Yes you read it right, there will be no guaranteed album for American Idol season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez.
Reports said that the first runner-up of American Idol season 11 is not being awarded a guaranteed album deal that comes with a $175,000 advance.
Here is an excerpt from TV Line:
The reworking of the prize package terms for Season 11 was discovered by the Associated Press upon review of show contracts from eight of the past 11 seasons.
Season 11 runner-up Jessica Sanchez is not guaranteed an album deal (with 19 Recordings Inc.) that pays a $175,000 advance, as Season 10 counterpart Lauren Alaina was, says the AP’s findings. Instead, the 16-year-old is subject to a “development” deal that could net her as little as $30,000 to $60,000, depending on how many singles 19 Recordings commissions.
Idol pacts also require winners and finalists to perform on tour and lend their likenesses to a Disney World attraction. On the plus side, Sanchez stands to reap $50,000 per public appearance. And if 19 does order an album, the $175K payout kicks in.
Season 11 Idol champ Phillip Phillips, however, will collect the same $300,000 advance given to predecessor Scotty McCreery upon delivery of his first album, the AP notes.
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