7. X Factor USA: $3.5 million per episode
The American reality television, music competition was created by Simon Cowell and produced by FremantleMedia and Fox.
It is the show where new singing talents are discovered and where they are drawn from public auditions to compete against each other for votes.
The show began airing in 2011, after three seasons and respectively four winners, all ended.
The logistics of pulling together raw talents across the country aside, the major costs of the reality TV show where the celebrity judges’ talent fees, are all paid from the show budget, and that’s how the whopping $3.5 million per episode.
Just think how much money Britney Spears, Paula Abdul and Demi Lovato asked for their fees.
