The deal, believed to be the richest ever for a reality TV host, will see the 34-year-old front Idol until 2012.

"Ryan is one of American television's most talented stars," Simon Fuller of show producers 19 Entertainment told the Hollywood Reporter. [Proving again that Fuller is a poor judge of talent and not very bright. Who else would pay someone who is so hated $15 million bucks a year to be annoying? (aside from NBC)] - more on this story

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