The eye-watering salaries of The Voice Australia judges revealed
The Voice Australia has revamped the lineup of the judges for the 2024 season, with American music icons Adam Lambert and LeAnn Rimes joining Aussies Guy Sebastian and Kate Miller-Heidke.
As the new American talent joins the show, Seven are reportedly paying big buck for the international stars after their salaries were leaked by Yahoo News.
According to the publication, an alleged source claims that Adam and LeAnn "are believed to be receiving between $750,000 and $1.2 million" for the single season of the show.
Meanwhile, Kate Miller-Heidke "is believed to be receiving upwards of $500,000" for her first season on the show.
Veteran judge Guy Sebastian allegedly started on $750,000 per season in 2019, "but this is believed to now be worth $1 million".
These new judges are getting "considerably less" than outgoing coaches Rita Ora and Jason Derulo, Yahoo alleges.
According to a production insider, the reason for the switch-up of judges was the star's pay cheques, and a desire from producers to keep costs down.
The insider said the program has been wanting a change in judges lineup for a quite some time, adding that salary increases are necessary to keep returning stars on the show and the price tag for the former crop was "too expensive".
"The company line was that Jessica, Rita and Jason were all too busy, but I don't think anyone is too busy to pick up these sorts of pay cheques. It certainly did have a lot to do with keeping the costs down."
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