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Elite has been renewed for an eighth season. Netflix has also announced new cast members for the Spanish teen drama. Ane Rot and Nuno Gallego are joining the series, and Mina el Hammani, who recurred for the first three seasons, will return as Nadia.  Production of the new episodes will begin next month.

The Elite series follows the students of Las Encinas, an elite high school. The drama revolves around the relationships between three working-class students enrolled through a scholarship program and their wealthy classmates. The cast has included Ander Puig, Carmen Arrufat, Álvaro de Juana, Ana Bokesa, Álex Pastrana, André Lamoglia, Valentina Zenere, Carla Díaz, Martina Cariddi, Adam Nourou, Manu Ríos, Mirela Balic, Fernando Líndez, Gleb Abrosimov, Ivan Mendes, Alejandro Albarracin, and Maribel Verdu.

Netflix revealed more about the return of the series in a press release.

“Netflix has confirmed today that ‘Elite‘ will have an eighth season, which will start production in August. The longest running fictional series from Netflix in Spain will share new stories from the hallways of Las Encinas, directed this time by Daniel Barone, Ginesta Guindal, Jota Linares and Elena Trapé.

This eighth season is created by Carlos Montero and Jaime Vaca and will welcome new faces such as Ane Rot (‘Killer Book Club’), Nuno Gallego (‘UPA Next’) and the return of Mina el Hammani reprising her role of Nadia.”

The premiere date for Elite season eight will be announced later. The renewal announcement for the the series is below.

se comenta en los pasillos de Las Encinas y venimos a confirmarlo: habrá octava temporada de #ÉliteNetflix pic.twitter.com/5PGlXFtW9O

— EliteNetflix (@EliteNetflix) July 19, 2023

What do you think? Are you excited to see more of this Netflix teen drama series?