The Amazing Race 2025 leaked salaries expose odd element about Channel 10 contracts

The third consecutive movie star season of The Amazing Race Australia premiered on Monday evening with 13 star-studded groups starting their journey world wide. This yr’s solid contains actors, comedians, sports activities stars, actuality TV personalities, social media sensations, and even a royal.

While the contestants are all battling it out to win the grand prize of $100,000 for his or her chosen charity, it’s no shock that additionally they obtained a formidable pay packet for his or her involvement within the present. Channel 10 spared no expense in signing up the all-star solid for the collection; nevertheless, not each movie star was paid the identical wage.

A manufacturing insider instructed PEDESTRIAN.TV that Melissa Leong, Gretel Killeen, Rob Mills, and Ed Kavalee every obtained $100,000 for his or her involvement on the present.

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It’s protected to imagine that footballer-turned-radio host Brendan ‘Fev’ Fevola was additionally one of many highest-paid contestants this yr, as he beforehand revealed that Channel 10 paid him $500,000 for his stint on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! in 2016.

Meanwhile, YouTube stars Dom ‘Tomato’ Di Tommaso and Marx Marsters, comic Steph Tisdell and her brother Ben, and Balinese princess Lindy Klim and her daughter Stella had been reportedly paid much less however “ended up bringing way more heart to the game”.

Leaked salaries expose odd contract element

Ed Kavalee’s six-figure wage is arguably probably the most stunning, as he and his spouse, Tiffani Hall, had been the primary workforce eradicated in Monday evening’s episode. The energy couple selected to take a time penalty after scuffling with the Detour, which made them the final workforce to verify in on the Pit Stop.

This means that, in contrast to different actuality exhibits the place contestants’ salaries are decided by how lengthy they continue to be within the competitors, Channel 10 paid every of this yr’s solid members a one-off look charge.

How a lot cash had been final yr’s contestants paid?

An insider instructed Yahoo Lifestyle final yr that Olympian Ian Thorpe was paid round $350,000 for his look on The Amazing Race Australia alongside his good friend Christian Miranda. Channel 10 persona Peter Helliar was believed to be the second-highest-paid contestant on the present, with host Beau Ryan hinting that he was on “a few hundred [thousand]”.

Meanwhile, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Matildas teammates Chloe Logarzo and Emily Gielnik, former AFL star Billy Brownless, and martial artist Tai ‘Bam Bam’ Tuivasa had been believed to have been paid an estimated wage between $50,000 and $75,000.

Model Jett Kenny, comic Luke McGregor, DJ Havana Brown, nation singers Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley, and actuality TV couple Cyrell Paule and Eden Dally had been mentioned to have been within the lower-paid bracket, taking house as much as $50,000 every.

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Beau Ryan’s stunning wage

Beau revealed on The Kyle & Jackie O Show in 2021 that he was paid a whopping $800,000 to host the reboot of The Amazing Race Australia.

TV consultants later clarified that this was ‘part of a multi-year deal’ with Channel 10, with Beau later competing on the 2022 season of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and internet hosting each Top Gear and the reboot of Gladiators Australia in 2024.

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