Ahead of the upcoming season of MAFS, Oliva Frazer has opened up about how much she and her fellow season nine cast-members received for their time on the reality show.
Olivia conducted an Instagram Q&A and was asked directly about the amount the channel paid participants to be involved.
“You get paid $1100 weekly,” she responded.
“Out of that you have to pay for your rent, bills, food, hair, make-up, outfits (so many outfits because producers need to approve). Plus during COVID we weren’t allowed in stores so we had to pay delivery fees for everything, which adds up.”
Olivia added, “I came out of it with next to nothing.”
Former MAFS alums have corroborated Olivia’s statement in the past, with Liam Cooper from season 8 of the hit show telling SoDramatic! that participants only received a $150 budget and had to pay for all of their own clothes for the rest of the season, including their hair and makeup.
Furthermore, Cooper told the podcast that he was even told what colour he had to wear for the final vows ceremony.
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“I wish they gave us a clothes rack and let us go to town,” Cooper said. “They kind of told you what colours to wear. The entire time I wanted to always wear a navy blue suit. I thrive in that colour. They were like, ‘nup, you can’t wear it! You can’t wear it’ They wanted me to wear a white, cream suit.”
The podcast also asked Bec Zemek, who appeared on the show last year, the same question. Zemek was given a slightly higher budget than Cooper.
“It’s $500 for the wedding and $200 for the Final Vows,” Beck revealed.
“Most people gave out dresses for free or for just $500 because they knew that it was going to go on TV. Mine was a $3000 dress,” she said.
