Elite canceled! The hit Netflix series will END with season eight as the creator of the Spanish teen drama says the show ‘changed everyone’s lives’
Netflix’s addictive series Elite is coming to an end after its eighth season.
The streaming giant announced the cancellation of the Spanish-language teen soap via Twitter on Wednesday, just before the seventh season drops on Friday.
“We are filming season eight, which will be the last season of Elite,” added show creator Carlos Montero during a press conference. “We ended on a high note.”
“Jaime (Vaca, co-star on season seven), Netflix and I thought it was time to end it,” Montero explained.
The show, which premiered in 2018, gained critical acclaim and cult following for its fictional look at three working-class teenagers enrolled in a wealthy private high school in Spain.
Goodbye: Netflix’s spin-off series Elite is coming to an end after season eight
One more season: The streaming giant announced the end of the Spanish-language teen drama via Twitter on Wednesday, just before the seventh season drops on Friday
High note: “We’re filming the eighth season, which will be the last season of Elite,” added show creator Carlos Montero during a press conference. ‘We ended on a high note.’
“I say this with great regret because it’s been an amazing few years where I’ve met wonderful actors, worked with all the directors we wanted to work with,” he continued.
“Elite changed everyone’s life, there are actors who started with us and it was a springboard for them to be world stars now.”
“That’s what’s happening with this cast and it’s an honor to have contributed to that and to know that they’ve seen us around the world and loved it.”
While the show has had a revolving door of actors, recent players include Omar Ayuso, Valentina Zenere, Andre Lamoglia, Carmen Aroufat, Alex Pastrana, Alvaro de Juana, Ander Puig, Maribel Verdu and Anita.
Spanish actress Ester Exposito, who played Carla Rossón Calleruega in the series, previously said part of the global draw came from the actors giving their best in their performances.
“We were all there when the other actors were working on their character, so we were there to see the development process of each character, and we all participated in it,” she told Bello magazine.
The juicy storylines, which often involve high school sexual escapades, also helped make the show a hit.
Guardian described Elite as “a Spanish murder-mystery soap for teenagers set in Las Encinas, a private school for the heirs to a billion-dollar fortune.”
Global hit: Premiered in 2018, the series has gained critical acclaim and cult following for its fictional look at three working-class teenagers who enroll in a wealthy private high school in Spain
Lives have changed: ‘Elite has changed everyone’s lives, there are actors who started with us and it was a springboard for them to now be world stars,’ said Montero
Regrets: “I say this with great regret because it’s been an amazing few years where I’ve met wonderful actors, worked with all the directors we wanted to work with,” he continued.
“Thanks to his razor-sharp writing, he manages to stay grounded during his over-the-top teenage distractions – think raucous pool parties, locker-room brawls and beautiful people stabbing each other in the back.”
Critic Caroline Framke called Elite ‘alluring and clever’ shortly after its debut.
“‘Elite’ does incorporate countless teen show clichés, but it also relishes the opportunity to dig a little deeper and twist them into more interesting forms,” she added at the time.