Karol Lucero Venegas, known professionally as Karol Dance, is a Chilean radio host, television presenter, actor, singer, DJ and author. He became widely known through Chilevisión's Yingo, later worked on Mega's Mucho gusto, and developed radio, live-event, digital-media and publishing projects.
Background
Karol Jesús Lucero Venegas was born on April 17, 1987, in Santiago, Chile, to Nancy Venegas and Fernando Lucero. He has a younger brother, Felipe. His parents chose the name Karol in connection with the 1987 visit to Chile of Pope John Paul II, whose birth name was Karol Wojtyła.
He grew up in Santiago and became interested in public performance during childhood. Before establishing himself in radio and television, he took part in school and youth activities and later became associated with the urban youth culture known in Chile as the “pokemón” movement.
Education
Lucero studied at Colegio Fray Camilo Henríquez, continued at Colegio Lucila Godoy, and completed secondary education at Liceo Andrés Bello in 2004, where he delivered the graduation speech for his generation. These schools formed part of the secondary-education network of Santiago, while Liceo Andrés Bello is associated with the municipal educational system of the commune of San Miguel.
At seventeen he entered Universidad Bernardo O’Higgins to study law. He remained in the program for approximately three years without completing the degree. He also took a course in media development in 2003, covering communication-related performance training.
Lucero began appearing in entertainment and youth media before becoming a television personality. In 2007 he participated in the Terra web series Nikolais, diario de un Pokémon, which later received exposure through Chilevisión's El diario de Eva. His association with the “pokemón” youth scene helped establish his professional identity as Karol Dance.
In 2008 he joined Chilevisión's youth program Yingo. He first appeared as a member of the cast and later became one of its presenters. Chilevisión was a major Chilean free-to-air broadcaster whose programming during this period included youth entertainment, serialized fiction and live studio formats. Lucero also hosted Sin vergüenza and appeared in television fiction, including the Chilevisión productions Amor virtual, Don Diablo and Vampiras. In 2014 he presented Sin uniforme on Etc TV, a Chilean cable channel oriented toward youth programming.
Lucero developed a parallel radio career. He worked with Radio Carolina, a Chilean music and entertainment station, hosting Domingo Poncea2 during 2009 and 2010 and later Comunidad K, which he presented from 2011 until 2019. He also participated in the radio program Pegao' a las sábanas and contributed as a columnist to the newspaper HoyxHoy.
In January 2015 he joined Mega as a panelist on Mucho gusto. Mega is one of Chile's principal commercial television networks, and Mucho gusto is a long-running morning program combining news, interviews, entertainment and panel discussion. Lucero subsequently presented or participated in projects connected with ¿Volverías con tu ex?, Doble tentación, El gran bartender and Resistiré. He left Mega's screen presence in 2019 amid public controversy during Chile's social unrest and then concentrated more heavily on entrepreneurial, digital-media, speaking, event-hosting and DJ activities.
After his television departure, Lucero continued working as an event presenter and DJ, including an old-school music format, while developing the Like project and motivational talks on resilience, entrepreneurship and personal development. In 2025 he expressed interest in returning to television, and in 2026 he was announced as a presenter of the Festival Internacional del Globo in León, Mexico.
Achievements
Lucero became a prominent presenter of Chilevisión's Yingo after joining the program's cast in 2008, helping establish a public identity connected with Chile's late-2000s youth-media culture.
He developed Comunidad K at Radio Carolina into a radio and video-music project that extended his work across broadcast radio, online video and youth entertainment.
He built a later career in live-event hosting, DJ performance, speaking and digital media after leaving regular television work in 2019.
(A Spanish-language book by Lucero, published by Minc in 2...)
2019
Views
Lucero's public writing and speaking emphasize perseverance, recognizing opportunities, learning from failure and using available tools to pursue personal goals. His book Like presents career setbacks and encounters with advisers as material for reflection on entrepreneurship, resilience and personal transformation.
His later public discussions of the controversies surrounding his media career have stressed accountability, personal growth and the possibility of beginning again after a period of public criticism.
Quotations:
“Persiste, insiste y resiste… el que se rinde pierde.”
Personality
Lucero has described the period following the 2019 social unrest as a difficult stage that led him to reflect on professional mistakes and personal responsibility. In later interviews he characterized that experience as a learning process and said that his career had been paused rather than ended.
Quotes from others about the person
Lucero has described his professional outlook through the phrase “Persiste, insiste y resiste… el que se rinde pierde,” a maxim presented on his official website.
Interests
Live event production, DJ performance, entrepreneurship, motivational speaking, digital media and environmental activism.
Music & Bands
Lucero has worked as a radio host and DJ with a strong connection to urban, reggaeton and electronic-pop music associated with the 2000s and early 2010s.
Connections
Lucero is the son of Fernando Lucero and Nancy Venegas and has a younger brother named Felipe. He had a documented relationship with Chilean actress and radio personality Catalina Vallejos during the period when both were active in youth entertainment media.
Father:
Fernando Lucero
Mother:
Nancy Venegas
Brother:
Felipe Lucero
Lucero's younger brother.
Partner:
Catalina Vallejos
A Chilean actress and radio personality who had a documented relationship with Lucero during their youth-media careers.
References
Karol Lucero — Sitio Oficial
Official biography and professional portfolio describing Lucero's television, radio, event-hosting, DJ, speaking and publishing activities.
Chilevisión: Reapareció Karol Dance
Covers Lucero's departure from regular television exposure at the end of 2019 and his reflections on the public controversy surrounding that transition.
