The truth about Beau Ryan’s $800,000 salary: Footy star’s six-figure sum to host The Amazing Race is more likely a multi-year deal, TV experts say
Hosting The Amazing Race is considered one of the best jobs in television.
And former footy player Beau Ryan surprised fans on Monday when he revealed he was being paid $800,000 to front the Channel 10 program.
However, there are some rumblings of doubt among media insiders concerning the eye-watering six-figure sum.
Numbers game: There are some rumblings of doubt among media insiders concerning Beau Ryan’s purported $800,000 salary to host The Amazing Race
There is no suggestion Beau, 35, was being dishonest when he disclosed his pay on The Kyle and Jackie O Show.
But it seems unlikely $800,000 is an annual salary.
This figure is more likely his payment for a multi-year deal, which includes other duties at Channel 10 in addition to The Amazing Race.
Salary: There is no suggestion Beau was being dishonest when he disclosed his pay on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday. However, the $800,000 figure is more likely his payment for a multi-year deal, which includes other duties at Channel 10 besides The Amazing Race
TV Blackbox editor and former 10 executive Rob McKnight told Daily Mail Australia: ‘It would have to be a multi-year deal. That’s a lot of money for a show that rates under 600,000 [metro viewers].
‘The hosts of The Project would be on just over half of that and they work all year round.’
Mr McKnight noted that $800,000 per season would amount to ‘around $1.50 for every viewer watching the show’.
He added: ‘Beau’s great but I just can’t see how 10 could justify such a cost in this environment for a short-run show. We know the [former] MasterChef judges were on a motza, but they delivered ratings and had been doing it for a long time.’
![Analysis: TV Blackbox editor Rob McKnight told Daily Mail Australia, 'It would have to be a multi-year deal. That's a lot of money for a show that rates under 600,000 [metro viewers]. The hosts of The Project would be on just over half of that and they work all year round'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/15/21/39326460-9263519-image-a-34_1613423569461.jpg)
Analysis: TV Blackbox editor Rob McKnight told Daily Mail Australia, ‘It would have to be a multi-year deal. That’s a lot of money for a show that rates under 600,000 [metro viewers]. The hosts of The Project would be on just over half of that and they work all year round’
David Knox, the editor of TV Tonight, also said in the comments section of his blog that a ‘three-year deal sounds closer to the money’.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted Channel 10 for comment and clarification.
Beau had disclosed his pay during an appearance on KIIS FM’s Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday morning.
‘When you are getting paid for something, you look at the hours… How long are we working here?’ he said.
Money matters: Beau had disclosed his pay during an appearance on The Kyle and Jackie O Show on Monday morning. Pictured with his wife, Kara, and their children, Remi and Jesse
Radio host Kyle Sandilands then asked: ‘Is that what you do? Do you look at that with The Amazing Race and consider how long [you’re away for]?’
‘Yeah… [I was away] for two and half to three months and I got paid $800,000,’ Beau revealed.
Beau’s deal with Channel 10 makes sense because his pay packet at Nine used to be $800,000.
![On the road: 'Yeah... [I was away] for two and half to three months and I got paid $800,000,' Beau revealed](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/15/21/39290844-9263519-Terrifying_It_comes_after_Beau_revealed_he_was_genuinely_scared_-a-35_1613423729819.jpg)
On the road: ‘Yeah… [I was away] for two and half to three months and I got paid $800,000,’ Beau revealed