Rebelde (English language: Rebel) was a Mexican teen drama and Comedy drama telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Las Estrellas.
The show stars Anahí, Dulce María, Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chávez and Christopher von Uckermann, with Maite Perroni in her debut role.
Rebelde is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious Private school boarding school on the outskirts of Mexico City, with a major plot line revolving around six Adolescence students forming a band. Additional subplots involve the school's faculty and the students' parents. One trademark of the telenovela is the random use of English language words and phrases, often used by fresa characters as well as famous American Guest stars such as Gorillaz, Lenny Kravitz, and Hillary Duff to name a few.
Another notable aspect of the show is that the actors playing the band members are themselves in an actual Musical ensemble named RBD and perform most of the music used on the telenovela, including the Title sequence Theme music, "Rebelde". The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling Latin music acts of all time.
In 2021, Netflix announced a reboot of the show, set for release the following year. The series, also titled Rebelde, was released on 5 January 2022, and is set 16 years after the end of the show.
Plot
The Elite Way School is a private
boarding school with international prestige where high-class students receive a high level of education to be prepared for a great future. The school has a
scholarship program for people with low financial resources who have an excellent academic level. However, few even graduate since they are persecuted by a secret society called "La Logia" ("The Lodge"), whose purpose is to conserve the purity of the privileged class. Among the students are Mía Colucci Cáceres (Anahí), Roberta Pardo Rey (Dulce María), Miguel Arango Cervera (
Alfonso Herrera), Diego Bustamante (Christopher von Uckermann), Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández (
Maite Perroni) and Giovanni Méndez López (Christian Chávez). Six
who, despite their differences, discover something that will unite them above all – their love for music.
Cast
Starring
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Enrique Rocha as León Bustamante
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Juan Ferrara as Franco Colucci
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Ninel Conde as Alma Rey
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Patricio Borghetti as Enrique Madarriaga (seasons 1, 3)
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Leticia Perdigón as Mayra Fernández
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Anahí as Mía Colucci Cáceres
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Dulce María as Roberta Alejandra Pardo Rey
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Alfonso Herrera as Miguel Arango Cervera
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Christopher von Uckermann as Diego Bustamante
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Estefanía Villarreal as Celina Ferrer
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Karla Cossío as Pilar Gandía
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Zoraida Gómez as Jóse Luján Landeros/Jose Lujan Colucci Rey
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Jack Duarte as Tomás Goycolea
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Maite Perroni as Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernández
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Eddy Vilard as Teódoro "Téo" Ruiz Palacios
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Angelique Boyer as Victoria "Vico" Paz
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Rodrigo Nehme as Nicolás "Nico" Huber
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Christian Chávez as Giovanni Méndez López
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Michel Gurfi as Joaquín Mascaró (season 1)
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Grettell Valdez as Renata Lizaldi (season 1)
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Miguel Rodarte as Carlo Colucci (season 1)
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Tony Dalton as Gastón Diestro
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Héctor Gómez as Hilario Ortiz Tirado (season 1)
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Nailea Norvind as Marina Casares de Colucci (seasons 2–3)
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Derrick James as Santos Echagüe Robles / Santos Echague (seasons 2–3)
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Diego Boneta as Rocco Bezauri (seasons 2–3)
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María Fernanda Malo as Sol De La Riva (seasons 2–3)
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Antonio Sáenz as Iñaki (seasons 2–3)
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Allisson Lozano as Bianca Delight (seasons 2–3)
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Viviana Ramos as Dolores "Lola" Arregui (seasons 2–3)
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Ronald Duarte as Jack
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Rafael Inclán as Guillermo Arregui (season 2)
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Patsy as Inés (season 3)
Also starring
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Felipe Nájera as Pascual Gandía
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Pedro Weber "Chatanuga" as Pedro / Peter
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María Fernanda García as Alicia Salazar
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Manola Diez as Pepa
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Xochitl Vigil as Rosa Fernández
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Gabriela Bermúdez as Elena Cervera de Arango
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Alejandra Peniche as Damiana Mitre de Ferrer
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Lourdes Canale as Hilda Acosta / Profesora Hilda Bernard
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Dobrina Cristeva as Yolanda "Yoli" Huber
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Abraham Stavans as Joel Huber
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Jorge Zamora as Maurice
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Aitor Iturrioz as Esteban Nolasco
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Tiaré Scanda as Galia Dunoff de Gandía
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Roberto "Puck" Miranda as Cosme Méndez
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Patricia Martínez as Luisa López de Méndez
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Cynthia Coppelli as Mabel Bustamante
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Salvador Julián as Carlos Velásquez
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Liuba De Lasse as Catalina "Cata"
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Yessica Salazar as Valeria Olivier (season 1)
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Malillany Marin as Luz Viviana Olivier (season 1)
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Gerardo Klein as Fernando Ferrer (seasons 2–3)
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Lisardo as Martín Reverte / Octavio Reverte (seasons 2–3)
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Lourdes Reyes as Julia Lozano (seasons 2–3)
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Claudia Schmidt as Sabrina Guzmán (seasons 2–3)
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Alfonso Iturralde as Héctor Paz (seasons 2–3)
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Roxana Martínez as Milagrosa (season 3)
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Miguel Ángel Biaggio as Javier Alanis (season 3)
Recurring
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Eleazar Gómez as Leonardo Francisco Blanco (season 2)
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Florencia del Saracho as Romina (season 2)
Special guest stars
Awards and nominations
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| 2006 | Premios TVyNovelas | Best Telenovela | Pedro Damián | |
| Best Lead Actress | Ninel Conde | |
| Best Lead Actor | Juan Ferrara
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| Best Male Antagonist | Enrique Rocha | |
| Best Co-star Actress | Leticia Perdigón | |
| Best Co-star Actor | Rafael Inclán | |
| Best Young Lead Actress | Anahí | |
| Dulce María | |
| Best Young Lead Actor | Alfonso Herrera | |
| Christopher von Uckermann | |
| Best Musical Theme | "Rebelde" by RBD | |
| Best Direction | Luis Pardo, Juan Carlos Muñoz and Felipe Nájera | |
Elite Way School uniforms
Casual
Both girls and boys wear red sport jackets with matching ties, and long-sleeved white dress-shirts. Boys wear blue jeans and black dress-shoes with their jackets and shirts, while girls wear blue denim miniskirts and black knee-boots. Moreover, girls often untuck and tie up their white dress-shirts, exposing their midriff. Girls also wear regulation underwear: full-cut black briefs with matching sport-bras, as demonstrated by Mia in the series' pilot. In the last season, girls wear denim blue skirts with blue knee boots.
Alternate casual
In later seasons, some girls wear a different ensemble with their white dress-shirts: ochre plaid miniskirts and brown sport jackets, with black Mary Janes and white knee-socks.
Formal
Both girls and boys wear black sport jackets with matching ties, and long-sleeved blue dress-shirts. Boys wear black dress-slacks with matching dress-shoes, while girls wear dressy black miniskirts with matching knee-boots. Girls rarely tie up their formal dress-shirts.
DVDs
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Rebelde: Primera Temporada (First Season)
- Release date
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August 2005
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December 2005
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November 21, 2006
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January 9, 2007
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Rebelde: Segunda Temporada (Second Season)
- Released
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October 29, 2006
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April 10, 2007
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Rebelde: Tercera Temporada (Third Season)
- Release date
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June 30, 2007
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July 10, 2008
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Rebelde: La Serie Completa (The Complete Series)
- Release date
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RBD
One of the topics that marked the success of the telenovela was the formation of a
Vocal group named
RBD . The production of the series conceived the idea of the musical group to promote both the characters and the show itself. The project quickly surpassed the telenovela in success, so much so that it can now be considered as a separate concept (as
Erreway of
Rebelde Way did in Argentina). The series was a great promotion for the group since it was able to reach all of
Latin America,
United States, and several
nations. The group is one of the most impressive in the
Latin pop and has had great success in Hispanic countries, the U.S. and even
Brazil, where the telenovela and the group were highly successful. The show's success was so great that during the third season, the producers decided to lengthen the time of the episodes to one hour and a half, being the first telenovela with such duration.
Main songs
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"Rebelde" performed by RBD.
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"Solo Quédate En Silencio" performed by RBD.
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"Malas Intenciones" performed by Erik Rubín.
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"Plástico" performed by JD Natasha.
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"Sálvame" performed by RBD (Anahí in lead vocals and the band in the choruses).
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"Nuestro Amor" performed by RBD.
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"Aún hay algo" performed by RBD.
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"Tras de Mí" performed by RBD.
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"Este corazón" performed by RBD.
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"No pares" performed by Dulce María (as part of RBD).
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"México, México" performed by the RBD Girls (Anahí, Dulce María and Maite Perroni).
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