Johnny Lozada Correa (born December 21, 1967) is a Puerto Rican singer, actor, host, and television personality.
Lozada was a member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo during its golden years, joining the group in 1980 and staying until early 1984.
According to creator, Edgardo Díaz, this installment of the group "opened a lot of doors in Latin America, and was very strong".
In 1986, Lozada participated in a campaign to encourage youth abstinence from sex, in which he recorded two duets ("Cuando Estemos Juntos" and "Détente") with Tatiana and music videos for them.
That year also, Lozada participated alongside the Puerto Rico national basketball team (joining such stars as Jose Ortiz, Ruben Rodriguez, Federico Fico Lopez and Angelo Cruz among others) as well as Rafael Jose, Magali Carrasquillo, Kobbo Santarrosa, Jaime Bello, and others in a song named "Yo Voy a Mi", for which a CD and musical video were produced, in order to boost the basketball team's games' attendance numbers as it headed to the 1987 Pre-Olympic tournament in Uruguay and, later on, to the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea.
The group enjoyed some success in Latin America, and was invited to participate in the telenovela Alba Marina, alongside Venezuelan singer Karina.
[2] In 1998, Lozada and former Menudo members Rene Farrait, Miguel Cancel, Ray Reyes, Charlie Masso and Ricky Meléndez got together in Puerto Rico for a concert named El Reencuentro, with dedication to the convalescing ex-Menudo Fernando Sallaberry, Menudo's original lead singer, who was unable to join the reunion due to health issues.
El Reencuentro was so successful that they needed to add two more concerts that weekend and later, they went on tour all over Latin America and the United States.
[16] On July 30, 2018, Lozada joined the Puerto Rican gossip show Lo Se Todo, replacing long time host Pedro Juan Figueroa.
On November 24, 2013, Lozada won the fourth season of Univision's dance competition Mira Quien Baila.
Throughout the season he was disfavored by the all-Mexican jury, even being involved in controversy when his masculinity was questioned by Conde following the regional Mexican routine.
[28] In the eight date, he performed a disco routine and survived the jury's nomination to the elimination round by besting Manny Manuel with 62% of the vote.
[32] At the semifinals, he danced a merengue and advanced by eliminating Mane de la Parra, who only gathered 35% despite receiving the public endorsement of Conde.
[36] With two tangos in the finals, Lozada defeated Marjorie de Sousa and Pedro Moreno by gathering 53% of the total vote.
Lozada is played by Leonel Otero in the 2020 Amazon Prime Video series based on Menudo, "Subete A Mi Moto".