After spending some time at Parkhurst in a rare Netflix high school crossover, Elite Season 8 recalls Iván (André Lamoglia).
Season 8 premieres on July 28, and more details about the final season are finally out. It looks like we’re back to the same old Las Encinas, dialed up to a hundred.
The season will feature new, old, and older faces as Las Encinas fights for its life while characters fight for theirs.
Accompanying the news about the premiere date is a teaser that tees up what to expect in the much-anticipated final season.
Iván left Spain for South Africa on an exchange program. In Blood and Water, he has fun but decides the place is not for him.
Lamoglia guest starred in the South African teen drama series for three episodes, completing an arc that was teased in Elite Season 7.
New Relationships Form
In the previous Season, Iván, still reeling from losing his dad and being left by Patrick, fell into a new relationship with Joel (Fernando Líndez).
The situation was messy because Joel was in a relationship with Omar (Omar Ayuso), which made for a frustrating and annoying love triangle.
When Patrick returns, he and Joel try to reconnect, but it seems Joel has found some comfort in someone else.
The season promises a lot of (gay) romance and (gay) sex as Joel, Iván, and Omar’s red-blooded warm bodies seek connections.
Is Manu Ríos In Elite Season 8?
Iván’s first and possibly only true love is Patrick.
He was the boy who taught him how to be gay, vulnerable, and loving. Iván spent a lot of time missing Patrick.
The character was written out because Ríos had been cast as the lead in another series by Carlos Montero called Respira (English Breathless).
Respira has completed production, but based on the information revealed, it doesn’t seem like Ríos will reprise the character. There always are surprises. However, given that the production has remained upfront about who’s returning, there’s no good reason to believe he is.
What’s ‘Elite’ Season 8 About?
Las Encinas will be a character this season as it faces a huge threat. Based on a new Netflix logline (below), Omar will be the hero once again but with devastating consequences.
A set image shared by Ayuso teases danger for Omar. He lies in a hospital bed with his face beaten so badly it’s almost unrecognizable.
“The arrival of siblings Emilia and Héctor Krawietz, leaders of Las Encinas alumni association, shake the school foundations. Influential, powerful, corrupt and corrupters, the Krawietz will scatter chaos wherever they go and will destroy the lives of those who fall prey to them.
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“Only Omar will be able to face them and will be willing to do anything to see them fall, because in the end, they represent everything that has always been wrong in Las Encinas.”
Elite Season 8 stars Ayuso, Lamoglia, Valentina Zenere, Mirela Balić, Gleb Abrosimov, Líndez, Nadia Al Saidi, Ander Puig, Carmen Arrufat, Iván Mendes, Maribel Verdú, and newcomers Ane Rot, Nuno Gallego, Alexandra Pino, and Mario Ermito, among others.
Mina el Hammani, who played Nadia since the series first premiered, is also set to return.
Elite‘s 8-episode final season premieres on July 26 on Netflix. Watch the trailer above.