Carol L. Voss Wrote:
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> I speak as someone who has worked with tv media
> years ago when I was PR director for a large
> corporation-------------if you are living in a
> house along with 24/7 multiple cameras and light
> screens and tv people and etc and supposedly are
> carrying on a day-to-day life, I really don't
> think you can call it "reality". Now if you have
> a house totally bugged with video cameras and no
> intrusive camera crews and etc, then maybe you can
> call it something like "real time action" but if
> you know everything you are doing and saying is
> being recorded, is that really going to produce
> "reality". I don't think so. ANd if this so
> called "reality" is going to keep people watching,
> there has to be some kind of drama and that
> probably has to be "manufactured" by the producers
> to keep the thing going. Having a tv crew in my
> house 24/7 isn't going to do much for so called
> "reality". And while I have to admit I have never
> watched these programs, what kind of people would
> let this happen in their lives for their "15
> minutes of fame" ? Are they well paid for this? or
> is the "fame" the carrot??
> C.

They are all paid the same amount of money, which is $1,000 per week stipend. This includes pre-show hotel sequester, and post-game "Jury House" sequester. For those who were "recruited" by CBS (such as Elissa---Rachel Riley's sister), she may get more. But at minimum, they all get $1,000 per week. At the end, first place gets $500,000, second place gets $50,000. Nothing extra for the rest of them.