 Zamora sent an audition tape for the show, thinking that he could reach more people simply by the national exposure than by constant travel.Six months later, Zamora was cast on the show, beating out 25,000 applicants.Zamora and his castmates (, Rachel Campos, Pam Ling, , David "Puck" Rainey, and Judd Winick) moved into the house at 953 Lombard Street on Russian Hill on February 12, 1994.