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Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis told a hostage she had 15 minutes to live after she begged for her life and pleaded with him not to shoot her.

In a teaser for an upcoming interview with 60 Minutes, Lindt Cafe siege survivor Selina Win Pe sobbed as she revealed how she thought she was going to be killed.

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“I said please don’t shoot me, please don’t shoot me. I only have my mum, please don’t shoot me,” Ms Win Pe said, unable to hold back tears.

“He looked me straight in the eyes and said ‘you have 15 minutes’.”

Ms Win Pe is just one of several hostages to share their story with 60 Minutes, with the Nine Network allegedly paying a $1 million sum to secure interviews with six survivors.

Lindt Cafe workers Fiona Ma and Harriette Denny have also been interviewed by Hayes.

The Seven Network has also released a preview of their interview with Westpac Executive Marcia Mikhael, who according to Fairfax, was paid a six-figure sum.

Marcia Mikhael speaking with Channel 7.

Ms Mikhael said she called her children to tell them she loved them for what she thought was the last time.

“He told us, ‘For every person that escapes, I will shoot two’. That was when I lost hope,’ Ms Mikhael recounted.

“That’s when I asked him if I could call my kids and if I could speak to them.”

“I actually wanted to hear their voices for the last time.”

The 17-hour-siege ended with the death of gunman Man Haron Monis and hostages Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson.

There are fears the interviews may taint evidence and weaken the coronial inquest into the deaths, with former state coroner John Abernethy telling Fairfax the interviews shouldn’t go ahead.

“[The hostages] may embellish [their accounts] before the coroner, they may feel compelled to say what they said on television and it just loosens the whole thing,” Mr Abernathy said.

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“There’s a risk that [the hostages] will fill in gaps in their own direct knowledge so as to please the person who is paying for their account.”

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett this week said it was “disappointing” and “grubby” that survivors were selling their stories.