Shocking Dancing With the Stars salaries leaked as Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney tops pay bracket
Salaries for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars Australia have reportedly been leaked with Gold Logie winner Rebecca Gibney securing the biggest payday.
The long-running dance juggernaut sees a group of Aussie celebrities battle it out on the dancefloor for the iconic Mirror Ball Trophy.
Dancing With The Stars is set to return to Channel 7 next week with 12 popular Australian celebrities set to tackle the foxtrot.
This year's cast features a variety of well-known TV presenters, actors, newscasters and sports stars 'competing for a charity of their choice'.
Stars also receive a participation fee for their appearance on the show, which was entirely pre-recorded in Sydney earlier this year.
According to a production insider who spoke to Woman's Day, the 2025 cast has been split into three different pay brackets to reflect their star power.
Industry veterans Rebecca Gibney, ex-Bachelor host Osher Günsberg, and comedian Shaun Micallef are reportedly each earning $100,000 to take to the dance floor.
Gibney, who won the prestigious Gold Logie in 2009 at the height of her Packed to the Rafters fame, is arguably the biggest name from this year's contestants.
Beneath the top three earners, Olympic swimming legend Susie O'Neill, AFL star Trent Cotchin and 7NEWS presenter Michael Usher are reportedly receiving a clean $47,000.
O'Neill, who won gold in both Atlanta and Sydney, was recently elected to the prestigious Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) board.
At the bottom end of the scale are Olympic boxer Harry Garside, comedian Felicity Ward, Home and Away star Kyle Shilling and 7NEWS presenter Karina Carvalho.
All four have reportedly signed on for the bargain price of just $27,000 in exchange for weeks of intensive dance training, minus management fees and tax.
The surprisingly paltry salaries come as free-to-air broadcasters slash talent budgets in order to get more bang for their buck amid declining audience numbers.
This year's season of Ten's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Outta Here was reportedly the cheapest in the show's history.
'There's just nowhere near as much money in free-to-air television as there used to be,' an I'm A Celeb source told Yahoo! Lifestyle in January.
SkyNews.com.au has reached out to Channel 7 for comment.
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