American Idol Top 5 to work at Disney World

As part of the contract this season on American Idol, the Top 5 are required to work at the American Idol Experience at Disney World for an entire day. TMZ reports that the contestants will earn $50,000 for their all-day work. Not bad! That's like going on the tour but for less time.

This is a good move for Idol -- now aside for trying to reach the Top 10, contestants can look forward to making it to the Top 5 to get extra money. I approve of this!

The winner will earn a bit more for their Disney World gig.

From TMZ:

The final 5 contestants on "American idol" better LOVE Disney World -- because once the show is over, they'll be working their asses off at the Happiest Place on Earth ... at least temporarily.

According to one of the contestant's contracts, obtained by TMZ, each of the final 5 contestants is required to put in a day's work post-"Idol" at the new American Idol Experience at Disney World -- taping a performance for later use on the attraction.

Lucky for them, they're not working for free -- according to the deal, the 2nd through 5th place contestants will earn $50,000 for the day's work ... much more than most Disney employees can say.

-- the winner gets paid handsomely for the job ... $200,000.