How much do celebrity dancers get paid
How Much Do Contestants, Pros Make?
Working hard for the money! Since Dancing With the Stars debuted in 2005, it has been a huge hit for ABC and has undergone plenty of changes — including the salary amounts that the cast earns.
When the show launched, Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning cohosted the first season. Samantha Harris replaced Canning for seasons 2 through 9 with Brooke Burke-Charvet cohosting for seasons 10 through 17. Erin Andrews stepped in for season 18 and remained by Bergeron’s side until season 28.
In 2020, ABC announced that the cohosts would not be returning for season 29. Instead, Tyra Banks stepped in. Despite mixed reviews from fans of the show, Banks returned for season 30 and season 31.
“I mean, you know, Tom Bergeron and Erin. They lead the show, this is one of the top-rated shows in the world,” the supermodel told Us Weekly exclusively when taking over in September 2020. “So [I’m] respecting the stage that they have set and then adding my icing to that. I feel confident about that, but of course, it’s a challenge, but I don’t back away from challenges.”
In addition to the host changes, the pro dancers also are switched up during different seasons. Artem Chigvintsev, for example, was cut from season 28 at the last minute of the show and was admittedly heartbroken over the experience.
“Obviously, it was a massive shock,” he said on “The Bellas Podcast” in August 2019. “It’s not even a job, it’s a lifestyle if you’ve been doing it for a very long time. There was never a thought in my mind that I’m not going to be doing it. … Getting this call, [hearing] ‘There’s gonna be no involvement in the show from now on,’ it’s like going through a breakup after 10 years.”
Luckily, the star was brought back for the following season and ultimately won with Kaitlyn Bristowe as his partner.
So, how much do the stars and pros make for their time on the reality competition series? Scroll down for everything we know:
Working hard for the money! Since Dancing With the Stars debuted in 2005, it has been a huge hit for ABC and has undergone plenty of changes — including the salary amounts that the cast earns.
When the show launched, Tom Bergeron and Lisa Canning cohosted the first season. Samantha Harris replaced Canning for seasons 2 through 9 with Brooke Burke-Charvet cohosting for seasons 10 through 17. Erin Andrews stepped in for season 18 and remained by Bergeron's side until season 28.
In 2020, ABC announced that the cohosts would not be returning for season 29. Instead, Tyra Banks stepped in. Despite mixed reviews from fans of the show, Banks returned for season 30 and season 31.
“I mean, you know, Tom Bergeron and Erin. They lead the show, this is one of the top-rated shows in the world,” the supermodel told Us Weekly exclusively when taking over in September 2020. “So [I’m] respecting the stage that they have set and then adding my icing to that. I feel confident about that, but of course, it’s a challenge, but I don’t back away from challenges.”
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In addition to the host changes, the pro dancers also are switched up during different seasons.
Artem Chigvintsev, for example, was cut from season 28 at the last minute of the show and was admittedly heartbroken over the experience.
“Obviously, it was a massive shock,” he said on “The Bellas Podcast” in August 2019. “It’s not even a job, it’s a lifestyle if you’ve been doing it for a very long time. There was never a thought in my mind that I’m not going to be doing it. ... Getting this call, [hearing] ‘There’s gonna be no involvement in the show from now on,’ it’s like going through a breakup after 10 years."
Luckily, the star was brought back for the following season and ultimately won with Kaitlyn Bristowe as his partner.
So, how much do the stars and pros make for their time on the reality competition series? Scroll down for everything we know:
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According to Variety, celebs get paid $125,000 for the rehearsal period and first two weeks that they’re on the show.
After the initial two weeks, stars are paid increasing salaries for every additional two weeks they last.
In 2010, the scale was $10,000 per episode for weeks three and four, $20,000 per episode for weeks five and six, $30,000 per episode for weeks seven and eight, and $50,000 per episode for the final two weeks.
While the above breakdown could result in $345,000, Variety reported in 2020 that the most a contestant can make is reportedly $295,000.
Although it hasn't been revealed how much Tyra Banks is earning, Tom Bergeron was reportedly earning around $150,000 per episode during his time as host. With 10 to 12 episodes per season, he would have made between $1.5 and $1.8 million a season.
According to multiple reports, the professional dancers are only paid $1,200 when first starting out. Their salaries increase per episode and change the longer they are part of the franchise. Returning pros reportedly make closer to $5,000 an episode.
“I was given the boot down to troupe for four or five seasons,” Lindsay Arnold opened up going from a season 16 pro to troupe member during a January 2022 appearance on Jason Tartick’s “Trading Secrets” podcast.
“In hindsight, I know that I wasn’t quite ready. I needed to find out who I was, first of all."
When DWTS bumped her down to background dancer, she alleged that her salary was cut by “more than half” and called it a “total pay cut.”
“As a backup dancer, back when I did it, yes, because there were two seasons a year,” Arnold added about her troupe salary, noting that having both fall and spring seasons doubled her paycheck. “But, with one season a year, no [I don’t think it’s livable], I guess it depends on the kind of life that you live, but living in L.A., paying rent, buying food there, paying for gas, like, you’d be really tight.”
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How much do the DWTS 2022 judges, contestants and professionals get paid?
FANS of Dancing with the Stars have long speculated how much the judges, cast, and pro dancers take home after every season.
With the new season on Disney+ right around the corner, fans are eager to know how much everyone is taking home.
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DWTS judges take home a large sum of money each seasonCredit: Not known, clear with picture deskHow much do the DWTS 2022 judges, contestants, and professionals get paid?
Each season, celebrities are paired with professional dancers and compete for a chance to bring home the Mirrorball trophy.
While only one couple can win the competition, not everyone goes home empty-handed, as most are still compensated for their time.
According to several sources, including Variety, the starting salary for celebrities is $125,000.
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This includes at least 20 hours a week of professional training.
For stars who make it to weeks three and four, there is also a bonus amount of $10,000 per week.
Week five sees an additional $15,000 tacked on, weeks six and seven add $20,000 per week, and weeks eight and nine equal $30,000 extra for the celebs.
There is also an additional $50,000 for those who make it to the semi-finals and finale.
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It is rumored that a starting salary for a pro is $1,600 per episode, but seasoned pros can make up to $5,000 per episode.
The reported cap for a professional dancer is said to be $100,000 per season.
In the early days of DWTS, it was reported that judges made $250,000 per season.
After Season 2, however, it has been reported that some judges can make up to $1.2million per season, as per ReelRundown.
While there might be several reports out there, neither ABC nor DWTS has ever confirmed these figures.
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DWTS celebrities are reportedly given a base salary of $125,000Credit: Instagram/ dancingwiththestarsWho are the current DWTS judges?
During Season 31, fans will see several returning faces on the judging panel.
This season's judges include Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and Derek Hough.
Tyra Banks will also return as host but will be joined this season by Alfonso Ribeiro.
When does Season 31 of DWTS begin?
The past few seasons of DWTS have been some of the most controversial ones to date.
Between hosting shake-ups, low ratings, and changing networks, some fans are even shocked the show is coming back.
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While many might have thought the show would end, it has since moved to Disney+ and will become the service's first live-streaming show.
New episodes of DWTS will be available to watch live on Disney+ starting September 19, 2022.
How much do dancers earn and how to become a professional - November 1, 2018
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It is never easy, but wildly interesting.
Members of the FAM Factory dance team told Sport24 about the difference between a professional team and an amateur one, how much coaches earn and how long it takes to become a good dancer from scratch.
Our team is called FAM Factory and has been around for a very long time. We regularly perform at the largest dance championships throughout Russia, we work at major events. Our choreographer, Yevgeny Kevler, is one of the top choreographers in Russia, staged dances for "Dances" on TNT, "Dance" on Channel One, and has brought up more than one generation of dancers. Our team is diverse - students, office workers, teachers and coaches, but they all have one thing in common - an unimaginable love for dancing.
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At first, technique is not so important, it comes with experience. It is worth paying attention to physical form, especially if you prefer styles that are characterized by frequent level changes or powerful energy: you may simply not have enough strength. The breather also needs to be developed: fast choreography cannot be danced to the end if the volume of the lungs is not enough. Many dancers take up running to develop their lungs.
And for the development of physical strength, functional training or crossfit are suitable - of all training, these will probably be the most useful in our business. If there is no time for this, then you need to at least minimally pump the press, do push-ups, squat. We sometimes conduct physical training classes at team training.
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and year, everything is very individual here. Many schools have their own reporting concerts and parties. As a rule, at such events, students go on stage for the first time.
If we talk about more complex numbers, then it takes a month and a half to set them up with 3-4 workouts a week for 2-3 hours. The mode of training in a serious team changes, especially if the number is complex and many dancers participate in it.
A fairly common occurrence is night workouts. As you might guess, they take place at night, and, as a rule, last 5-6 hours. It's not easy, especially at first and if you have to go to work in the morning, but it's also more efficient in terms of the speed of staging the show, and the result is definitely worth it.
Championships
In the dance world, the year can be conditionally divided into two seasons - spring and autumn. All this time, championships of various levels go one after another, the most "fruitful" in this regard are April and May, as well as November and December. As a rule, all groups put on a performance a month or two in advance, but it all depends on the level of training and available time for the dancers themselves.
In general, championships are a separate and very entertaining cuisine. Dancers are constantly preparing for some kind of competition, it rarely happens that you just come and hang out aimlessly. Everything is almost like in the movie "Step Up": the whole season is the process of preparing for the competition, and in the off-season, everyone either rests, or pumps, or shoots a video.
At dance championships there is always a division according to the level of training and age: children are separated from adults, beginners are separated from professionals. And within these categories, there is also style: hip-hop, ladies, contemporary.
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Our favorite nomination is best dance show. The name speaks for itself: there are no style bindings here, the main thing is the idea and combination of styles. At some major competitions, the styles used in the show must be declared in advance, at some there are no restrictions, only creativity. Now even in some championships there is a separate Show nomination, and a separate Performance nomination.
In the first case, the show should have a story and plot, in the second case, it is important who dances stronger, more powerful and cooler. And there are also solos with duets, which are not limited by styles at all, only by timing. In general, there are a lot of nominations. Beginners or people unfamiliar with dancing can get confused. But as soon as you immerse yourself in this world, everything becomes clear pretty quickly.
Refereeing at championships is always represented by top dancers: sometimes Russian, sometimes foreign, but always super authoritative. The evaluation criteria, like the judges, are also different, but they look primarily at choreography, technique, synchronism and creativity. You can earn money at good status tournaments. On average, you can get about 30 thousand per team for winning such a tournament. But it is not at all necessary that there will be prize money for winning any championship: somewhere the organizers limit themselves to cups and gifts from sponsors.
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Nutrition
Nutrition is a matter of personal preference. Most dancers are ordinary people, so until their legs start to fall off, few people even think about nutrition and injury prevention. Many are killed in training, and few people know how to recover, they do not take care. If you don’t eat normally, you may not have enough strength for the whole season. Protein and BCAAs often help out, but in reality, for some reason, few people use them.
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A: Regular exercise is usually enough to stay in shape.
Although, of course, you need to take care of yourself, but adults who have survived a couple of injuries or dancers who work in commerce are already thinking about this.
"Sneakers kill instantly"
As for clothes, this is a separate topic of conversation, which will take more than one hour. Firstly, the style of dance and what you dance in are very closely related. No one will go dancing popping in leggings or short shorts, twerk in sweatpants, too, you know, I don’t rub, like a strip in a baseball cap. Things are, of course, very important. You can't really train in Chinese sneakers. Not even because they are uncomfortable, they just fall apart in a moment. In general, if you danced at least once in shoes, then you can say goodbye to it - it only kills if you train often and for a long time. Especially for us, jazzfunkers, because a lot of techniques are combined, the foot is actively working. And it’s good for contemporary people in general: they dance barefoot in socks, and with simpler things - they put on something very wide and similar to oversized pajamas - and you are the most fashionable in the class.
Income and expenses
As for the payment for training for teams, it is similar to amateur sports sections: in many teams, participants pay a monthly fee, which includes the rent of the hall and the work of the choreographer.
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Is it possible to make money from dancing? Of course, there is plenty of work. First, dance schools. There are now ten of them at each metro station, a novice teacher, if desired, will quickly find a job. But if you want to get into a top school as a teacher, then you need to work hard, have a name, constantly upgrade, be socially active, shoot videos and shine at the same championships. The main thing is not to be lazy.
There is also such a great thing as commerce - these are corporate parties, working with stars, large events and the like. Such projects are well paid, and it is always interesting to participate in them. We somehow opened with our show a major event of stylists - Wella Trend Vision. There was so much creativity and creativity behind the scenes that we ourselves were inspired by the most do not indulge. It was very interesting to watch all this behind-the-scenes turmoil and the process of creating images.
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11 dancers who jumped into Hollywood stardom and much higher salaries
Becoming a great performer takes a lot of practice.
Reality shows that we all believe that someone can become a star for the night. However, if you look back at most of the contestants' success stories, 99% of them are working on a career in their chosen field since they were in diapers. For dancers, this is especially true. Unfortunately, due to the rigor of the profession and the demands on the body, a dancer's career can be over almost as soon as it begins. It is also an incredibly expensive calling, the cost of classes, shoes, clothing and any injuries all fall on the dancer. Hollywood has a surprising number of actors who started their careers as dancers. They made the jump to acting jobs for a variety of reasons, but the choice led to their global fame, longer careers and much bigger salaries . Not to mention they avoided hip replacement and knee surgery. Here are 11 actors who went from dance studio to film studio... and just how much money they made as a result.
Zoya Saldana
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Salary as a dancer: approx. 3000 DOP per month ($69 USD)
Salary as an actor: $2,000,000 + per movie
Before she was busy with her feet in movies like Star Trek, The Losers and Avatar, Zoya Saldana was, well, just her feet. She was a student at the respected ECOS Espacio de Danza Academy in the Dominican Republic, where she lived for six years. She took daily ballet, modern and jazz classes. After returning to the US, she turned her attention to musical theatre. She landed her first lead role in the 2000 film Center Stage. The film was about what else, ballet dancers are fighting. It was only from there. Her net worth as an actress is currently $14 million.
Lea Thompson
Salary as a dancer: approx. $600 per week
Salary as an actor: approx. $25,000 per episode for her series Switched at Birth
Lea Thompson did it in her time in the world of dance. She started dancing when she was in elementary school, and by the age of 14 she was receiving scholarships to major dance schools.
She went on to study at the American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet. From there, she danced with several companies - including the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Minnesota Dance Theatre, the Ballet Repertoire and the American Ballet Theatre. She was considered a dancer to watch. Then the famous dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who was then the artistic director of the American Ballet Theater, told her that her body type was wrong. "A fine dancer, but too stocky," he said. She shifted her focus to acting and went on to earn legions of fans with film and television projects such as Back to the Future, All the Right Moves, Some Kind of Wonderful, and the hit sitcom Carolina to the City. Her Net Worth as an actress makes $14 million.0003
Mia Wasikowksa
Salary as a dancer: approx. AU$600/week (US$550)
Salary as an actor: approx. At the age of thirteen, she went to school full-time and danced a full 35 hours a week. However, the bone spurs and pressure to be perfect finally proved too difficult.
She decided to shift her focus to acting when she was in high school and started working almost immediately. She began appearing on In Treatment in 2008. She has since starred in films such as Defiance, Amelia, Alice in Wonderland, The Kids Are Alright, Jane Eyre and Stoker and has projects lined up through 2015. .
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Salary as a dancer/actor: £550 per week (approx. A movie star married to fellow actor Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones was a lover of musical theater. She began training to be a triple threat when she was a child and went on to dance, sing and perform in professional productions of Annie, Bugsy Malone, The Pajama Game, 42nd Street and Opera, Street Stage , among other projects. She switched her focus to acting at the beginning of 90s and then took Hollywood by storm. However, she has since returned to her musical theater with great success, winning an Oscar for her performance in the film version of Chicago and a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway revival of Little Night Music.
She currently has a net worth of $45 million.
Penelope Cruz
Salary as a dancer: approx. 430 euros per week (about 600 US dollars)
Salary as an actor: 8,000,000 dollars per film
Penelope Cruz started dancing when she was in elementary school. She spent nine years focusing entirely on the art form, continuing to land at the prestigious Spanish National Conservatory. She spent three years there and continued her studies in New York. However, by her mid-teens she realized that acting might be more of a calling for her and she shifted her focus. She booked the job almost immediately, first learning when she was hired to host the Spanish teen talk show La Quinta Marcha when she was sixteen. She has had a very busy career in the US and Spain and has also won an Oscar and a BAFTA for her work on Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Like Catherine Zeta-Jones, she also recently returned to her dancing roots, performing a standout number in the film musical Nine.
She currently has a net worth of $55 million.
Zhang Ziyi
Salary as a dancer: approx. $1,800 CNY per week (about $300 per week)
Salary as an actor: $2,000,000 per film
dragon", "Rush Hour 2" and "House of Flying Daggers". Surprisingly, she is not trained in martial arts! Instead, the actress is an accomplished dancer who started learning dance when she was in elementary school. She continued her studies at the prestigious Beijing Dance Academy and then won the National Youth Dance Championship. However, instead of acting out her win at a dance company job, she turned it into a job in television commercials. Subsequently, she graduated from the Central Academy of Drama and since then has been constantly working in film projects in Asia and the United States. She currently has $100 million .
Jamie Bell
Salary as a dancer: £550 per week (approx. "Billy Elliott" video, about a small town boy with big dancing dreams.
History was not so far removed from his own. He grew up in a family of dancers and started dancing in the hallway outside of his sister's dance class when he was young. He eventually began his own training in dance, both in ballet and tap, but hid it from his circle of friends. His life as a dancer eventually became less secret as he began winning national and international tap competitions. He subsequently decided to shift his focus to acting. He got his start in musical theater and then won the lead role in Billy Elliott out of 2,000 young actors. He has since appeared in films such as Nicholas Nickelby, King Kong, Jumper, Jane Eyre and Man on Ice and has a net worth of $6 million.
Christopher Walken
Actor/Dancer Salary: $450 per week
Actor Salary: $2,000,000 + per film
Christopher Walken has appeared in everything from romantic comedies to western music videos. However, he started his professional career as a model and dancer and also worked as a lion tamer for a circus! He dropped out of college after landing the lead in the off-Broadway revival "The Best Foot Forward" opposite Liza Minnelli.
He continued his training as a dancer and appeared in numerous musicals before turning his attention to film and television work. His career is now legendary. The Oscar winner got the chance to push out his dance moves in several projects, including the movie Hairspray, as well as Fatboy Slim's wildly popular Weapon of Choice video. He has a net worth of $30 million.
Patrick Swayze
Salary as a dancer: approx. $600 per week
Salary as an actor: approx. $6,000,000 per movie
Before Patrick Swayze got the audience lost in Dirty Dancing, he was a dancer in New York. He grew up in his mother's studio in Texas and went on to study at the Harkness Ballet School and the Harkness Ballet School. Joffrey in New York. He began dancing professionally for Disney and then landed the role of Danny Zuko in the Broadway production of Grease. He also appeared in the Broadway production of Goodtime Charley, before films and television came onto the scene.
In addition to Dirty Dancing, his other hit films included Ghost, Point Break and Donnie Darko. He returned to his theatrical roots in the late 2000s, performing at Chicago. He passed away in 2009year. His net worth is $40 million.
John Travolta
Salary as a dancer: approx. $600 per week
Salary as an actor: $20,000,000 per movie
You didn't think these dance moves were in movies like "Saturday Night Fever", "Staying Alive", "Pulp Fiction" and Hairspray came out of nowhere? Following in her mother's footsteps, the actress became a drama teacher and his siblings, all of whom were performers, John Travolta first worked in musical theater. He dropped out of school to focus on performing and landed on his first gig with professional travel company Grease. (The film he would later star in.) He then appeared on Broadway in Over Here!. However, Hollywood was what it wanted to be. He left the world of musical theater in New York and went to make films.
His career has had its ups and downs. Interestingly, the projects that have been the most successful often show him dancing. Go figure. His current net worth is $165 million.
Alexander Gudonov
Salary as a dancer: $5,500 per week (ABT director)
Salary as an actor: $250,000
States in the late 70s. He started dancing when he was nine years old at the Riga State Ballet School. His classmate (and future boss) was Mikhail Baryshnikov. He continued to work as principal dancer with such internationally renowned companies as the Moscow Classical Ballet, the Bolshoi Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. He began his acting career after Mikhail Baryshnikov repeatedly fired him from the American Ballet Theater at 1982 year. He earned rave reviews for his work in his debut film Witness and then became a crowd favorite with his performance as Carl, the villain in Die Hard. However, his career was tragically short. He passed away in 1995.
