Filming for the New Zealand portion of the show started in Auckland earlier this week, taking in Wellington and Christchurch before reaching Dunedin.
The Spanish embassy in New Zealand put the station, Spanish TV1, in touch with salsa teacher and Spanish language lecturer Carmen Aliberch, who was determined to show the television crew as much of the city as she could.
Larnach Castle, the royal albatross colony and the University of Otago were on the destination list.
"I'm trying to do something completely different from the other centres," she said.
Ms Aliberch moved to Dunedin in 1995 and describes it as a "lovely city". Along with her dance and language teacher roles, she offers tours of the city to Spanish visitors.
Her love of Dunedin made her want to ensure it was portrayed better than the other centres on the show.
Ms Aliberch has a claim to fame in her home country as its first female helicopter pilot.
In the 1980s, she was trained by the Spanish Air Force and flew for the traffic department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Madrid. She flew Ecureuil SA350s to control traffic in the Spanish capital.
This was at a time when females were not allowed to be in the army or air force and were expected to be wives and mothers.
For her generation, the 46-year-old was considered adventurous by pursuing a career in flying.
"For me, it was normal because I've always done the boy things," she said.
Though she no longer flies, she has not written it out of her future. For now, her days are filled being a mother to her two children, teaching salsa and lecturing students at the university.
Others Spaniards living in Dunedin scheduled to be part of the show were Amadeo Ballestras, who runs programmes at the Otago Museum; head of the Spanish department at the university, Tim Mehigan; and Isolina Martin and Miguel Rodriguez, who are members of long-established Spanish families in the city.
Ms Aliberch was unsure when the programme would air in Spain.
