
T he Bachelor, meanwhile, does not pay any of its contestants-though Bachelor in Paradise does pay. RuPaul's Drag Race contestants, for example, make $400 an episode per a contract obtained by Reality Blur. Though some may feel that the possible $3,000 an episode the 60 Days In volunteers are making per episode is not that much, if that is how much they are paid then they are doing better than many other reality TV show participants. US Weekly also reported that newbie contestants on MTV's The Challenge make $1,000 per week. Participants volunteer to go undercover spending 60 days in jail, with a goal to obtain as much information about both the prisoners, guards and overall.

This means that they get a minimum rate of $1,571 plus meals for the then two-hour Idol shows, $1,303 for one-hour shows and $910 for half-hour results shows as of October 2018. 1 - Dont Swing First (Season 5 - Episode 7) 2 - The Aftermath: Part One (Season 6 - Episode 17) 3 - Pushed to the Limit (Season 6 - Episode 15) 4. On American Idol, for example, contestants are made to join the AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) union.
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Though this has not been confirmed by A&E ( Newsweek has reached out to a representative of the network and will update this article when we get a response), this does seem consistent with what we know about how much reality show contestants get paid.

'60 Days in' volunteers may be paid up to $3,000 an episode.
