Jenna Johnson opens for contracts and dock pay

Jenna Johnson spilled some secrets behind the scenes of working on Dancing with the stars.

“Are you paid more for winning?” Kelly Stafford Johnson, 31, asked on the episode on Monday, June 2, of her and Hank Winchester‘S. “The Morning After” podcast. Johnson answered, “No,” before explaining, “whoever makes it to the finale, you are all paid until then. And you get a nice bonus.”

Stafford, 36, followed another question, asking Johnson and Dump Advantages that are deleted during the first week of a new season “Don’t be paid for the next few rounds.” According to Johnson, “you have guaranteed a certain amount of weeks.”

He explained, “I think there are different contracts, so I can’t speak for everyone. But, if you do all the way to the end, you get paid the whole season, which is amazing. And you get a bonus on top of that for making it to the ending. If you win, it’s not like you win a million dollars and share it with your partner.”

The multiple outletsPro dancers on the ABC competition series are said to earn an initial salary of $ 1,200 to $ 1,600 per episode, which can increase to a cap of around $ 100,000 a season. The benefits of the benefits can vary on the basis of their seniority on the show and how far they make it in the competition each season.

Johnson has reached the last three with several of her partners since making her Dump Pro Debut during season 23 in 2016. During a season on the show’s special athlete theme in 2018, Johnson took the Mirrorball Trophy home with a figure skater Adam Rippon.

Johnson came in second place twice in a row with her season 29 partner, Nev schulmanand her season partner 30, Jojo swaBefore taking her second mirrorball trophy home with Joey graziatei during Dump‘Latest season 33 last year.

Johnson is married to a fellow Dump wood Val Chmerkovskiywho has won the competition three times himself. The couple tied the knot in 2019 and welcomed their son, Rome, in 2023.

On Monday’s podcast, Johnson closed speculating that the Dump Pro has a voice in which selebs they are in partnership with. “They really want to keep it secret until you meet them alive. They want that authentic response,” he shared, referring to the benefits being filmed meeting their partners during their first practice sessions.

“I think people always think we know who we have and we keep it a secret. Not absolutely. They don’t tell us,” he added. “They don’t even want us to know the cast. It’s dropped a lot, but they want him to get a very hush, hush, until you walk in and you meet your partner.”

When asked who would be her dream partner, Johnson taught her best choice in Olympiad whose identity she keeps under laps. However Johnson revealed that she believed former Philadelphia Eagles Center Jason Kelce makes great Dump Partner.

“That’s the person you want, who is just open and ready and down to be, ‘Let’s freak down this. This is a once in a lifetime chance. I’m not going to take myself too seriously. I want to dance and have fun,’”

Dancing with the stars Returns for season 34 this fall on ABC and Disney+.