Kelly Clarkson Tops The 2012 Top-Earners List for Idol

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By Nads | | 6:51 pm | 2 Comments
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Forbes did a video about Idol’s top earners (past contestants) for 2012. Kelly Clarkson was on top of the list earning $8 million this past year, and second on the list was a tie between Carrie Underwood, and Chris Daughtry. They both earned $5 million this past year. Scotty McCreery was fourth on the list earning $4 million. And fifth on the list was Jennifer Hudson.

Mind you, this is for the past year. I know Jennifer Hudson has earned more in the past…but Kelly is the queen of 2012 based on numbers. Side note: I can’t get over how much Scotty McCreery made. Four million dollars just seems absurd for Howdy Doody, doesn’t it? But there’s one thing we’ve learned from Idol– country music fans are loyal!

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Although comedy is her profession, Nadine has accomplished a lot in her young age. She is a national champion black belt, a world-class soccer player, and an avid snowboarder. She started playing soccer at the age of 4, and continued playing through college where she majored in Biology, but quickly realized her destiny was to tell jokes, not to wear a lab coat. So she decided to be funny while finishing her Bachelors Degree in biology and continued on to get her M.B.A. Nadine’s comedy style is much like her athleticism, fearless. She’s made her way up the comedy ladder very quickly, and has become a club favorite at many of the country’s top comedy clubs, including the Improv chain. Performing in the Boston Comedy Festival and being noted as the “one of the youngest and brightest up and comers” and traveling to the Middle East to entertain the troops are just a few of her notable accomplishments. These days Nadine splits time between the stage, a radio studio, her computer blogging, and a television studio. Nadine’s TV, Radio, Writing credits include: national commercials, talking head roles on E! Entertainment, Showtime’s Hot Tamales Live, The Skinny: Fat Free News, The Sunny Side of The Truth: Real World Hollywood, TVgasm, Zazreport, Daddy’s Girls, Jerseylicious, celebrity interviews on Mania TV, a weekly half-hour television show that syndicates to colleges across the country for National Lampoon and a nightly radio show on XM Satellite Radio.

2 Comments

  1. 1
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted January 30, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    Jennifer needs to start squeezing WW for more money.
    All that work to stay skinny, singing in their commercials, spinning around joyfully and shit, only to be beaten by the lovechild of Howdy Doody and Alfred E. Neuman.
    No ma’am.

  2. 2
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted January 31, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    Well, does this include Jennifer’s “Smash” money or does that count for 2013, when the show airs?

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