By Pete Samson
SIMON Cowell has landed an estimated £20million three-year pay deal
with ITV, which makes him the best-paid star on television.
His package tops the £18million chat show host Jonathan Ross gets
from the BBC.
The deal covers three more series of the X Factor and other
projects, including his upcoming show Britain's Got Talent.
ITV announced it had agreed a deal with Cowell, 47, after the X
Factor final on Saturday.
Cowell's firm Syco produces the show and he is the contest's best
known judge.
An insider said yesterday: "It's a massive deal - around
£20million.
"It's more than Jonathan's, but you have to remember ITV are
getting X Factor as part of that package as well as Simon as a TV
personality."
