Elena Davies.Photo: gotpap/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images
Big Brotheralum Elena Davies is getting candid about the costs of being on the CBS show and the financial compensation.
Davies, 30, who starred onBig Brotherseason 19, opened up toBachelorettealumJason Tartickon his Monday episode of Dear Media’sTrading Spacespodcast about the non-negotiable pay contestants on the show get.
“We’re paid a stipend per week. $1,000 a week for as long as you film. Say you are the first person sent home and you only spend six hours in the house, you get $1,000,” Davies told Tartick, 32. “I was in the jury house, so I technically filmed the entire season. I got paid the entire 13-week stipend.”
Elena Davies on Big Brother.Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty
In addition to the stipend and challenge winnings, the winner of the game show gets $500,000 and the runner-up gets $50,000.
Prior to Davies making her debut on the CBS show in 2017, she said she spent nearly $5,000 ahead of the series on things like Botox, hair styling, clothes for the casting interviews, and stocking up on cosmetics and products she would need for three to four months of potential filming. She ended her season in 10th place.
Elena Davies.Cliff Lipson/CBS via Getty
“I got paid almost as much as I got paid forBig BrotherfilmingEx on the Beach, but I only filmedEx on the Beachfor five days because I was the first person that they sent home,” the reality star revealed. “I just negotiated better than other people that I know.”
Davies explained that she asked for three weeks' pay guaranteed regardless of whether she went home earlier. “I want to say that my stipend was $4,500. I made it out with maybe $17,000 from this show, and that was just me really playing the game,” she said. “Even when they wanted to fly me back to shoot just my headshot — because why wouldn’t I shoot that while I was there? — I was like, ‘I want my weekly stipend.’ I flew in at 11:00 at night, and I was on the flight the next day at 9:45 in the morning. And I got paid my weekly [stipend] for that.”
Davies' revelation comes months after Tartick andBachelorettealumDean Unglertdished on their salaries for appearances on shows in the ABC franchise.
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Both Unglert, 30, and Tartick were offered $600 a day to be onBachelor in Paradise— although the latter, who is now engaged to formerBacheloretteKaitlyn Bristowe, declined to be on the series.
They also said they were also approached about taking on a leading role onThe Bachelor. Unglert was offered $75,000 for season 22, which ultimately starredArie Luyendyk Jr., while Tartick was offered $100,000 for season 23. He said his fellowBachelorettealumsBlake HortsmannandColton Underwoodreceived the same offer, and Underwood ultimately took on the gig.
source: people.com
