Rebelde

Rebelde (English: Rebel) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Pedro Damián for Televisa, broadcast by Canal de las Estrellas (now known simply as Las Estrellas). It is a remake of the Argentine telenovela, Rebelde Way, adapted for the Mexican youth audience, leading to differences in characters' backgrounds. Rebelde originally aired from 4 October 2004 to 2 June 2006, being replaced with Código Postal on 5 June. Univision aired Rebelde on weekdays afternoon at 3pm/2c starting on 21 March 2005 replacing Corazones al límite. The last episode was broadcast on 15 December 2006, with Las dos caras de Ana replacing it on 18 December.

The show stars Anahí, Dulce María, Alfonso Herrera, and Christopher von Uckermann, with Maite Perroni in her debut role, and Christian Chávez. The adult protagonists are Juan Ferrara, and Ninel Conde in a stellar performance, with Enrique Rocha and Tony Dalton portraying the antagonists. Due to its school setting, the telenovela contains an ensemble cast, including Angelique Boyer, Estefanía Villarreal, Karla Cossío, Zoraida Gómez, Jack Duarte, and Eddy Vilard. The first actors Hector Gómez and Lourdes Canale also appear in the telenovela.

Rebelde is set in the Elite Way School, a prestigious private boarding school on the outskirts of Mexico City, with a major plot line revolving around six adolescent students forming a band. Additional subplots involve the school's faculty and the students' parents. One trademark of the telenovela is the random use of English words and phrases, often used by fresa characters.

Another notable aspect of the show is that the actors playing the band members are themselves in an actual group named RBD and perform most of the music used on the telenovela, including the opening theme song, "Rebelde". The group achieved international success from 2004 until their separation in 2009 and sold over 15 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling Latin music acts of all time.

In 2021, Netflix announced a reboot of the show, set for release the following year. The series, also titled Rebelde, was released on 5 January 2022, and is set 16 years after the end of the soap opera.