Jennifer Lopez 'Confirmed' to Rake in $12 Million as American Idol Judge 2.84K Brian Moylan 09/14/10 03:11PM Filed to: gigs gigs Jennifer Lopez American Idol Ellen Degeneres Defamer Gettypic Fb After much speculation, TMZ has "confirmed" that Jennifer Lopez will get $12 million to serve as an American Idol judge next season, replacing Ellen DeGeneres. And here I was hoping we were done with her already. [Image via Getty]