Strictly stars dancing all the way to the bank as they cash in on ballroom success

IT seems the old saying that all that glitters isn’t gold doesn’t apply to Strictly.

The quest for that shiny glitterball is an absolute goldmine for all concerned.

The BBC’s Saturday night sensation which has been trouncing The X Factor again this year sees everyone from celebrities to dancers, judges to presenters rake in a fortune.

Be it a jive or a foxtrot, cha cha or salsa, Dave Arch and his orchestra could fittingly strike up a version of Abba’s Money, Money, Money.

As fans await the judges’ verdict tonight on the spooktacular Halloween special show, we take a look at how the series is Strictly Loaded!JudgesJames Jordan, a regular sniper at the show since his exit, recently blasted the earnings of judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood, Bruno Tonioli and Darcey Bussell compared to dancers like his wife Ola.

They reportedly get £110,000 per series for their Saturday shift, which also includes filming the Sunday night results show.

The dancers were furious in 2012 when they got a £500 wage rise and the judges received a £20,000 pay boost.

Like the celebs and dancers, the judges can earn huge extra amounts for the live tour.

Darcey doesn’t do the tours but Len and Bruno are back in 2016 after skipping this year’s circuit.

It’s even more of a moneyspinner for Craig as he choreographs the lavish routines that delight fans all across the country.

Their long stint on American version Dancing With The Stars helped put

Len and Bruno comfortably into the millionaires bracket with annual earnings from the show of $1.2 million.

Bruno’s personal fortune was recently put at $10 million.

Books, DVDs and invitations to do other shows on the back of their Strictly fame have all added to the judges’ wealth.

However, Darcey revealed last month she has to supply her own glossy gowns to put on the Saturday night glitz and tries to persuade top designers to lend her their dresses.PresentersWhen Sir Bruce Forsyth stood aside, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman became the first all-female peak-time presenting duo.

And with that honour comes a reported £250,000 per series salary.

Although Tess has been with the show since the beginning, that’s just half of Sir Bruce’s reported half-a-million pound deal.

Claudia joined in 2014 as co-presenter and a much more high-profile and therefore attractive property.

A leading agency lists her fee for live appearances, awards host and presenter at between £10,000 and £15,000.

Zoe Ball has also earned big from Strictly as the hugely popular presenter of BBC 2’s daily It Takes Two show.

She also stepped into the breach last series when Claudia had to take a few weeks off after her daughter’s shocking fancy dress fire accident.

Tess and Claudia (Ray Burmistoun / BBC)DancersThe basic pay for the professional dancers is £30,500 per series but like the celebs it increases week by week the longer they stay in.

And they can earn twice as much if they are invited to take part in the incredibly lucrative live tour that starts each January.

On top of that, just being able to bill themselves as “from BBC’s Strictly” means everything. A 45-minute dance lesson with Ola Jordan, eliminated first this year with Iwan Thomas, and former Strictly pro dancer husband James was recently revealed to cost £300.

Strictly fans also fork out big bucks for four-star Dancing With The Stars weekends with the show’s big names at £430 a pop.CelebritiesBeing one of the fabulous 15 selected can transform fortunes.

Stars whose careers are in the doldrums see them revitalised and those who were never that well-known in the first place become household names.

Last year’s champ Caroline Flack had just been axed from The X Factor’s spin-off show on ITV2 when the Strictly bookers came calling.

By the time she picked up the glitterball she was the name on everyone’s lips and Simon Cowell returned to pair her with Olly Murs as the main show’s presenting duo.

In 2013, Abbey Clancy was most familiar as the wife of footballer Peter Crouch. She won viewers’ hearts as well as the trophy and found modelling and promotional jobs flooded in. Her company accounts showed annual earnings rocketing from £163,000 to £659,000.

And previous winner Louis Smith went from a gymnastics-only name to a model favourite.

It all comes on top of what the stars earn for those hours in the training room and going through a nerve-shredding ordeal each Saturday night.

Celebrities get a standard £25,000 cheque and that increases the longer they stay in. Those who survive tonight’s vote-off can expect to earn £40,000.

Quarter-finalists get £60,000, semi-finalists £75,000 and the tears of joy shed by the ultimate winner may in part be at the thought of their £100,000 bonanza.Strictly star Carol Kirkwood wants to hear wedding bells – so she can show off her ceilidh moves: click here to read more