Pia Toscano - $100,000 payday for private event

Pia Toscano is making the big bucks! And American Idol hasn't even crowned a winner yet!

Is this allowed by her contract? First Dancing with the Stars, now this. This is the first time I've heard that a former contestant is "working" while the show is still going on. And we all know TMZ is being fed this information by FOX... just sayin.

Hey, I heard that Sanjaya Malakar made that kind of money after his season, so good for Pia!

From TMZ:

"American Idol" reject Pia Toscano just signed a deal to make $100,000 in ONE NIGHT -- and all she has to do is sing a couple of songs at a private event ... TMZ has learned.

Sources connected to the deal tell us ... Pia has agreed to perform at a private birthday party on May 8th ... which happens to be Mother's Day. We're told the deal will only require Pia to perform a small handful of songs.