Nicolás Enrique Larraín de Toro (born 19 May 1965) is a Chilean television personality. Larraín stood out when he was the television host the political satire program, '' Caiga Quien Caiga'' (CQC), from 2002 to 2011. Currently, he is one of the presenters of the program ''Not News'' of Vía X channel, where he hosts the political debate.

Biography

Larraín's consolidation as a presenter came on the

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program "Chile Tuday" (1999–2001), together with his brother

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and Felipe Izquierdo, where they dealt with political and everyday topics in a humorous way. After the end of "Chile Tuday", the

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production company Cuatro Cabezas hired him in 2002 to host the Chilean version of the program Caiga Quien Caiga, initially with Pablo Mackenna and Felipe Bianchi. In parallel, he hosted the program ''¡Liberen a Nicolás!'' on FM Tiempo Radio (2004–2018). This program initially featured the participation of his cousin, Juan Cristóbal Guarello, his brothers Fernando and Pablo, and his mother Sonia de Toro. After the end of CQC in 2011, Larraín worked as a broadcaster in the radio. Then, in 2014, he participated as a judge on the program ''Apuesto por ti'' on

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(TVN), and in March of that year he started his program called ''Nico Late Show'' on the Vive! channel, which lasted until July 2016. On December 12, 2016, he announced his presidential candidacy for the

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, joining the Todos party primaries. However, on June 19, 2017, Larraín announced his withdrawal as candidacy to join

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's candidacy.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Larraín, Nicolás 1965 births Living people Chilean people of Basque descent Chilean television personalities Chilean television presenters Chilean radio presenters Larraín family Mass media people from Santiago, Chile