Nicola Emilio Porcella Solimano (born 5 February 1988) is a Peruvian-Italian reality star, host, actor and retired footballer.
[1][2][3] After many years of an established career in Peru, he became known in Latin American countries as "El Novio de Mexico" due to his participation in the hit reality show La casa de los famosos México of the TelevisaUnivision conglomerate, in which he won 2nd place as well as the hearts of the audience for his loyalty, and charismatic personality.
After Nicola’s parents got divorced, he moved to Italy as a young kid to be with his father and grandfather (an Italian native) for a couple of years.
[32] In addition, he co-hosted the summer season of the television show Estás En Todas with Jaime "Choca" Mandros and Sheyla Rojas.
[35] In 2015, while he worked in parallel with Esto Es Guerra, he had a special participation in the telenovela Ven, Baila, Quinceañera as Piero del Campo.
[38][39] In 2016, he had a special participation in the program El Búnker of the Peruvian radio station Onda Cero next to Rafael Cardozo, where he remained until 2018.
[43] In 2020, he traveled to Mexico, to be part of the reality show of that country Guerreros of the Televisa network, where his performance positioned him among the top 10 contestants of the first season, with 54% of victories in the tests,[44] In 2021, he was summoned as the leader of the Peruvian delegation of Esto Es Guerra to face the Puerto Rican version of the program, where his team lost.
[45][46] In that year, he returned to host his web program El Show De Los Sábados together with actor Miguel Vergara.
[50] Then in 2023, he reached the final, placing second on the reality show La casa de los famosos México, broadcast on TelevisaUnivision channels: Las Estrellas, Canal 5 and the Hispanic streaming service Vix.
She supported him in his latest reality show, La Casa de Los Famosos Mexico, by being his voice outside of the house whenever it was needed.