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Rebelde was a Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 (soap opera) produced by Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 and created by Cris Morena
Cris Morena
María Cristina De Giacomi is an Argentine awarded television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and CEO of Cris Morena Group...

. It is a remake of a famous Argentine
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 series Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...

 adapted for the Mexican audience therefore leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. The series ran for three seasons, the final episode airing in Mexico on June 2, 2006. Rebelde was replaced in June 2006 with Televisa's new series Código Postal
Código Postal
Código Postal is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa and aired in Mexico on the network canal de las estrellas. It debuted on May 22, 2006 and finished on February 23, 2007 with hopes of duplicating the popularity of Mexican telenovela Rebelde which ended on June 2, 2006...

.

The series is set at the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding high school in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 with a major plot line revolving around a group of students forming a pop band. Additional subplots involve the school's faculty and the students' parents. One trademark of the show is the random use of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 words and phrases, often used by fresa
Fresa
Fresa is a slang term often used in Mexico for a cultural stereotype of superficiality to youngsters of whom many come from a high class and educated family....

 characters.

A notable aspect of the series is that the actors playing the bandmembers are themselves in an actual band named RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...

, and perform most of the music used on the show. They have been extremely successful in their own right, becoming one of the most popular acts in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages  – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...

 and touring internationally.

It began airing March 21, 2005 and ended on December 15, 2006. The show is also transmitted in 65 other countries, including Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 on Acasa TV, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 on Antena 3, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

 and from September 2009 in Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 on TV Doma, in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 on Nova TV and in Albania
Albania
Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

 on Vizion Plus. After the series it was announced that a movie was going to be made after RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...

 world tour ended, after the announcement that RBD broke up the movie was never going to be filmed.

Cast

PROTAGONIST
  • Anahi
    Anahí
    Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...

    ... Mia Colucci
  • Alfonso Herrera
    Alfonso Herrera
    Alfonso "Poncho" Herrera is a Mexican actor and ex-member of the music group RBD.-Biography:...

    ... Miguel Arango
  • Dulce Maria
    Dulce María
    Dulce María is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for playing Roberta in the telenovela Rebelde and being a bandmember of the Latin Grammy nominated band, RBD...

    .. Roberta Pardo Rey
  • Christopher Uckermann
    Christopher Uckermann
    Christopher Alexander Luis Casillas von Uckermann , better known as Christopher Uckermann, is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor, best known as a member of the pop band RBD.-Biography:...

    ... Diego Bustamante
  • Maite Perroni
    Maite Perroni
    Maite Perroni Beorlegui is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter, who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Cuidado con el Ángel, Mi Pecado and Triunfo del Amor. She gained international fame as a member of the Latin Grammy nominated pop group RBD...

    ... Guadalupe "Lupita" Fernandez
  • Christian Chávez
    Christian Chávez
    For the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...

    ... Juan "Giovanni" Méndez López

CAST
  • Juan Ferrara
    Juan Ferrara
    Juan Ferrara is a famous Mexican telenovela and film actor,- Family :Juan is a son of the well known actress Ofelia Guilmáin and brother of Lucía Guilmáin y Esther Guilmáin. He was once married to the famous Mexican actress, Helena Rojo...

    ... Franco Colucci
  • Ninel Conde
    Ninel Conde
    Ninel Herrera Conde is a Mexican actress, model, and Latin Grammy Award nominated recording artist, best known for her performances in Rebelde and Fuego En La Sangre.-Career:...

    ... Alma Rey
  • Enrique Rocha...León Bustamante
  • Zoraida Gómez
    Zoraida Gómez
    Zoraida Virginia Gómez Sanchez is a Mexican actress known for her performance in Rebelde and Lola...Érase una vez. She is the sister of actors Eleazar Gómez and Jairo Gómez....

    ... Jóse Luján Landeros
  • Eddy Vilard
    Eddy Vilard
    Eddy Vilard is a Mexican actor.- Biography :Before joining the cast of Rebelde, Eddy Vilard was part of the Necaxa and Cruz Azul soccer team; he was going to be drafted to Argentina to play pro-soccer because of his skills, but he hit a nerve while playing and was unable to go.He appeared in...

    ... Teodoro "Téo" Ruiz Palacios
  • Angelique Boyer
    Angelique Boyer
    Angelique Boyer is a French-born Mexican actress, model, and singer. She started her career playing secondary roles in the telenovelas Rebelde, Muchachitas como tú, and Corazón Salvaje. In 2010, she was given her first protagonist role in Teresa, a remake of the 1959 telenovela of the same name...

    ... Victoria "Vico" Paz
  • Patricio Borghetti
    Patricio Borghetti
    Juan Patricio Borghetti Imérito is an Argentine actor and singer.At the age of fourteen, he formed his first rock band, which was called "Sur" . He later worked as a model and appeared in some episodes of Argentine telenovelas...

    ... Enrique Madariaga (2004/2006)
  • Lisardo Guarinos... Martin/Octavio Reverte (2005–2006)
  • Karla Cossío
    Karla Cossío
    Karla Cossío is a Mexican actress.Born in Cuba and brought to Mexico when she was only three months old , Karla Cossío began performing very young...

    ... Pilar Gandía Rosalez
  • Estefania Villarreal
    Estefania Villarreal
    Estefanía Villarreal is a Mexican actress best known for her performance in the Mexican telenovela Rebelde as Celina Ferrer. While in working on Rebelde, she and two other co-stars formed the band Citrus or c3Q's, which released the song No Me Importa .-External links:...

    ... Celina Ferrer Mitre
  • Felipe Nájera... Director Pascual Gandia
  • Leticia Perdigon... Mayra Fernández
  • Juan Pedro... Luis Garcia
  • Jack Duarte... Tomás Goycolea
  • Ronald Duarte... Jack Lizaldi Heidi
  • Lourdes Canale... Hilda Acosta
  • María Fernanda García... Alice Salazar
  • Rodrigo Nehme... Nicolás Huber (2004–2005)
  • Derrick James... Santos Echagüe (2005–2006)
  • Maria Fernanda Malo
    María Fernanda Malo
    María Fernanda Malo is a Mexican film and television actress, best known for her role in the telenovela Rebelde.-Personal life:...

    ... Sol de la Riva (2005–2006)
  • Viviana Ramos
    Viviana Ramos
    Viviana Lisbeth Ramos Puma is a pageant titleholder, born in Guanare, Venezuela on September 29, 1989. She is the Miss Globe Venezuela titleholder for 2006, and was the official winner of the Miss Globe International pageant held in Saranda, Albania on October 1, 2006...

    ... Lola Fernández (2005–2006)
  • Cláudia Schmidt...Sabrina Guzman (2005–2006)
  • Allisson Lozano
    Allisson Lozano
    Allisson Lozz is a Mexican actress model and singer. She is best known for her roles in the Mexican telenovela Mision S.O.S as Diana, in Rebelde as Bianca Delight, in Al Diablo con los Guapos as Milagros Belmonte, and in En Nombre del Amor as Paloma Espinoza de los Monteros.Lozz started her...

    ... Bianca Delight (2005–2006)
  • Tony Dalton... Gastón Diestro (2005–2006)
  • Diego González... Rocco Bezauri (2005–2006)
  • Grettell Valdéz
    Grettell Valdéz
    Grettell Valdez is a Mexican actress. She is noted for her performances in Mexican telenovelas. Her husband was actor Patricio Borghetti.- Personal life :...

    ... Renata Lizaldi (2004)
  • Julio Camejo
    Julio Camejo
    Julio Antonio Camejo is a Mexican actor and dancer. He has done several Mexican soap operas. He is best known for his role of Veneno in the telenovela Contra viento y marea and Francisco in Destilando Amor....

    ... Mauro (2004)
  • Eleazar Gómez
    Eleazar Gómez
    Eleazar Gómez Sanchez is a Mexican actor. He is noted for his performance in Mexican telenovelas. Gómez is the brother of actress Zoraida Gómez and actor Jairo Gómez.-Telenovelas:...

    ... Leonardo (2005)
  • Nailea Norvind
    Nailea Norvind
    Nailea Norvind is a Mexican television actress who also appeared in the critically acclaimed film Gaby: A True Story...

    ... Marina Cáceres (2006)


Guest Appearance
  • Hilary Duff
    Hilary Duff
    Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...

  • Lenny Kravitz
    Lenny Kravitz
    Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

  • Gorillaz
    Gorillaz
    Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...

  • Kumbia Kings
    Kumbia Kings
    Kumbia Kings was a Latin Grammy-winning Mexican cumbia group from Corpus Christi, Texas created by A.B. Quintanilla. Their music encompasses the styles of cumbia , hip hop and R&B. They produce songs in both Spanish and English. The band's producers from the beginning have been A.B. Quintanilla III...

  • Luny Tunes
    Luny Tunes
    Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...

  • Adal Ramones
    Adal Ramones
    Adalberto Javier Ramones Martínez is a Mexican television show host and comedian who is known for his comments on Mexican and international social life...

  • JD Natasha
    JD Natasha
    JD Natasha is a Latin Pop Musician.-Early life:JD Natasha was born to an Argentine father and a cuban American mother. She is the second of four children, sister of Jonathan Duenas , and grew up in Miami, Florida...

  • Lu
    Lu
    Lu may refer to any one of the several Chinese surnames that have the same phone. The most common ones with this romanization are 陆 , 鲁 , 卢 and 路 ....

  • Ricardo Montaner
    Ricardo Montaner
    Ricardo Montaner is an Argentine-Venezuelan singer and songwriter. Starting his career in the early 80s, he has already released more than 15 albums with numerous successful singles and has sold over 22 million record worldwide.-Early years:Montaner was born as Héctor Eduardo Reglero Montaner, in...

  • Anasol
    Anasol
    Anasol Escobar known professionally as Anasol is a Colombian pop singer. Anasol's father was a student of astrology, and before she was born, he declared his daughter would be an artist and must be born closer to the sun...



Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo
Felipe Colombo Eguía . His nickname is Feli, Felu or Pipe. Is a Mexican-Argentine actor , singer, songwriter and...

, who starred in the original version, Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way
Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was transmitted in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, Israel, Spain and Uruguay, achieving an international...

, previously costarred with Anahí
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...

  in the Mexican
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 telenovela
Telenovela
A telenovela is a limited-run serial dramatic programming popular in Latin American, Portuguese, and Spanish television programming. The word combines tele, short for televisión or televisão , and novela, a Spanish or Portuguese word for "novel"...

 Ángeles sin paraíso.

Dulce Maria
Dulce María
Dulce María is a Mexican actress, singer, and songwriter. She is best known for playing Roberta in the telenovela Rebelde and being a bandmember of the Latin Grammy nominated band, RBD...

, Anahí
Anahí
Anahí Giovanna Puente Portilla, better known as Anahí , , is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress. She gained international fame after being cast as Mia Colucci in the hit Mexican telenovela Rebelde, and as a member of the Latin Grammy-nominated pop group RBD..- Acting career :At the age of 2,...

, Alfonso Herrera
Alfonso Herrera
Alfonso "Poncho" Herrera is a Mexican actor and ex-member of the music group RBD.-Biography:...

, and Christian Chávez
Christian Chávez
For the Argentine footballer, see Cristian Manuel Chávez.Christian Chávez is a singer and actor best known for his role as Giovanni Méndez López in the telenovela Rebelde and its spin off teen band RBD...

, are four of the main cast members on Rebelde and members of RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...

, and all previously starred together on the telenovela called Clase 406
Clase 406
Clase 406 is a Mexican telenovela , which was produced by and broadcast by Televisa and aired in Canal De Las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States. The series aired from July 2, 2002 to October 2003 in Mexico. The series had four seasons and 344 one-hour episodes in total...

. Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 actress Sherlyn
Sherlyn
Sherlyn Montserrat González Díaz better known just as Sherlyn is a Mexican actress and singer. She is currently a member of the band Camaleones.- Biography :...

 was in a children's band with Dulce Maria, called K.I.D.S and later also starred in Clase 406
Clase 406
Clase 406 is a Mexican telenovela , which was produced by and broadcast by Televisa and aired in Canal De Las Estrellas in Mexico and Univision in the United States. The series aired from July 2, 2002 to October 2003 in Mexico. The series had four seasons and 344 one-hour episodes in total...

with Dulce Maria, Anahí, Herrera and Chavez. She later starred in Cuidado con el Angel
Cuidado con el ángel
Cuidado Con El Ángel is a Telenovela distributed by Televisa. It stars Maite Perroni and William Levy. The telenovela, a production of Nathalie Lartilleux, premiered on June 9, 2008 and finished its broadcast March 6, 2009 and was greatly admired around the globe with millions of views worldwide...

with Rebelde star and member of RBD
RBD
RBD was a two-time Latin-Grammy nominated Mexican pop group that gained popularity from Televisa's teen drama series Rebelde. RBD sold over 17 million digital downloads and over 20 million albums worldwide in four years since their formation, according to EMI...

, Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni
Maite Perroni Beorlegui is a Mexican actress and singer/songwriter, who is best known for starring in Rebelde, Cuidado con el Ángel, Mi Pecado and Triunfo del Amor. She gained international fame as a member of the Latin Grammy nominated pop group RBD...

. Currently she is again working alongside Alfonso Herrera
Alfonso Herrera
Alfonso "Poncho" Herrera is a Mexican actor and ex-member of the music group RBD.-Biography:...

, in the telenovela Camaleones
Camaleones
Camaleones is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. The soap opera premiered on Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas, replacing the completed series Verano de Amor...

; however, Sherlyn never appeared on Rebelde.

Promotional content

The show is notable for its extensive use of product placement
Product placement
Product placement, or embedded marketing, is a form of advertisement, where branded goods or services are placed in a context usually devoid of ads, such as movies, music videos, the story line of television shows, or news programs. The product placement is often not disclosed at the time that the...

. During the three seasons of the show, more than 220 companies had a spot during the show. The show also featured guest appearances and performances from many popular musicians, including Hilary Duff
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff is an American actress, singer-songwriter, entrepreneur, and author. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, she achieved fame playing the title role in the Disney Channel television series Lizzie McGuire. She also reprised her role in...

, Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes
Luny Tunes are a Dominican reggaeton production duo consisting of Francisco Saldaña and Víctor Cabrera , who have been known for creating unique musical rhythms for some of the most popular reggaeton artists since the early 2000s.-Biography:...

, Gorillaz
Gorillaz
Gorillaz is an English musical project created in 1998 by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. This project consists of Gorillaz music itself and an extensive fictional universe depicting a "virtual band" of cartoon characters...

, and Lenny Kravitz
Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and arranger, whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, R&B, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk and ballads...

. There were two excursions to luxury vacation resorts in Cozumel
Cozumel
Cozumel is an island in the Caribbean Sea off the eastern coast of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen, and close to the Yucatan Channel. Cozumel is one of the ten municipalities of the state of Quintana Roo...

 and the Banff Springs Hotel
Banff Springs Hotel
The Fairmont Banff Springs or simply the Banff Springs Hotel is a former railway hotel constructed in Scottish Baronial style located in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The original hotel, designed by American architect Bruce Price, was built between spring of 1887 and 1888 by the Canadian...

 in Canada.

DVDs

Information
Rebelde: Primera Temporada (First Season)
Release date:
  • August 2005 (Mexico)
  • December 2005 (Brazil)
  • November 21, 2006 (USA)
    • (included with Celestial
      Celestial (RBD album)
      Celestial is the third Spanish studio album from Mexican Latin pop group RBD.- Album information :The album was released on November 21, 2006 through EMI in Mexico and on November 24 in the United States. RBD also recorded this album in Portuguese, see Celestial ...

      album) (Wal*Mart
      Wal-Mart
      Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. , branded as Walmart since 2008 and Wal-Mart before then, is an American public multinational corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world's 18th largest public corporation, according to the Forbes Global 2000...

      Exclusive)
  • January 9, 2007 (USA)
Rebelde: Segunda Temporada (Second Season)
Released:
  • October 29, 2006 (Mexico)
  • April 10, 2007 (USA)
Rebelde: Tercera Temporada (Third Season)
Release date:
  • July 10, 2008 (USA)
  • June 30, 2007 (MEXICO)
Rebelde: La Serie Completa (Whole Series)
Release date:
  • November 13, 2007
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