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Originally Posted by Bethlehem

Aaron is still more talked about than Jay and Louise put together.

I don't think Aaron gives two craps about being talked about. He's made the most dosh.

Gone are the extremely lucrative Jade Goody days when the BB losers could out earn the winners after the show. I remember when she got £300,000 from selling her amazing story to the papers (bisexual mum, drug addicted dad, smoking drugs at 5, looking after her single-armed mother - a genuinely intriguing tale). BB2 runner up Helen Adams making £110K for her love story with Paul. Plus there were all Jade's merchandising perfume, column, beauty salon, book deals. Jade was so established she became a celeb in her own right and as we all know went into the CBB house. Even Josie got a perfume deal last year. Perfume deals are almost easy money and the mark up/ margins quite big. Louise is a model, and therefore more suited to being the face of a tacky fragence for the masses, but where's her perfume contract?

Specialist D-lister agency Neon management used to clamour to get BB stars - even last year John James was temporararily signed to them. Now they aren't really that bothered with BB ex-HMs. Not much money it it. Post BB interviews and shoots don't really don't pay much any more. There's no bidding war between the Sun, Mirror and Desmond empire. It's obviously just the Desmond Empire, so Desmond empire can pay little and the HMs are just happy to have their mugs inside a magazine so that people won't forget them.

http://www.neonmanagement.com/

http://www.neonmanagement.com/neontv/brother

It's only the usual suspects such as Jordan, Andre, Katona and the TOWIE mob who still make serious and regualar dosh from stories. It's now more about ex-BB HMs using the Desmond Empire mags for keeping your profile up.