BIG BROTHER is set to return this weekend and viewers will be shocked to learn how little housemates are paid to appear on the show, compared to celebrity contestants. The civilian BB contestants enter the Big Brother house on Sunday, October 6 at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. Are Big Brother contestants paid? The Big Brother housemates do indeed get paid for appearing on the show.
The exact amount that ITV pay their contestants, has been kept a secret. Big Brother give you a little bit to help you, they do give you a subsidy. It's not a lot but they do help you.
But we do know that Channel 5 paid their housemates £50 a day. Big Brother 15 star Mark Byron said the showrunners help housemates by offering a small cash sum to tie them over with bills in the outside world while they're in the house. Read More on Big Brother Speaking to Liverpool Echo he said: "They give you a little bit to help you, they do give you a subsidy.
"I think, when I was on, it was only something like £50. It's not a lot but they do help you. "It was like £50 for every day you're in there which isn't a lot but if you're in there for 13 weeks it soon adds up.
" In the US, housemates are reportedly getting paid $1k each week, which amounts to £819 - so there is a big difference. Most read in Reality David Gest and Katie Price are among the highest paid celebrity contestants to ever appear on the show. The prize money for winning Big Brother is a whopping £100K, but there is no cash prize on Celebrity Big Brot.
