The Voice Australia judges’ massive salaries LEAKED – after major shake up that saw former mentors ousted
The Voice Australia has a new look with coaches LeAnn Rimes, Kate Miller Heidke and Adam Lambert joining series veteran Guy Sebastian.
And Channel Seven pays big money for the star cast, Yeah reported on Monday.
The publication has leaked the team’s salaries, with the highest amount going to the new American mentors.
A supposed source claims that Adam and LeAnn are “reportedly receiving between $750,000 and $1.2 million.”
Less goes to Australian Miller-Heidke, who is “expected to receive more than $500,000.”
Guy started in 2019 with a salary of $750,000 per season, ‘but that would be worth $1 million now’.
These new judges will be paid ‘significantly less’ than outgoing coaches Rita Ora and Jason Derulo, Yeah claims, while Jessica Mauboy was at a lower level.
Ny Breaking Australia has contacted Channel Seven for comment.
The Voice Australia has a new look with coaches LeAnn Rimes, Kate Miller Heidke and Adam Lambert joining series veteran Guy Sebastian. All pictured
According to a production insider, the reason for the change was the star’s salary and the producers’ desire to keep costs down.
The decision was made last year and the casting team had been looking for a while, the insider told Yahoo Lifestyle.
The insider added that salary increases are needed to keep returning stars on the show and that the price tag for the previous batch was “too expensive.”
‘The company argument was that Jessica, Rita and Jason were all too busy, but I don’t think anyone is too busy to collect these kinds of salaries.
“It definitely had to do with keeping costs down.”
Fans of The Voice can expect to see Guy come into conflict with new coach Kate in upcoming episodes of the popular singing competition.
Channel Seven pays big bucks for all-star line-up
According to a TV insider, real tension arose between the usually mild-mannered 42-year-old pop star and fellow hitmaker Kate during filming.
Kate, 42, made her debut on the singing competition last week, alongside her new coaches, Rimes and Lambert.
“By bringing in two Americans like Adam and LeAnn, the producers thought there would be a battle of the countries – the US versus Australia – but the tension is between Guy and Kate, who really wanted to outdo each other in their coaching,” the source said. Now to love.
‘They are definitely each other’s biggest rivals and the other two [Adam and LeAnn] “I really don’t believe in that drama.”
The source also claimed that “the producers didn’t anticipate that two personalities like Guy and Kate would cause so much tension.”
Meanwhile, another insider close to the show claimed that Kate’s highly competitive style towards her fellow actors is being used by producers to ‘create’ drama.
Outgoing Voice Australia coaches Rita Ora, Jessica Mauboy and Jason Derulo will not be reprising their roles on the popular show (all pictured)