More than 100 BBC stars will have their salary details made public under plans to name those earning more than £150,000 a year.
The move comes as part of government reforms to make licence fee spending more transparent.
Presenters Gary Lineker, Claudia Winkleman and Graham Norton are expected to be among those named after the new Royal Charter begins next year.
Culture Secretary Karen Bradley's plans are considerably tougher than those proposed by her predecessor John Whittingdale, who wanted a £450,000 salary trigger.
Under Mr Whittingdale's plans only seven stars would be named - but that will now rise to 109.
Earnings will be broken down into bands of £50,000, with the details being published in the 2016/17 annual report next summer.
Executives earning more than £150,000 are already named, and the BBC fears adding stars' details to the list would make it harder to attract and retain talent.
However, Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman said last week that she was "all for" BBC stars' earnings being disclosed because they are "working for the public".
A draft of the new Royal Charter, which will run for 11 years, will be published later today.
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee recently said there was "no good reason" for performers, presenters and executives who earn more than the Prime Minister's salary of £143,462 to "hide" their pay.
Earlier this week, Rona Fairhead announced she was stepping down as chair of the BBC Trust - and it emerged the corporation had lost hit show Great British Bake Off after it was snapped up by Channel 4.
An unnamed BBC official told the Press Association: "We pay less for stars than other broadcasters. We already publish details of spending on talent. Last year, we cut the pay bill by £8m in what is an inflationary market.
"The public says they want the best stars on the BBC and this could make it harder to retain them."
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