Superstar (2025 TV series)
Spanish 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.
- Nacho Vigalondo
- María Bastarós
- Paco Bezerra
- Claudia Costafreda
- Nacho Vigalondo
- Claudia Costafreda
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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 |
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 manager 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] Tamara's late manager
- 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
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]
Accolades
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2025 |
72nd Ondas Awards | Best Actor | Secun de la Rosa | Won | [22] |
| 31st Forqué Awards | Best Actress in a Series | Ingrid García-Jonsson | Nominated | [23] | |
2026 |
13th Feroz Awards | Best Comedy Series | Nominated | [24] | |
| Best Main Actress in a Series | Ingrid García-Jonsson | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Series | Natalia de Molina | Nominated | |||
| Rocío Ibáñez | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Series | Secun de la Rosa | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay in a Series | Nacho Vigalondo, María Bastarós, Paco Bezerra, Claudia Costafreda | Nominated | |||
| 81st CEC Medals | Best Ensemble Cast in a Series | Nominated | [25] | ||
| 34th Actors and Actresses Union Awards | Best Television Actress in a Leading Role | Ingrid García-Jonsson | Won | [26] | |
| Best Television Actor in a Leading Role | Secun de la Rosas | Nominated | |||
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]