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Want A Star To Show Up At Your Club Or Party? Find Out How Much It Will Cost You

May 23rd, 2007

The New York Post ran a great article today on how much celebrities (including William Hung) get paid to show up to your club or party.  What a life?!?  You get paid to go to a party, drink, dance and eat!  Here are some of the numbers:

Carmen Electra - $25K-$30K but she’ll take $20K.

Usher - “He won’t take anything less than $150K with a private jet,” says a New York celebrity booker. “If you don’t offer him at least that, don’t even bother calling.” Well, excuse me.

William Hung - (yeah, that tiny man who sings badly) - Anywhere from $2K-$4K (WHAT?!?!)

Lindsay Lohan - Anywhere from nothing if you’re her friend (she has a lot of friends in the club industry, and so occasionally she’ll appear somewhere for free -she’s good like that) to $400K, which is what she’s getting paid for her upcoming 21st birthday party this July at Pure in Las Vegas. “It’s a two-appearance deal,” says our anonymous source. “She’ll get paid $200K to appear at Pure on her birthday and another $200K to appear at the same club later that year.” Rumor has it she’s been shopping her celebration around since last December, with an opening bid of $250K.

Caridee English - (who? She won America’s Next Top Model last cycle.) - She got $3K to host the launch of Runway club in New York but will sometimes get $1K-$2K for smaller things.

Kevin Federline - $25K (no, really), but he’d take $10K if you offered.

Find out about more stars after the jump.

Paris Hilton

She charges: Nothing at the moment (she’s off the market and preoccupied with her upcoming jail sentence) but she is queen of getting paid to party. According to one Vegas club promoter, she got paid $100K to have her 25th birthday at the Hard Rock Hotel in Vegas, complete with a private plane for her and her friends and the penthouse suite. She made another $100K stopping by a 16-year-old girl’s birthday party for less than a half-hour and a rumored $1 million in total including appearance fee and endorsement deals from an Austrian beer company to host a party in Austria earlier this year.

What that gets: The chance to say you spent the night with Paris Hilton, all the paparazzi shots you want, press interviews and photos for all the weekly magazines and media outlets. Plus Paris endorsing your product (she’ll endorse almost anything for the right price).

BRITNEY SPEARS

Famous for: Lip-synching, vagina

She charges: Nothing, for now - she’s trying to revive her singing career - but her last pre-“wig out” party appearance cost Pure in Las Vegas upwards of $300K. The pop princess was paid $260K to appear at the Vegas club on New Year’s Eve and an additional $70K-plus to do the countdown. Prefers a private plane but will fly first-class (she recently did when she performed in Miami last week) as long as the seats are leather.

What that gets: On New Year’s Eve it got you less than two hours of partying with Britney; she passed out shortly after wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Also, red carpet photos, paparazzi pictures in the club for magazines plus use of her name in association with all club press for that party including invitations. Oh, and a lifetime of dinner party stories.

JANICE DICKINSON

Famous for: Crazy supermodel turn on VH1’s “The Surreal Life.”

She charges: “She doesn’t charge anything, but she can be very demanding,” says a club insider who asked to remain anonymous. “Everything needs to be comped, and that includes hotel, spa appointments, limo service, flights and bottle service.” The best table at your club is a must.

What that gets: A night with Janice Dickinson. What she says or does or how long she stays is completely up to her. When there is no contract, there are no obligations.

FERGIE

Famous for: Lovely lady lumps

She charges: “She charged $50K last December for a two-hour appearance hosting her own birthday party at a club in Vegas, but as of today it’s between $75K and $100K - depending on where and when the event is, whether she’s on tour, how her records are selling and the perks involved,” says celebrity booker Mike Esterman. Try to schedule her in the middle of a tour, and you are looking at more than $100K plus a private plane and five-star accommodations.

What that gets: No singing whatsoever. “It’s for a meet and greet,” says Esterman. Typically it’s two hours with Fergie, celebrity and red carpet photos, interviews, and the opportunity to promote her as the “host” of your event.

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