18 December 2006
EXCLUSIVE: £20M PAY FOR COWELL
SIMON Cowell has landed an estimated £20million three-year pay deal with ITV, which makes him the best-paid star on television.
His package tops the £18million chat show host Jonathan Ross gets from the BBC.
The deal covers three more series of the X Factor and other projects, including his upcoming show Britain's Got Talent.
ITV announced it had agreed a deal with Cowell, 47, after the X Factor final on Saturday.
Cowell's firm Syco produces the show and he is the contest's best known judge.
An insider said yesterday: "It's a massive deal - around £20million.
"It's more than Jonathan's, but you have to remember ITV are getting X Factor as part of that package as well as Simon as a TV personality."
Mirror
