Mexican Telenovela Star Salvador Zerboni Hasn't Given Up Hope of Winning a Reality Show: This Time He Is Bringing Reinforcements

Mexican artist Salvador Zerboni is returning to reality TV once again, after two stints on Telemundo's "La Casa de los Famosos," a Telemundo "Master Chef" participation, and more. This time, he'll be competing with rival network Televisa Univision.

The famous soap opera actor and his partner Marcela Ruiz were announced as members of Apostarías Por Mí, the new reality show on the Mexican-American network, which will begin airing on January 18.

The program, hosted by Alan Tacher and Alejandra Espinoza, has a prize of up to $300,000 for the winning couple and consists of a competition of challenges and isolation, in a fusion of the format created by Big Brother and other productions that put couples to the test to demonstrate how well they know each other and how well they work together.

Among their confirmed rivals are Adrián Di Monte and Nuja Amar, Alejandra Jaramillo and Beta Mejía, Alina Lozano and Jim Velásquez, Gigi Ojeda and David Leal (Domino Saints), Breh and Franco Tradardi, René Strickler and Rubí Cardozo, Raúl and Laura Molinar, as well as Lorenzo Méndez and Claudia Galván.

The panelists or analysts, also announced this week, are the Mexican American singer Lupillo Rivera, Argentine host based in Mexico, Cecilia Galiano, and the romance advisor Jorge Lozano, self-proclaimed "El Gran Cucaracho," who has become famous for giving lectures and advice to women about love.

Zerboni is known for his intense personality and his ability to deliver engaging content on these types of programs. In fact, the last show of this kind he participated in was MasterChef , where he formed a spectacular partnership with Angélica Celaya, generating a lot of buzz both within the production team and on social media.

In the first season of Telemundo's La Casa de los Famosos, Zerboni was almost until the end one of the allies of the controversial Laura Bozzo, while in LCDLF All Stars he left many speechless by being the first eliminated.

This year, he also revealed that he suffered from vertigo, which had affected his career and his life.

Like LCDLF, Apostarías Por Mí will be available 24/7 on VIX, TelevisaUnivision's streaming service, where viewers can also vote for the couples. In addition, there will be daily programming dedicated to the couples' stories, which will air in the United States on UniMás.

Stricker and Zerboni are the most internationally recognized of the participants announced so far, thanks to their work on Mexican telenovelas produced by Televisa. However, very little is known about their partner.