A GENDER pay row has erupted on Britain’s Got Talent after it emerged the male stars were paid more than double the women. Judges Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon are unhappy at learning Simon Cowell and David Walliams get much more money for the same job.
They were alerted to the discrepancy by ITV sources. Amanda, 49 — recently promoted to head judge owing to Simon’s back injury — is on around £700,000, and 42-year-old Alesha is on £450,000.
In contrast comedian David, 49, is on a recently re-negotiated deal worth more than £1.5million. And X Factor mogul Simon, 61, is understood to be on around £2.5million a year for the hit talent show, which he helped to create.
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