Dancing With the Stars is one of the most popular shows on television, bringing in millions each season through ad revenue, but just how much of that is going to the celebrity contestants on the show?

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An insider, who claims to know about pay arrangements, told PopEater:

“When you sign up, every contestant gets $150,000 for 6 weeks rehearsals and the first two shows. Then every week you survive you make an extra $10,000 then $20,000 then $30,000 and so on, so the winner takes home $350,000.”

That sounds like a pretty decent amount of money, no? Well, not to one former contestant, who complained about the grueling schedule on the show:

“The show doesn’t pay for massages or anything else. “The amount of physical stress and strain they put your body through, rehearsing six days a week, eight hours a day, is ridiculous.”

The source said “I have never worked so hard in my life” and described one particularly busy performance day: “Our call time was 6:00 AM and we were rehearsing with the band by 8 and then live on the dance floor that evening. That’s a 12-hour day.”

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Oh, poo! You had to pay for a massage. Gimme a break. You should be praising ABC for giving your D-list career a boost from the depths of despair.