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Superstar (2025 TV series)
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Superstar[1] (Spanish: Superestar) is a Spanish biographical miniseries directed by Nacho Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda starring Ingrid García-Jonsson as Tamara alongside Secun de la Rosa, Rocío Ibáñez, Natalia de Molina, Pepón Nieto, Carlos Areces, and Julián Villagrán. It was released on Netflix on 18 July 2025.
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Plot
Set against the backdrop of the turn of the 21st century in Spain, the plot tracks the unlikely breakout of pop singer and social icon Tamara alongside a troupe of other oddball television personalities.[2][3]
Cast
- Ingrid García-Jonsson as Marimar Cuena Seisdedos / Tamara / Yurena,[4] a singer and television personality from Santurtzi and the daughter of Margarita and Floreal; García-Jonsson also portrays a version of Marimar who never became a singer and stayed in her hometown
- Secun de la Rosa as Leonardo Dantés,[5] a songwriter, melodic singer, and poet from San Vicente de Alcántara
- Natalia de Molina as Loly Álvarez,[5] a struggling singer from Gualchos who created "No cambié" along with Dantés before it became a hit song
- Pepón Nieto as Tony Genil,[5] a seasoned singer from Puente Genil who claims to have fed Michael Jackson with a dish of Macaroni with tomato
- Carlos Areces as Paco Porras,[5] a misogynist right-wing seer and television personality who claims to see the future in fruits and vegetables
- Rocío Ibáñez as Margarita Seisdedos,[5] Tamara's overprotective mother who defends her daughter with a bag containing a brick
- Julián Villagrán as Miguel de Diego "Arlekín",[5][6] Tamara's agent and occasional clown
- Sofía González as Tamarita,[7] 13-year-old version of Tamara
- Nacho Vigalondo as Joaquín Sardana,[8] television host of Tiempo de Marte;[n. 1] Vigalondo also appears as narrator
- Terelu Campos as Teresa María Prados, host of El reino de las mañanas[n. 2][9]
- Jorge Javier Vázquez as himself[10]
- Alejandro Jato as Mario Vaquerizo[10]
- Drag Sethlas as Paco España[11]
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Production
A Suma Content (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) production for Netflix,[2] the series was written by Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós, Paco Bezerra, and Claudia Costafreda.[12] The six episodes were directed by Nacho Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda.[3]
Release
Netflix released the series on 18 July 2025 alongside a tie-in documentary, I'm Still a Superstar (Spanish: Sigo siendo la misma).[13]
Episode list
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Reception
Ricardo Rosado of Fotogramas rated the miniseries 5 out of 5 stars, writing the Vigalondo does not hide a "radical act of love for the fascinating, for the frontiers of the traditional and for the capacity of the narrative to make canonical what was clearly impossible".[14]
Alfonso Rivera of Cineuropa assessed that "while the pathetic, grotesque and delirious go hand in hand, the series also overflows with glitter, unbridled imagination and a baroque flair".[15]
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía deemed the first and last episodes to be "masterpieces that are already part of the history of Spanish television".[16]
Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas gave Superestar 55 points ('so-so') lamenting that "it is a very uneven series that takes us back to a shameful period of television. It is even embarrassing to travel to this past".[17]
Natalia Marcos of El País pointed out that Vigalondo approaches Tamarismo "from a surrealistic point of view, in many moments Lynchian, to portray grotesque characters with a good load of poignancy".[18]
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Informational notes
- Based on Javier Sardá and his show Crónicas marcianas
- Based on María Teresa Campos and her show Día a día
References
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