Terelu Campos

Teresa Lourdes Borrego Campos (born 31 August 1965) is a Spanish radio and TV presenter, tertulia participant, and businesswoman. She is the elder daughter of journalist and presenter María Teresa Campos.

Early years
Terelu Campos was born at Dr. Gálvez Hospital in Málaga, the eldest daughter of María Teresa Campos Luque and José María Borrego Doblas, both broadcasters on Cadena Azul de Radiodifusión. Her sister Carmen Borrego was born in 1966.

She took COU classes at Málaga's Institución Teresiana. Due to the death of her father, she left her studies and began her professional career in 1984, working for Radiocadena Española as a presenter, writer, and producer on the programs Apueste por una and Te vas a Enterar, directed by Mara Colás. In 1987 she directed and presented Las Mañanas de la Cadena Rato for Radio Torcal in Málaga.

Professional career
In 1988 she appeared in the film Zocta, solo en la Tierra se puede ser extraterrestre, directed by Joe Rígoli. That year she also left radio to join Jesús Hermida's program Por la mañana (1987 television program) as producer and musical coordinator, and later her mother's programs A mi manera (1989–1990) and Ésta es su casa (1990–1991). In 1990 she presented several programs (musicals and interviews), while continuing her activity as a music producer on TVE's Pasa la vida. She likewise participated in TVE's Christmas program Telepasión española.

In 1995 she appeared in four chapters of the Antena 3 series Canguros, playing the sister of Almudena (Ana Risueño). In 1996 she moved to Telecinco to write and co-present María Teresa Campos' program Día a día (Spanish TV program) until June 1997. In 1997 she also presented the Miss Spain gala.

In June 1997, she began to present an interview and variety program called En Exclusiva, broadcast by Nou and Telemadrid. That September she began to combine this with presenting the magazine Con T de tarde on Telemadrid. This was on the air until June 2004. In September 2004 she was hired by Antena 3, where she collaborated with her mother on the morning program Cada día (TV program). That year she also presented the game show La Granja on the same channel. In 2005 she returned to present the second edition of La Granja.

From 2006 to 2007 she participated in the monologue contest El club de Flo on laSexta. In the last quarter of 2008, she participated as a contestant in Mira quién baila on TVE, along with Ana Obregón and Vicky Martín Berrocal.

In 2007, she was hired by Telecinco, a channel where she continues to work today, debuting as a contributor on the show La noria (TV program). In 2009 she became the co-host of ¡Qué tiempo tan feliz! with María Teresa Campos. In 2010 she began to contribute to Sálvame (TV program) and Mira quien mira. In addition, from 2010 to 2014 she presented Sábado Deluxe (later known as Sábado Deluxe) during holiday periods. In February 2011, she led the special La Caja Deluxe.

In January 2014, she announced on the Telecinco program Sálvame that she would take a few months off from television, since she was not happy working. That July she confirmed her return to television after the summer to resume her role as a contributor on Sálvame.

In 2016 she became the protagonist, along with her mother, of the Telecinco docu-reality show Las Campos.

In 2017 she participated for a week as a kitchen coach of the house, out of competition, on the fifth edition of Gran Hermano VIP.

She has been the administrator of her own company, Rubitecam, S.L., since 1997.

She was one of five presenters of the 2017–2018 New Year's Eve show.

Personal life
Terelu was married to Miguel Ángel Polvorinos from 1993 to 1996. Two years later she married Alejandro Rubio, with whom she has a daughter, Alejandra Rubio Borrego. The couple divorced in 2003. Since then she has had relationships with Pipi Estrada, Kike Calleja, Carlos Pombo, and José Valenciano.

On 14 November 2011, Terelu was on the cover of Interviú magazine. On 16 January 2012, she announced on Sálvame that she was temporarily leaving television because, she said:

"I detected this little lump when I returned from Hawaii. I knew I did not have it before, and I was convinced from the start that it was not good."

On 18 January 2012 she had surgery for a carcinoma in her breast at the Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital. On 19 January, Terelu Campos left the hospital, saying that she felt well and that she was going to continue treatment.

In July 2018, she had to undergo another operation after a tumor was detected, this time in her left breast.

Published works

 * Frente al espejo (2017, together with Kike Calleja) ISBN 9788417001162