The fourth episode of Prime Video’s actuality competitors collection The GOAT, titled “The Hurricane,” sees Survivor winner Wendell Holland emerge victorious from the fourth problem. This win usually grants immunity, however Wendell goes towards the grain and decides to commerce his immunity for a whopping $5,000 verify.
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Wendell later explains that his resolution was influenced by the truth that the present hasn’t “given out a financial reward but.” This raises the query: Moreover the grand prize of $200,000 for the winner, do the contestants receives a commission for merely being on The GOAT?
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So, are contestants paid to be on ‘The GOAT’?
On the time of writing, it is unknown if contestants are paid something to be on The GOAT. Nevertheless, most actuality reveals provide their contestants some sort of cost, usually a stipend.
With regards to competitors reveals with large prizes like Survivor and The Wonderful Race, contestants could obtain a stipend of round $3,000 for collaborating — even when they’re eradicated early. However, long-running competitors reveals with returning forged members, equivalent to The Problem, could present established stars with the next base wage or a flat season charge.
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However, some actuality TV reveals do not provide the contestants any cost. This may increasingly come as a shock, however The Bachelor and The Bachelorette contestants aren’t paid for his or her time on the wildly fashionable relationship present.
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Additionally, Netflix’s hit actuality relationship collection Good Match — which options contestants from the streaming service’s different fashionable actuality reveals — does not provide up something aside from an all-expenses paid one-week trip to anywhere on the earth.
All in all, the jury’s nonetheless out on whether or not The GOAT contestants receives a commission. However hey, it is the primary season we’re speaking about! Our guess? They is likely to be raking in some critical dough to be a part of actuality TV historical past. Solely time (and possibly a tell-all interview) will inform, although!
Catch new episodes of The GOAT on Thursdays, solely on Prime Video and Amazon Freevee.