http://www.tvguide.com/news/katy-perry-american-idol-salary

"Katy Perry gives the reboot both the dazzle factor and gravitas it needed to work," says Malcolm Venable. "Katy Perry's animated, exaggerated pop persona make it natural to assume she'd bring her cheeky, squeaky fun to show and she does. But she also brings the realest critiques, and often leading the show's conversation rather than her male counterparts (which was par for course when Simon Cowell judged the og version). Could this be a chicken/egg situation, in which her male co-stars Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan knowingly accept that they're salary inferiors and get in line? Perhaps. But now that the show has aired, Katy is showing why she's worth the top earning slot: she's not only the most relevant pop culture figure on the panel in 2018, she's also the best judge." ALSO: Why Idol can't recapture its former glory (https://www.buzzfeed.com/pdominguez/why-katy-perry-cant-save-american-idol).

Katy Perry is the main reason I'm not watching the reboot. I can't stand that female.

I wholeheartedly disagree. From what I've seen from her so far, I'm disappointed, and we're only in a couple episodes.

Wendy Williams: Katy Perry hasn't shown she's worth her $25 million American Idol salary (http://toofab.com/2018/03/27/wendy-williams-katy-perry-american-idol-paycheck-nobody-cares/)
The daytime talk show host this morning criticized Perry for a cruel joke last night -- "it was not a $25 million joke, honey. "Williams also said that Perry doesn't look like somebody earning $25 million. "She looks cute, she's super talented, but this is not her thing to be judging on American Idol for $25 million," Williams said. "She's not delivering $25 million worth of delivery. She's wearing the same hair, switch it up a little bit. Remember how we used to watch American Idol to see what Jennifer Lopez was wearing? Wear some cool clothes and stop with the dumb jokes. Nobody cares."