Conan O’Brien’s Pay for Internet hosting Oscars Could Be Much less Than You’d Assume

• Comic Conan O’Brien will host the Oscars ceremony for the primary time this 12 months.
• His pay for the evening is perhaps quite a bit lower than you may assume.
• The 97th Academy Awards shall be held on March 2, 2025, on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

The 97th annual Academy Awards are happening this weekend, with comic Conan O’Brien on internet hosting duties.

Whereas a lot of the focus is on the Oscar winners themselves, former hosts of the ceremony have additionally made a reputation for themselves — each good and dangerous.

Earlier hosts have additionally shone a highlight on the pay for the evening — which is perhaps quite a bit lower than you’d assume.

Hosts possible earn round $15,000

It seems that over the past decade, the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences, the organizing physique behind the awards, has stored the one-time price at round $15,000.

The Hollywood Reporter reported in 2013 that hosts have been paid $15,000 to $25,000 for the Oscars, the previous of which is the minimal negotiated by the actors’ union SAG-AFTRA.

Jimmy Kimmel, who had hosted the Oscars back-to-back in 2017 and 2018, mentioned in 2022 that he was paid $15,000 for the job.

“It feels like quite a bit for one evening, but it surely’s months of labor main as much as it,” Kimmel mentioned.

Talking after internet hosting the 2024 awards, Kimmel opened up on how he felt about internet hosting and the pay.

“They are saying it is a thankless job and I would not essentially describe it like that, as a result of when it goes properly, it is not. But when it is not, it is a robust spot to be in,” Kimmel mentioned on an episode of the “Politickin'” podcast.

He additionally cited the low price whereas explaining his resolution to not settle for the function in 2025, which he mentioned would have been too demanding.

The true worth of internet hosting the ceremony lies within the publicity

For hosts, the Oscars — and any main awards ceremony — function a world stage that may catapult their careers to new heights, with the visibility doubtlessly resulting in future offers, model partnerships, and different media alternatives.

They’re, in spite of everything, talking to a room stuffed with Hollywood’s largest names (in addition to having their set of jokes broadcast to tens of millions of viewers worldwide).

Different awards reportedly pay even much less — with one huge exception

The minimal for internet hosting the Grammys could also be even decrease than the Oscars.

A SAG-AFTRA spokesperson advised Forbes in 2017 that the Grammys host is required to be paid no less than $5,000.

In the meantime, the Tony Awards has been mentioned to pay its hosts as little as $2,700.

The actual cash appears to be in internet hosting the Golden Globes. Jerrod Carmichael mentioned he was paid $500,000 for the gig throughout his monologue in 2023.