Ventino: El precio de la gloria (English: The Price of Glory, Ventino) is a Colombian telenovela created by Jhonny Ortiz. It aired on Caracol Televisión from 1 March 2023 to 30 May 2023. The series follows four singers who on their path to fame, will have to overcome several obstacles including their manager, who is willing to step over anyone who attempts to overshadow her. It stars Natalia Afanador, Makis de Angulo, Camila Esguerra, Olga Lucía Vives and Carolina Gómez.
Plot
Martina Pumarejo (Carolina Gómez) is an ambitious woman who, after sleeping with her best friend's boyfriend, becomes pregnant. In order to protect her reputation, she gives birth alone, abandons her daughter and goes ahead with her life. Twenty years later, Martina has become a music producer and the renowned judge of a reality show. One day she meets Natalia, a young singer who publicly accuses her of being a tyrant. As a lesson for Natalia, Martina devises a plan of revenge that has at its center a musical girl group whom she will use as an excuse to humiliate and destroy her.
Cast
Main
Natalia Afanador as Natalia
Makis de Angulo as María Cristina "Makis" Camila Esguerra as Camila Olga Lucía Vives as Olga Carolina Gómez as Martina Pumarejo Catalina Polo as young Martina José Ramón Barreto as Manolo Cano César Mora as Adolfo Cano Sandra Reyes as Amanda Afanador Katherine Vélez as María Mercedes "Merce" García Juan Felipe Samper as Renato Lopera Elkin Díaz as Ernesto Anderson Hernández Munera as Alex Cano Esteban Díaz as Jaime Vives Mariana Mozo as Ana Vives
Recurring and guest stars
Yulu Pedraza
Conrado Alonso Osorio
Sebastián Moya
David Nicolás Lancheros
Gustavo Giraldo
Antonia Arbeláez
Antonio Puentes
Laura Herrera
Santiago Heins
Billy Heins
William Aguirre Aristizábal
Carlos Miguel Carballo
Miguel González
Fernanda González
Zoe Gabriela Beltrán Medina
Indhira Serrano
Mario Lora Martínez
Samuel Montalvo
Jacobo Montalvo
Jorge Hugo Marín
Production
In June 2022, it was announced that production had begun on Ventino, with the plot being inspired by the girl group of the same name.
Episodes
Reception
Ratings
Awards and nominations
Music
The soundtrack of the series was released on 13 February 2023. All songs on the soundtrack are performed by Ventino.