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Reality TV shows have become insanely popular over the last decade and have made numerous celebrities millionaires. It has become among the most watched TV genre and continues to grow each year along with the stars of each reality TV shows. Reality TV shows are responsible for making numerous celebrities famous including the Kardashian sisters. Listed below are the highest paid reality TV stars.
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel is considered to be the most successful among the alums of the Real Housewives franchise. In the first season of the Real Housewives of New York, Bethenny reportedly only made about $7,250 for the entire season. Being the good negotiator that she is, she said that she made sure that her contract stipulated that everything she will everything she does which turned out to be a wise decision when it came to Skinnygirl. With her skills as the great negotiator, she was able to negotiate her salary to increase big time. Upon her exit on the show, she was reportedly earning $1 million per season.
Lisa Vanderpump
Lisa Vanderpump is reportedly making $500,000 per season as a cast member of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. She became a household name upon making her debut in the show in 2010 and left the show in season nine after she had fallout with Kyle and the other housewives. During the time they were filming for the season three of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Lisa had launched her own Bravo spinoff called Vanderpump Rules which became a massive hit for the network. She is reportedly making $500,000 as a cast member of Vanderpump Rules and another $500,000 being among the executive producer of the show which makes her total salary of $1.5 million per season for the last few years.
Kendall Jenner
Kendall is the earning the least among her sisters since she appears less on the reality TV show and she is also not part of the creative behind the scene. Since she is busy with her modeling as well as her winery business, she is scene less frequently on TV. Despite this, she reportedly made $3 million to $4 million per season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kylie Jenner
With a net worth of $1 billion, Kylie is reportedly made about $4.5 million per season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. According to reports, after Kris Jenner’s cut from the siblings’ salaries, about $27 million is left from their deal with E! which would leave about $4.5 million per season once the amount is divided equally among the siblings.
Kourtney Kardashian
Just like her sisters Kendall and Kylie, Kourtney made millions from the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. She is among the sisters who are frequently seen on TV just like Kim and Khloe. With that being said, she is happily accepting a pay of $4.5 million per season of the show as well just like Kylie and Khloe.
Khloe Kardashian
Khloe appears on twenty episodes of one season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Just like Kylie and Kourtney, she earned about $4.5 million per season for doing the show. However, she is part of the creative behind the scene so she earned more than her sisters. Aside from being the star of the show, she is also enjoying her role as the executive producer of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. This adds up millions to her per season salary for the show.
Kim Kardashian
Just like her sister Khloe, Kim is also part of the creative behind the scene for Keeping Up with the Kardashians as an executive producer. On top of her earnings of $4.5 million per season as the star of the show, she is also making millions thanks to her executive producer credit on the show. She currently has a net worth of $1.4 billion thanks to her numerous businesses such as Skim and KKW Beauty. She is indeed an entrepreneur in her own right.
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest is the busiest host ever with all the shows he is hosting. Aside from hosting award shows like the Oscars, he is the main host of the shows iHeartMedia: On Air With Ryan Seacrest and American Top 40 With Ryan Seacrest which he was paid a massive amount of $25 million for a three year deal. It seems like it is not enough as he keeps grinding and one of his ultimate money maker is hosting the show American Idol which he is reportedly being paid around $10 million for hosting one season of the show.
Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell is among the most famous reality television show personalities over the years. Prior to his career as a mean judge in numerous talent shows, he was a television producer and music executive. Using his gift to scout talents with enormous potential to become a big star, he was being paid by different networks a massive amount of cash. It was revealed that he made a whooping $45 million for doing one season of America’s Got Talent.
Jonathan and Drew Scott
Twin Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott stars in The Property Brothers where they help couples find fixer uppers to transform it into their dream homes. The potential home buyers took a risk in order to make the vision of the twins happen. According to the reports the twin brothers earned half a billion dollars in 2019 just by doing the show. They current have combined net worth of $200 million which came off from their show The Property Brothers.
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Sources: The Things, IB Times, Style Caster, Meaww, In Touch Weekly
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