How Much Money Has Ryan Seacrest Earned from American Idol?
If you’ve been watching Ryan Seacrest on television for the past 20 years, you might be curious about his wealth and American Idol earnings. Along with hosting American Idol, Seacrest has also hosted Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, a chat show with Kelly Ripa, and his own radio show, On Air With Ryan Seacrest. Not to mention his work as an executive producer on reality television programs like Shahs of Sunset and Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
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How Much Does Ryan Seacrest Make From American Idol?
The Hollywood Reporter claims that Ryan Seacrest signed a $5 million per season deal to join American Idol. Additionally, in 2009, Seacrest agreed to a $45M contract to keep hosting with a $15M salary. The 48-year-old received $15M every season up to 2015, which was also the show’s final season.
It’s unclear how much Seacrest is currently paid for the American Idol reboot. The Wall Street Journal believes that he makes $12 million per season, which is still $3 million less than when American Idol was on FOX, while Page Six reports that he makes $15 million per season, which is equal to what he made prior to the revival of American Idol. Adding everything up, he has made as much as $153 million from Idol.
It appears that the American Idol revival on ABC won’t be slowing down anytime soon. The series has decent ratings, and the network keeps spending a lot of money to successfully relaunch the franchise. Ryan Seacrest’s position as the face of American Idol will undoubtedly exist for as long as he desires to continue hosting the program, which is a relatively uncommon occurrence in Hollywood.
What Is Ryan Seacrest’s Net Worth?
Have you ever pondered Ryan Seacrest’s net worth? According to Celebrity Net Worth, Seacrest has a net worth of $470 million, with an annual income of $75 million. His years of successful work as a radio and television presenter, as well as his work as a producer and an entrepreneur, are the source of this enormous money.
In a 2015 interview with GQ, Seacrest discussed how he handles his several roles. “I actually don’t know the answer,” Seacrest said when asked how many jobs he has. “I’ve got three radio shows, American Idol, red carpets for E!, the production company, hosting New Year’s Eve, the clothing line, the Ryan Seacrest Foundation, so nine…close to ten.”
He continued,
“I work pretty fast and efficiently. Consolidation is something I’ve learned. I’ve got a lot of things in the same place. For instance, I’ve got a radio show, but then I can walk across the hall to the TV studio. Another thing that allows me to stay on top of things is that I’ve got a great team. I try to find an expert in each of the places I’m working, and I keep updated through them. It’s a puzzle each day, and at the end of the day I get an email brief of everything that happened in every division.”
On reality television programs like Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Denise Richards: It’s Complicated, Married to Jonas, The Wanted Life, Shahs of Sunset, Rob & Chyna, Life of Kylie, and The Kardashians, Ryan Seacrest also serves as executive producer. Additionally, he executive produced Netflix’s Insatiable, a scripted program.
Along with his work in television, Seacrest also has a successful menswear collection called Ryan Seacrest Distinction which he co-founded with Macy’s in 2014 and a beauty care line called Polished co-founded with a dermatologist in 2017.
Literally, name a job and Ryan Seacrest has done it. Impressive though!
Source: Hello Magazine
