This Thursday, January 12, season 3 of queens of the road lands on 6Ter. The opportunity for viewers to discover the daily life like no other of these women who travel the roads. Are they paid? Virginie Sabia, the producer of the show responds.
After a year of absence, the program queens of the road returns to 6Ter this Thursday, January 12 from 9:05 p.m. A documentary series in which the daily lives of women truck drivers who travel the roads of France are told. Six drivers already present in previous seasons (Lexie, Béatrice, Émilie, Clotilde, Romane and Leila) are joined by four new ones, namely Frédérique, Rasha, Sarra and Nathalie. On the occasion of this new season which is coming to the air, producer Virginie Sabia was on the South Radio. She took the opportunity to confide, in all honesty, on the possible remuneration of the participants.
Do the contestants earn money from the show The queens of the road?
During this radio interview, journalist Gilles Ganzmann wondered if the candidates were paid for the filming. Very honestly, the producer admits not: “They are not paid“. Embarrassed by the question, she confides “not being able to broach the subject“. However, she lets it be understood that they could be defrayed, much like their sisters in Large families: life in XXL. “They are not remunerated in the sense of remuneration“, she specifies. The journalist then tried to make a joke, which obviously was not understood by his interlocutor: “You don’t even pay for gas…“, he says before she answers, very seriously that no.
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A more than confirmed success on 6Ter
The 6Ter channel relies heavily on this program. Indeed, in addition to providing a refreshing image of the profession of truck driver, the program has recorded very promising audiences. Season 2 averaged 600,000 viewers each episode. And this third edition also promises its share of surprises since some of them, who have become friends today, took part in an exceptional event, the 24 hours Trucks, a meeting which took place in September 2022.
