Rochelle Humes: S Club Juniors Paid More!

insisted it was hard to live the 'expected lifestyle' in as she revealed she made more money in S Club Juniors.

The presenter, 37, found fame at 12-years-old in the early noughties alongside S Club Juniors stars , Aaron Renfree, Jay Asforis, Stacey Franks, Calvin Goldspink, Daisy Shelvey and Hannah Richings.

The youngsters aged between 11 and 14 went on to be successful with hits such as Automatic High while working together from 2001 to 2003. 

Rochelle and Frankie later auditioned and got into The Saturdays in 2007 alongside members , , and .

However, despite successfully topping the charts on multiple occasions with songs like 'All Fired Up' and 'Higher' the five girls never saw big money and were just given a 'salary'.

Speaking to on his Great Company podcast, Rochelle said: 'I made more money in S Club Juniors than I did in The Saturdays. 

'The music industry... the money just went out of it. It wasn't the same space to be in anymore.'

The now mother-of-three explained how the girls were expected to live a certain type of lifestyle, but most of her money actually came from brand deals and touring rather than the group’s singles.

'When someone says your record deal is X amount of money, that doesn't mean that’s what we're making. That means they'll put this money into the album, pay these producers, the marketing budget.'

She continued: 'For a period of music artists were making money touring. The tours and the brand deals was where you would make your money. The records weren’t for us. 

'So we’d be the face of a shampoo and all have our own scent – that's where we’d make our money. Those brand deals were really important to us, and so was the touring.

'But then record labels changed their whole strategy, and they would do what they would call 360 deals. So they would then also take a cut of the brand [deals], and then take a cut of the live performances. 

'You've got to remember everything you earn, split that in half, basically with tax and an agent. And then there's five of you. You're expected to live a lifestyle that you can't always prop up.'

Rochelle went on to reflect on her years in the pop girl band, which split in 2014, and opened up about her dealings with the paparazzi, saying they would 'be on the floor trying to get up our skirts.'

She explained: 'When I started dating Marvin [Humes], he couldn't believe it. You've got to remember he was in a boy band. I was in the girl band, but his experience was so different to mine. 

'We'd leave somewhere, and he would stand behind me when I got in the car. Photographers would get on the ground and try and take photos up your skirt, it'd be awful. 

'It was a really strange period of time that we weirdly were just a bit accepting. We weren't earning enough money. It wasn't like, "Okay, I don't like this anymore, let’s stop this"'.

Rochelle found fame at 12-years-old alongside S Club Juniors stars and went on to be successful with hits such as Automatic High; pictured 2002 - Daisy Evans, Jay Asforis, Frankie Bridge, Rochelle, Stacey McClean, Calvin Goldspink, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings