text: p>The winning prize used to be <a href="https://theblast.com/american-idol-madison-vandenburg-contract/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" data-ylk="slk:$1 million and a record deal" class="link rapid-noclick-resp">$1 million and a record deal</a>, however after the show was revamped, they lowered the amount.</p