Claudia and Tess - Strictly salaries

I would like to see some different presenters it's the same old faces who get ridiculous salary and that's not enough a lot of them do adverts has well I know some people are influenced to buy things they ??use but the majority of people are not .

It’s a programme full of luvvies.
Gushing and fawning over each other.

Having said that, I do enjoy the dancing.
It’s a little bit of escapism.

Gulligranny totally agree

It needs ‘ordinary ‘ people to stand up to these inflated salaries. While we accept that it is OK for CEO’s and TV stars etc to earn eye watering amounts of money in comparison to the vast majority of us, it will continue. I worked for 44 years as a nurse and a nurse tutor and I don’t think I earned as much in a lifetime as some of these people ‘earn’ in a year.

it is obscene what they are paid, and they are a pair of talentless z-listers. Yet over - 75's will have to pay for a tv licence. It makes me really angry.

I was just about to comment the same . The most I
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As far as I'm concerned they have updated the judges on several occasions and I think it's about time Tess was replaced - thinks too much of herself and is almost boring. To earn money on that scale is scandalous - she is not the reason people switch on. Similar to Gary lineker - people watch for the football not the presenter.

If you are lucky, as a presenter, a film star, etc, you get a good long run and can wrack up a fantastic money. However, only a few of the presenters (particularly women) get lifetime's career out of what they are doing. Furthermore, if you get accused of something, even if you are cleared, you find you are no longer chosen to present anything. You only have to look at the previously very popular John Leslie to see how your career can be scuppered by unproved allegations.
These days, presenters have to have thick skins to put with the Social Media bullying, the scrutiny of their private lives, etc. It seems like a lot of money but I wonder how many of us could live like they do in a goldfish bowl. The flak a "private" star gets is almost hysterical.
The BBC have to compete with other tv companies and need to attract the talent especially in a day and age where the newer generations don't actually watch live streamed tv but tend to watch Netflix or the like. How on earth do we expect the BBC to maintain high standards, decreasing viewing numbers, no advertising income and free tv licences and still be a going concern. Just like the NHS, we expect far more than they can realistically achieve and many elderly people can easily afford to pay their tv licence.

"Yes, my daughter, you can be Anything You Want To Be, if you work hard enough. But we're putting a cap on your salary."

it does seem all wrong, what with Zoe Ball, Lineker, footballers, and at the other end of the scale, the medical profession , salaries should be reversed, its just not right ,i was watching a tv documentary about surgeons and what fantastic jobs they do, i was in awe, then i see that million pound house Zoe Balls just bought, and the footballer in Greece saying to the police, Do you know who i am. i am a footballer, i am the captain of man united

Now quite clear why no free licence for over 75s!!

I don’t give a poo how much anyone earns, I measure them up by their compassion and heart. Everyone is struggling in one way or another, even the high earners, bigger houses, bigger bills ??

Firstly, Bruce did not present Strictly on his own - he did it with Tess.

Secondly, there are loads of male presenters and broadcasters who get paid these sorts of salaries and people don't say boo about it - it's just another example of misogyny ("let's bash the women"). Personally, I think they both do a good job and I'm very happy to see Strictly back.

Thirdly - the government decided to end the free licence for the over 75s and then saddled the BBC with the extra responsibility and shifted the blame. It's a bit rich to complain about the BBC doing it when they had no choice! People on Pension Credit will still get free TV licences which seems very fair to me - not every pensioner needs one. (I know a couple who both have fat final salary pensions, a house worth £750,000 and around £500,000 in savings and investments, and STILL get a free TV licence. Madness).

My son and I have stopped watching Strictly. Too bright, flashy and noisy. Both being pensioners we do not get value for the TV licence.
Why two presenters. Brucie did it alone.

Can't stand Claudia. What was she doing wearing those ghastly lurex pyjamas on Saturday? With all that money, you'd think she could afford some decent clothes.

I’m far more concerned about your comment about being in an abusive marriage; really couldn’t care less about the over-inflated salaries. I put up with emotional and financial abuse for far too long. I’m now divorced. Coercive control was made illegal in 2015; wish I’d known at the time. No way do you have to put up with the abuse. Please use the links given.

So coud I Gulligranny cannot stand watching them and as for that fringe, don't get me started.

Then the BBC want to charge over 75’s for their TV licence as they are short of money!!!

Adding footballers, TV ’personalities’...And lawyers £250 + per hour. There must be a lot of wealth around for law firms to be viable going concerns!
The world would be a much nicer place if we practised the Swedish concept of ’Largom’ - not too little and not too much.

If they were paid less, we wouldn't receive any more! With all that's going on in the world are these salaries that important? And who'd want Boris's job?

Maybiteifstartled - their clothes aren’t even pretty. Claudia looked like an escapee from a Quality Street tin this week.

Neither of them is worth that money. They aren’t particularly talented, and why do there need to be 2 overpaid presenters? There are many ‘celebs’ who would do it for less.

Each participant will have had their payment negotiated by their agents, independent of each other. That's why there are discrepancies. It all depends on how hard the agent negotiates and how much the BBC wants them. Different deals are struck accordingly.

Perhaps their pay could be dependent on viewing/listening figures? Zoe Ball has lost nearly half the morning listeners on the radio. Her screeching is bad enough later in the day but definitely not appreciated first thing. I dare say their Agents get a good whack of their earnings.

We went to some kind of exhibition years ago on the embankment (can’t remember the name though MOMI just surfaced in my brain) and the public could queue up to try newsreading. It’s a lot harder than most people thought!

When he was driving for a living a Japanese man explained that the top boss can only earn 10x the lowest paid worker so it’s in his interest to ensure better wages for all. They do have to bow a lot and the whole workforce comes out to greet the top person which possibly feds the ego.

There’s a competition on ITV at the moment that states the average wage in the UK is £32000. Perhaps they should tell the government. I retired in March after 40 years in the NHS. I was on the top of my band & earned just over £28000. These people are grossly overpaid.

Craftycat I can’t tell if you are joking or serious ?