It’s back to school season and that also goes for the students at everyone’s favorite fictional Spanish high school, Las Encinas.
With Netflix‘s blockbuster teen telenovela Élite gearing up for the start of its seventh season, the streaming giant has gifted viewers with a major glimpse of what’s in store for the cast, including returning fan-favorite hunk Omar Ayuso.
Ayuso, who originated the gay character Omar Sanaa in season one, exited following the events of season five which ended with the death of his best friend, Samuel (Itzan Escamilla). While Netflix had previously teased Omar’s return, we now have a fuller picture of what leads him back to his friends at Las Encinas.
The official synopsis discloses how Omar has been struggling in the aftermath of Samuel’s untimely passing.
In this new season, Omar is living a new life at the university and far away from Las Encinas, but he is unable to move on. The guilt he feels for Samuel’s death and the suffering from that period are still very much present, leading him to undergo therapy. Thanks to an internship, he decides to return to the school where everything happened to confront his demons face to face. Through Omar’s journey we will discover that the rest of the students are also silently battling their own hells. Elite’s season 7 will tackle mental health and how most of us neglect it out of fear or ignorance.
Part of Omar’s healing will also involve starting a friendship with new student Joel (played by hottie Fernando Líndez). While the season 7 teaser released earlier this summer showed the duo getting hot and heavy, Joel brings his own baggage that could tank the budding relationship.
JOEL (Fernando Líndez)
Joel is a ray of light despite the constant blows life has dealt him. Very humble and surviving day by day, he’s clear that he can’t afford to have dreams beyond the present. Until, suddenly, the possibility arises for him to make a 180-degree turn in his life.
While Manu Ríos won’t be reprising the role of spoiled bad boy turned loyal-ish boyfriend Patrick, his on-screen lover André Lamoglia will be back as Iván. RIP Patrivan!
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Fans have been in a chokehold eagerly waiting to see what the show’s upcoming 7th and final season will serve up.
Other characters returning are Isadora (Valentina Zenere), Rocío (Ana Bokesa), Dídac (Álvaro de Juana), Nico (Ander Puig), Sonia (Nadia Al Saidi), Raúl (Álex Pastrana), and Sara (Carmen Arrufat).
The first photos from season 7 show the newbies and the vets mingling in various scenes both inside and outside of the halls of Las Encinas.
— EliteNetflix (@EliteNetflix) August 23, 2023
Back in March, it was announced bisexual Brazilian pop queen Anitta would be joining the cast in an undisclosed role. Netflix has since revealed the character descriptions for all of the new members of the season 7 cast except Anitta. Her addition continues under a cloud of mystery.
Check out the rest of the new characters on Élite below:
ERIC (Gleb Abrosimov):
Eric is Nico’s rebel cousin. A free-spirited, anti-system, and naturally anarchic individual who hides fears, insecurities, and a constant tendency towards self-destruction.
MARTÍN (Leonardo Sbaraglia)
Martín is Isadora’s father, who returns after being away for a while to regain control of the family business. Soon we will discover that his comeback is not by chance and that he hides some rather shady rivalries.
CHLOE (Mirela Balić)
Chloe is a new student in Las Encinas who loves scandal as much as explicit videos. Behind that provocative facade lies an insecure girl who carries a really toxic relationship with her mother.
CARMEN (Maribel Verdú)
Chloe’s mother. Super seductive and loves the good life. She does not understand her place sometimes and competes with her daughter in both provocative outfits and making new friends in Las Encinas.
As we await the launch of season 7, Netflix has already renewed its longest-running Spanish series for an eighth season with Mina El Hammani, who played the sister of Omar Ayuso’s character, Nadia, reprising her role.
While it’s too soon to know when season 8 will premiere, season 7 launches October 20th.
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bachy
I have literally never watched this show. Spanish television tends to be a little too melodramatic/overwrought for my tastes.
But I gotta admit, Omar Ayuso’s eyebrows give me strange, warm feelings “down there”….
Huron132
Honestly this is the best crazy unbelievable great soap classy trash show. I started watching it and can’t get it out of my head. It absolutely great to watch the first 6 seasons and can’t wait for #7!
Fahd
Oh boy, now the super rich, super privileged (not all of them, I know) students at Las Encinas are going through “hell”. At least, they can take comfort in knowing that their viewers are suffering along with them. I’ll be watching, but it bothers me that they hired a Russian actor at a time when Russia is commiting war crimes in the Ukraine on a daily basis.
Kangol2
I watched this show early on but these actors, even handsome Omar Ayuso, are starting to look at bit long in the tooth in terms of playing anything other than 20-30 somethings, so I’m glad his character is now supposedly in college, like his sister was a few seasons ago. They really should move it from that private school to a college, since the illusion of them being in their late teens has worn thin as gauze.
scotty
mr marx
mr marx
on the set please.
the word of the day is “razor.”