 and $17 million is huge for a show that has suffered lagging ratings in comparison to other reality singing competitions like The Voice.
"It's the biggest recording artist that any of these [singing competition] shows have ever had," Reilly added. "It's an artist many of these contestants have tried to emulate. [The deal] only concluded only hours ago. Not being the only game in town we need to keep things fresh."
It's been rumoured that frontrunner Adam Lambert will take the second empty seat. Let's watch and see. And in reaction to her new signing, the diva said; "I am so excited to be joining Idol, I can't wait to get started."
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