15 Reality Stars Who Used Their 15 Minutes To Get Rich

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5. Susan Boyle

Few would ever have guessed that the unassuming Boyle who first appeared on U.K. reality show Britain’s Got Talent in in 2009 would go on to become the international singing sensation that she has become. Barely employed for most of her life, she was the second richest reality star in England in 2013, earning 20 million pounds. She beat out One Direction and was only surpassed in earnings by Simon Cowell.