Karol Lucero

Karol Jesús Lucero Venegas (born 17 April 1987), also known by his old stage name, Karol Dance, is a Chilean television presenter, radio host and businessman. He has also dabbled as a singer and actor.

Karol Lucero
Born
Karol Jesùs Lucero Venegas

(1987-04-17) April 17, 1987
Santiago, Chile
NationalityChilean
Other namesKarol Dance
OccupationTelevision host, radio personality
Years active2007–present
Parents
  • Fernando Lucero (father)
  • Nancy Venegas (mother)
Websitekarol.cl

Up until 2019, he was one of the most recognizable characters of the television channel Mega, where he served as a panelist in the magazine Mucho gusto and the radio station Radio Carolina, where he hosted “Comunidad K”. He was also a columnist for the Hoy x Hoy newspaper.

Due to being widely criticized by the protesters of the Chilean social outburst, along with several other controversies, he temporarily retired from being a public figure.

Biography

Karol Lucero was born on April 17, 1987 in Santiago, Chile, to Nancy Venegas and Fernando Lucero, who named him after Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II), as he as visiting Chile at the time.[1] He has a younger brother, named Felipe.

He studied at the Colegio Fray Camilo Henriquez and ended up graduating from eighth grade at the Colegio Lucila Godoy. For a time he belonged to the first fire company of San Miguel. In 2003 he took a course in media development. In 2004 he graduated from the Liceo Andrés Bello, giving the final speech of his generation and receiving honors. At 17 he entered the university to study law, but abandoned his studies after studying three years.

Career

He began to work in the television program SQP in January and February 2008, representing the pokemón subculture.[2]

In May 2008 he was invited by the production of Yingo of Chilevision to be part of the cast of the youth program and sign a contract with the television station, where he now works as a host, and is also host of the program Sin vergüenza which is broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays in Chilevision.

Since the beginning of 2008 is invited to be a stable program panelist Pegao' a las Sabanas on Radio Carolina and hosted his own show in 2009 and 2010 along with Nicole Gomez in Domingo Poncea2 and from 2011 led the first radio video music of Chile Comunidad K.[3]

Then in March 2010, he starred in Amor Virtual first Chilevision mini-series, he was also a special guest on Teatro en Chilevisión. Later, in September 2010, he starred in Don diablo second Chilevisión mini-series. He also starred in the mini-series Vampiras.[4]

Credits
Radio
  • Pegao' a las Sabanas (2008)
  • Domingo Poncea2 (2009–2010) Personality with co-hostess Nicole Gómez and Lia Lippi
  • Comunidad K (2011–present) Personality
Television
  • SQP (Sálvese quien pueda) (2008) Member
  • Yingo (2008–13) Host
  • Sin vergüenza (2010–present) Host
  • Fiebre de baile 3 (2010) Contestant
  • Sin uniforme (2014) Host
  • Mucho Gusto (2015–2020) Panelist
Acting
  • Nikolais, diario de un Pokemon (2007) Karol, Supporting role
  • Teatro en Chilevisión (2010) Nicolás, Special guest
  • Amor Virtual[5] (2010) Mateo Robles, Lead Role
  • Don diablo (2010) Ángel Bonilla Bonilla, Lead Role
  • Vampiras (2011) Nicolás Zarricueta, Lead Role[6]
  • Graduados (2013) Himself, cameo

Discography
Singles
  • "Necesito de tu amor"
  • "Me Fallaste"
  • "Héroes de la Noche" (featuring Rodrigo Avilés)
  • "De la amistad al amor"
  • "Amor Virtual" (featuring Rodrigo Avilés and Gianella Marengo)
  • "La roja va al mundial" (featuring Rodrigo Avilés and Camilo Huerta)
  • "Reggaeglobo" (featuring Rodrigo Avilés and Mariuxi Dominguez)
  • "Chile Campeón" (featuring Felix Soumastre)
  • "Lolita" (featuring C4)

References
  1. "Karol Lucero acusó hostigamiento luego de dejarse bigot de ex-dictador". El Informador (in Spanish). 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  2. "Yo fui pokemón" [I was a pokemón]. El Mercurio, Revista Sábado (in Spanish). 2012-11-10.
  3. "Comunidad K," the first radio video music of Chile Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Chapter of the Vampiras mini-series
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. Nico Zarricueta
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