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Univision names talent for 2 new music reality shows

July 25, 2014 by Veronica Villafañe

Alejandra Espinoza and Galilea Montijo
Galilea Montijo will host “Va Por Ti,” set to debut in September.

Univision is gearing up for more reality shows and has already tapped some high-profile talent to participate.

The network has picked television personality Galilea Montijo to host “Va Por Ti,” a new singing competition show that will premiere on Univision on Sunday, September 7 at 8 pm ET.

Galilea is currently one of the co-hosts of the daytime entertainment program “Hoy,” and previously hosted the children’s talent show “Pequeños Gigantes.”

“Va Por Ti,” a co-production of Televisa and Univision, will also feature a cast of celebrity coaches and judges that include Mexican singer/songwriter/actress, and former member of the super-group RBD, Dulce María, Cuban-American actor singer/songwriter Jencarlos Canela, and Regional Mexican music star Larry Hernández, among others yet to be announced.

Auditions for the show were held in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Puerto Rico and online this past spring/summer.

Alejandra Espinoza and Galilea Montijo
Alejandra Espinoza will host “La Banda,” scheduled for 2015.

Univision also announced that Alejandra Espinoza will be the host of “La Banda,” the  music reality competition show produced by Simon Cowell and FremantleMedia Latin America that aims to create the world’s ultimate Latino boyband.

Alejandra joined Univision’s on-air talent roster after winning the first season of the network’s reality contest “Nuestra Belleza Latina” in 2007.

Since then, she has appeared regularly in “Sábado Gigante,”“El Gordo y La Flaca” and participated in several Univision network specials. Earlier this year she became co-host of the 8th season of “Nuestra Belleza Latina.”

“La Banda” is slated for a 2015 debut on the Univision Network.

Filed Under: Entertainment, Programming, TV & Radio Tagged With: Univision

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Veronica Villafañe, Editor & Publisher

Emmy award-winning journalist and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ). Most recently, a reporter for Voice of America, she has worked as an on-air reporter, anchor, writer and producer for Spanish and English-language TV, print and online media, including Univision, Telemundo, Fox 11 News in L.A. and the San Jose Mercury News.

She is also a Hispanic media and entertainment contributor to Forbes.

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