The upcoming final season of Élite is gearing up to be hotter than ever.
Netflix’s blockbuster Spanish-language teen telenovela is already known for employing a diverse, beautiful cast of young stars to portray the students at ultra-exclusive private school Las Encinas – you know, like Manu Ríos, Omar Ayuso, and André Lamoglia – and is now adding a gorgeous bisexual musical artist to the mix.
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Brazilian pop star and 2023 Queerties Anthem nominee Anitta will be amping up the hotness and the drama for season 7 of the show.
On Thursday, Netflix shared the first press images of the “Me Gusta” singer looking flawless as she posed amid the different sets that make up the fictional high school.
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“A ‘Girl from Rio’ is about to arrive at Las Encinas,” Netflix captioned the photos on social media. “@Anitta is joining the cast of Élite Season 7.”
In addition to making bop after bob in Portuguese, Spanish, and English, Anitta has been a vocal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community in her native Brazil and beyond. So, obviously reactions to the casting news had queers around the world in a total frenzy.
The global praise needs no translation:
I’m going to watch it again with all the love and charm of when I watched the 1st season ❤️.
— Anderson Santti (@andersonsantti) March 9, 2023
WE LOVE HER SO MUCH pic.twitter.com/Dq1KIUuGpt
— flávia (@dojanittz) March 9, 2023
ok now greenlight her next docuseries. international distribution. that’s a global superstar we’re talking about.pic.twitter.com/5pcSBvgiSi
— leozitto (@rooftothelobby) March 9, 2023
I’m so excited pic.twitter.com/7kzK7NOfjF
— Walk – fan account (@walkanitta) March 9, 2023
THE QUEEN HERSELF
— diogo (@diogobbragaa) March 9, 2023
Omg we love her our Brazilian Celine dion
— wendell🪩 (@wenzinh0) March 9, 2023
just serve mother
— DAN (@_danjr00) March 9, 2023
Details on what character Anitta will play have not been revealed, but there are rumors the role could see her linking up with Iván, played by fellow Brazilian hottie André Lamoglia.
On the show, Iván is bisexual and was in a passionate romance with Manu Ríos’ character Patrick. But now that Ríos has allegedly left the series, Iván is free to play the field. Not that that ever stopped him before!
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Despite Anitta being beloved by millions, some fans expressed a bit of outrage that she may be playing a teen high school student at the ripe old age of 29.
Check out some of the ageist objections:
Oh she’s pretty for a 30+ yo lady. Not a teenager though
— Felix (@Felixthefelicis) March 9, 2023
as a teacher? or something like that?
— biela (@euubiel) March 9, 2023
Omg yes, she looks exactly like a normal teen, we all look like we’re in our 30’s!!
— Empty (@ParagonMyself) March 9, 2023
Wait. Will she be a student???
— Demarques #RRDS (@MarqsDemarques) March 9, 2023
Since specifics about Anitta’s character have yet to be revealed, one shouldn’t necessarily assume she’s playing a student. But even if she did it wouldn’t be so far-fetched considering most of the Euphoria cast is 25 and above. And besides, historically, 30-year-olds have been playing teens for decades, just look at Stockard Channing (Rizzo) in Grease and Gabrielle Carteris (Andrea Zuckerman) on Beverly Hills, 90210.
Regardless, the Elite news just adds to Anitta’s continued meteoric rise that follows appearances on HBO Max’s Legendary, Carpool Karaoke, and in Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty Show Vol. 4.
Musically, Anitta has collaborated with everyone from Maluma to Cardi B, and famously worked with Madonna on her 2019 Madame X song “Faz Gostoso.”
Last year, Anitta admitted meeting the Queen of Pop caused her to have an averse physical reaction, which Andy Cohen labeled “Madonnarrhea.” True story.
Watch Anitta describe her explosive–and hysterical–interaction with Madonna:
While a premiere date for season 7 of Élite has yet to be announced, all prior six seasons are available to stream on Netflix now.
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Bengali
Make this type of announcement when someone like Prince Royce joins the cast; I give ZERO __ks about this 30 yr old woman, bisexual, metrosexual, pansexual, etc.
Raphael
And who the hell is “Prince Royce”? No one knows who he is, Anitta is much more known…. Also, I don’t know if you have noticed, but it’s not an American series. Shocking, right!? It’s not centered around or made for that culture.
Kangol2
Raphael, Prince Royce is quite famous. A Dominican American (Bronx born and bred, baby!) singer and beauty. He’s even been featured on Queerty’s Instatuds. That said, Anitta is a HUGE deal. I’d say add some other Brazilian, Portuguese and Spanish hotties who’re closer in age to the Élite kids, and have fun with it.
nm4047
30yo, she almost younger than most of the student cast members. Apart from that, who the f*ck is she?
Thad
Check out her music on YouTube. All the hot Latino boys do.
cuteguy
They need to do this stunt casting for its final season bc season 6 was a bomb and left off with a cliffhanger that no one cares about. I was such a huge fan but started to lose interest once Guzman and Ander left. It was still pretty decent but season 6 they definitely jumped the shark.
skeldare
Here I was hoping it was a male queer pop star
bigdandd
The proof of the popularity of this import on Netflix is that the majority of the audience was and is gay MALE. Season 6 was a dud compared to previous seasons. If indeed Manu Rios has left the series, I won’t be wasting the electric watching Season 7. I got so tired with Ivan (Andre Lamoglia) flip flopping on his relationship with Patrick. Will he or won’t he? Then, with this announcement, a new female cast member will be added for the final season. Just what we need with this show. One more hateful, bitchy girl giving off major attitude. It’s sad to see this series end, but guys are not going to be watching with Patrick gone. They probably lost guys with the earlier loss of Guzman and Ander. Omar was hardly seen with anyone in this past season.