BRICKELL, Fla. — What would you do if you came into a million dollars?
One South Florida man now has the answer after winning big on a Netflix competition show.
Contestants from across the country walked into a luxury lakeside estate in British Columbia with one goal: keep secrets, hide in plain sight and compete for a chance at a million-dollar prize.
But one South Florida man outplayed the rest.
Nick Pellecchia, who lives in the heart of Brickell, is the winner of Season 2 of Netflix’s “Million Dollar Secret.”
“I come from a completely different background than reality TV,” Pellecchia said.
He studied finance at the University of Miami and worked at a commercial loans lender before turning his attention toward entertainment.
“I always liked entertaining people and being funny,” he said. “I knew how powerful it was to have a brand and audience online, so I was always applying.”
Eventually, that led him to Million Dollar Secret and a spot in the competition.
From the beginning, Pellecchia said his strategy was to avoid becoming a target.
“My plan going into it was (to) be kind of a funny, fratty type kid that doesn’t have a target on his back, that people just like being comfortable around,” Pellecchia said.
But that plan quickly changed when he identified who he believed was hiding the million-dollar secret.
“I ended up being the only one clocking Altie as the millionaire and felt the need to speak up at the first dinner,” he said.
After that, other contestants started looking to him for answers.
“So that whole plan went to the wayside and then it turned more into a situation where people were coming to me about what I thought was going on,” he added.
Along the way, Pellecchia found himself holding the million-dollar briefcase, meaning he had to complete secret agendas without the other contestants finding out.
Pellecchia survived multiple rounds, eventually moving the money out of his briefcase before the attention became too much.
He made it to the final three, where the prize ended up back in his hands.
For Pellecchia, becoming a millionaire still feels surreal.
“It’s a pretty surreal feeling, because it all still feels like it was made up, and it’s crazy because it’s filmed nine months before it comes out,” he said.
“To my parents, I said I’m pretty sure there’s money on the way, maybe it was a fever dream or something,” he added, “I’m just grateful.”
Now, with a million dollars to his name, Pellecchia says he plans to keep investing in himself.
“I mean I want that million dollars to be $10 (million) in the next few years, so I’m gonna keep building businesses, being entrepreneurial with it and keep investing in myself a lot of it,” he said. “But most of it, I’m just gonna keep betting on myself, dude.”
Pellecchia’s Netflix journey didn’t end with Million Dollar Secret. He also searched for love on Netflix’s “Perfect Match.”
To see what he’s been up to since those shows ended, find his Instagram page by clicking here.
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