Rebelde

Rebelde
Genre
Created byPedro Damián
Based on
Rebelde Way
by Cris Morena
Written by
  • Iván Cuevas
  • Pedro Rodríguez
  • María Balmorí
Story byCris Morena
Directed by
  • Luis Pardo
  • Juan Carlos Muñoz
Creative directorAlexis Covasevich
Starring
Music by
  • Gerardo Rosado
  • Alejandro de la Parra
Opening theme
Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Country of originMexico
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes440
Production
Executive producerPedro Damián
ProducerLuis Luisillo
Cinematography
  • Daniel Ferrer
  • Vivian Sánchez Ross
Editors
  • Noé Galindo
  • Luis Horacio Valdés
  • Juan Franco
  • Julio Abreu
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCanal de las Estrellas
Release4 October 2004 (2004-10-04) –
2 June 2006 (2006-06-02)
Related

Rebelde (English: Rebel) is a Mexican teen drama and comedy telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa. It originally aired on Canal de las Estrellas from October 4, 2004, to June 6, 2006, and on Univision in the U.S. from March 21, 2005, to December 15, 2006 replacing Corazones al límite (2004). The series is a remake of the 2002 Argentine telenovela Rebelde Way, created by Cris Morena.

Set at Elite Way School, an elite private boarding school on the outskirts of Mexico City, the series follows a group of students whose personal conflicts and ambitions lead them to form a band. The main cast includes Anahí, Dulce María, Alfonso Herrera, Christian Chávez, Christopher von Uckermann, and Maite Perroni in her breakthrough role, alongside Juan Ferrara, Ninel Conde, Enrique Rocha, Tony Dalton, Angelique Boyer, Estefanía Villarreal, Karla Cossío, Zoraida Gómez, Jack Duarte, and Eddy Vilard. Héctor Gómez and Lourdes Canale also appear in supporting roles.

A distinctive feature of the series is its frequent use of Spanglish words and fresa slang, particularly among its upper-class characters. The actors portraying the band members performed as the real-life group RBD, which recorded much of the show's music, including the theme song "Rebelde". RBD became one of the best-selling Latin music acts, with more than 15 million records sold worldwide. The series was followed by a sequel, also titled Rebelde, which aired for two seasons in 2022 on Netflix.

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 adolescents who, despite their differences, discover something that will unite them above all – their love for music.[citation needed]

Cast

Starring

Also starring

Recurring

Special guest stars

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated Result
2006 Premios TVyNovelas Best Telenovela Pedro Damián Nominated
Best Lead Actress Ninel Conde Nominated
Best Lead Actor Juan Ferrara Nominated
Best Male Antagonist Enrique Rocha Nominated
Best Co-star Actress Leticia Perdigón Nominated
Best Co-star Actor Rafael Inclán Nominated
Best Young Lead Actress Anahí Nominated
Dulce María Won
Best Young Lead Actor Alfonso Herrera Nominated
Christopher von Uckermann Nominated
Best Musical Theme "Rebelde" by RBD Won
Best Direction Luis Pardo, Juan Carlos Muñoz and Felipe Nájera Nominated

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

Information
Rebelde: Primera Temporada (First Season)
Release date
  • August 2005 (Mexico)
  • December 2005 (Brazil)
  • November 21, 2006 (United States)
  • January 9, 2007 (US)
Rebelde: Segunda Temporada (Second Season)
Released
  • October 29, 2006 (Mexico)
  • April 10, 2007 (United States)
Rebelde: Tercera Temporada (Third Season)
Release date
  • June 30, 2007 (Mexico)
  • July 10, 2008 (United States)
Rebelde: La Serie Completa (The Complete Series)
Release date
  • November 13, 2007

RBD

One of the topics that marked the success of the telenovela was the formation of a group named RBD (abbreviation for "ReBelDe"). 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 (like Erreway from Rebelde Way in Argentina). The series served as a big promotion for the group because it reached all of Latin America, the United States, and several European nations. The group and the telenovela's Portuguese dub were highly successful in Brazil following their debuts in 2005, which prompted the producers to have the band re-record their first album in Portuguese. They would subsequently also re-record their second and third albums in the language. 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

References

  1. ↑ ""Rebelde", fue la telenovela más exitosa en últimos años en México". infobae.com. 4 June 2006. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Tisdale, Jerrica (26 October 2021). "Rebelde: 6 Quick Things To Know About The Netflix Reboot". cinemablend.com. Future US, Inc. Retrieved 28 August 2026.
  3. ↑ "Anahí reniega de "Mía Colucci", su personaje en "Rebelde"". publimetro.com.mx. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. ↑ "Muere la actriz mexicana Lourdes Canale". People en Español. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Ramos, Antonieta (20 October 2021). "Rebelde de Netflix ya tiene fecha de ESTRENO y hasta nueva música, ve el VIDEO". Heraldo USA (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hilary Duff participará en el gran final de la telenovela Rebelde". Los 40 (in Spanish). 18 May 2006. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  7. ↑ Cano, Natalia (19 May 2006). "Duff estará en Rebelde". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Más sobre la entrega de premios TV y Novelas 2006". Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "XXIV Premio TV y Novelas 2006". Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2014.