The rankings for the 2013 list cover the time period from May 2012 to May 2013. Former "X Factor" U.S. judge Spears was ranked No. 6 on Forbes' Most Powerful Celebrities list in 2012, but in 2013, she dropped off the list. Her disastrous, one-season stint as an "X Factor" judge (for which she was reportedly paid $15 million) did not help her celebrity status and in fact seems to have hurt her celebrity status, according to Forbes. When Spears was on "The X Factor" U.S., ratings dropped from 12 million U.S. viewers per episode to 8 million U.S. viewers per episode, according to the Nielsen Company. She was also panned by critics and viewers, who described Spears as a "dull" and "robotic"...
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