Source: The Sunday Telegraph
Elle Halliwell, The Sunday Telegraph, reports
Fancy a celebrity name at your wedding? Top Aussie stars are moonlighting as wedding singers and MCs - and some of them are quite the bargain.
If the price is right, you can have Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy or DJ Havana Brown perform at your nuptials, or Hamish and Andy, Grant Denyer or Tania Zaetta as your master of ceremonies.
"It often depends on the scheduling, but for a lot of Australian performers corporate gigs and weddings are where they make their money," one talent agent, who did not want to be named, told The Sunday Telegraph.
"They don't make much from the record companies, they make a little bit from touring and that's about it. They can do up to 30 gigs a year, but because they're not publicised, nobody really hears about them."
The most expensive is singer Delta Goodrem at $100,000 per function, followed by David Campbell at around $80,000 per appearance.
And the best value for money? Underbelly actor Salvatore Coco, who has been recently spruiking his talents as a wedding MC at bridal expos. The former Heartbreak High star hosts on average 50 weddings a year, and charges between $500 to $1500 a job.
"These jobs, at the end of the day, are going to feed you," Coco says.
"Plus, you just never know who is in that audience."
No comments:
Post a Comment