LOS ANGELES — As Season 34 of "Dancing with the Stars" nears its end, here's what reports say dancers are getting paid for the final episodes .
While salaries for DWTS dancers, pros, troupe dancers or hosts have not been publicly released, there is some information available about how much they're paid.
Variety reported in 2019 that contestants on the show make $125,000 for the show's rehearsal period — which previous contestants say can be up to 35 hours a week leading up to the show — and their first two weeks on air.
Bobby Bones, the Season 27 winner in 2018, discussed how much he was paid in an episode of Jason Tartick's "Trading Secrets" podcast posted in September.
"That show pays okay," Bones said. "Like first episode, no money, second episode, $10,000. I think it's lik

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