Superstar (2025 TV series)
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| Spanish | Superestar |
| Created by | Nacho Vigalondo |
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| Country of origin | Spain |
| Original language | Spanish |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
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| Production company | Suma Content |
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| Network | Netflix |
| Release | 18 July 2025 |
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.
The fiction tackles its subject matter with a surrealist tone.[2]
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.[3][4]
Cast
- Ingrid García-Jonsson as Marimar Cuena Seisdedos / Tamara / Yurena,[5] 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,[6] a songwriter, melodic singer, and poet from San Vicente de Alcántara
- Natalia de Molina as Loly Álvarez,[6] a struggling singer from Gualchos who created "No cambié" along with Dantés before it became a hit song
- Pepón Nieto as Tony Genil,[6] 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,[6] a misogynist right-wing seer and television personality who claims to see the future in fruits and vegetables
- Rocío Ibáñez as Margarita Seisdedos,[6] Tamara's overprotective mother who defends her daughter with a bag containing a brick
- Julián Villagrán as Miguel de Diego "Arlekín",[6][7] Tamara's agent and occasional clown
- Sofía González as Tamarita,[8] 13-year-old version of Tamara
- Nacho Vigalondo as Joaquín Sardana,[9] 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][10]
- Jorge Javier Vázquez as himself[11]
- Alejandro Jato as Mario Vaquerizo[11]
- Drag Sethlas as Paco España[12]
- Javier Gurruchaga as capricho del director[13][n. 3]
Production
A Suma Content (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi) production for Netflix,[3] the series was written by Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós, Paco Bezerra, and Claudia Costafreda.[14] The six episodes were directed by Nacho Vigalondo and Claudia Costafreda.[4]
Release
Netflix released the series on 18 July 2025 alongside a tie-in documentary, I'm Still a Superstar (Spanish: Sigo siendo la misma).[15]
Episode list
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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| 1 | 1 | "Margarita Seisdedos Drops a Brick" (Margarita Seisdedos y la crisis del ladrillo) | Nacho Vigalondo | Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós | 18 July 2025 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Strange Case of Dr. Leonardo and Mr. Dantés" (El extraño caso del doctor Leonardo y míster Dantés) | Claudia Costafreda | Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós | 18 July 2025 |
| 3 | 3 | "Loly Álvarez and Arlekin in the Lost Highway" (Loly Álvarez y Arlekin en la carretera podrida) | Claudia Costafreda | Claudia Costafreda, Nacho Vigalondo | 18 July 2025 |
| 4 | 4 | "Bring Me the Head of Paco Porras" (Quiero la cabeza de Paco Porras) | Nacho Vigalondo | Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós | 18 July 2025 |
| 5 | 5 | "Tony Genil and the Bohemian Shadows" (Tony Genil y las 'losers' de Bohemia) | Claudia Costafreda | Paco Bezerra | 18 July 2025 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Ballad of Marimar Cuena Seisdedos" (La balada de Marimar Cuena Seisdedos) | Nacho Vigalondo | Nacho Vigalondo | 18 July 2025 |
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 78% of 9 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[16]
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".[17]
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".[18]
Andrea G. Bermejo of Cinemanía deemed the first and last episodes to be "masterpieces that are already part of the history of Spanish television".[19]
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".[20]
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".[21]
See also
Informational notes
- ^ Based on Javier Sardá and his show Crónicas marcianas
- ^ Based on María Teresa Campos and her show Día a día
- ^ Credited as capricho del director ('director's whim'), Gurruchaga plays several unnamed characters throughout the series. As a leader of a "Neither Right Nor Left" secret society behind tamarismo seeking to avert the rise of feminism in episode 4 ("Bring Me the Head of Paco Porras"), one of these characters is likened to Javier Cárdenas, reporter for Crónicas marcianas.[13]
References
- ^ Whittock, Jesse (1 February 2024). "Netflix Adapting Oscar-Nominated Spanish Film 'My Dearest Señorita'; Streamer Provides First Look At Anti-Hero Drama Series 'Superstar'". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ Pardillos, David (6 June 2025). "Netflix confirma la fecha de estreno de 'Superestar', la serie basada en la vida de Yurena con Ingrid García-Jonsson". Infobae.
- ^ a b Hopewell, John (11 January 2024). "'Veneno,' 'La Mesias' Creators Los Javis Link to 'Colossal' Director Nacho Vigalondo for Netflix Series 'Superestar'". Variety.
- ^ a b "Netflix lanza nuevas fotos de 'Superestar' y muestra en detalle la caracterización de su Yurena, Paco Porras y compañía". Vertele!. 3 July 2024 – via eldiario.es.
- ^ García, Iago (2 July 2024). "Quién es quién en «Superestar», la serie sobre Tamara (Yurena) producida por los Javis que Netflix estrena próximamente". La Voz de Galicia.
- ^ a b c d e f Gallardo, Francisco Andrés (18 July 2025). "No cambié, no cambié: 'Superestar', quién es quién en la serie de Tamara que aterriza en Netflix". Diario de Sevilla. Grupo Joly.
- ^ Martínez, Beatriz (15 July 2025). "La serie sobre Tamara que nadie esperaba en Netflix, llena de ideas, libertad creativa y ternura: "Hemos querido matar el clasismo cultural del que todos somos culpables"". Infobae.
- ^ León, Karla (11 July 2025). "Superestar retrata la vida de Yurena, una estrella que nunca cambió". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Freire, Juan Manuel (17 July 2025). "Nacho Vigalondo, creador de "Superestar': "No existe nadie sobre la faz de la Tierra que no merezca ser ficción"". Diario de Mallorca. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ Merenciano, Carlos (21 July 2025). "Jorge Javier Vázquez, Terelu Campos y Marta López juntos en Netflix: así son sus cameos en 'Superestar', la serie sobre Yurena y el Tamarismo". La Opinión de Murcia. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ a b Rus, Oscar (18 July 2025). "Quién es quién en 'Superestar', la miniserie biográfica de Netflix sobre Tamara/Yurena". El Independiente.
- ^ Rodríguez, Adolfo (21 July 2025). "El nuevo logro profesional de Drag Sethlas a nivel internacional: aparición estelar en la serie del momento". La Provincia. Prensa Ibérica.
- ^ a b Mercadal Serrano, Javier (4 August 2025). "Javier Cárdenas sí aparece en 'Superestar', solo que no se ha dado cuenta". uwu – via Público.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (1 February 2024). "Netflix desata la locura con el reparto de 'Superestar', la serie de Los Javis y Nacho Vigalondo sobre el universo Tamara". Fotogramas.
- ^ "'Sigo siendo la misma', el documental sobre Yurena, Dantés, Tony Genil, Loly, Paco Porras, o Arlequín ya tiene fecha de estreno en Netflix". 20 Minutos (in Spanish). 3 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ "Superstar". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Rosado, Ricardo (17 July 2025). "Crítica de 'Superestar', Netflix y Vigalondo hacen del tamarismo una obra maestra: "Radical acto de amor por lo fascinante"". Fotogramas.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (17 July 2025). "Series review: Superestar". Cineuropa.
- ^ Bermejo, Andrea G. (18 July 2025). "'Superestar', la mejor miniserie española de Netflix: crítica de la serie de los Javis sobre Tamara/Yurena". Cinemanía.
- ^ Hernández Luján, Raquel (16 July 2025). "Crítica de Superestar, la serie que analiza desde lo surrealista el fenómeno del tamarismo". HobbyConsolas.
- ^ Marcos, Natalia (18 July 2025). "'Superestar', una mirada surrealista, lynchiana y tierna al 'tamarismo'". El País.
