El secreto de Selena (English: Selena's Secret) is an American television series produced by BTF Media and co-produced by Disney Media Distribution for Telemundo,[1][2] and it is based on the bestselling book by Emmy Award-winning journalist María Celeste Arrarás. The series follows the story behind the murder of singer Selena.[3] It stars Maya Zapata as the titular character.[4] It premiered in Latin America on TNT on 23 September 2018 and ended on 16 December 2018.[5] On Telemundo the series premiered on 25 August 2019.[6]
Production began on 9 April 2018, and 13 episodes of an hour were confirmed.[1]
Premise
Selena Quintanilla was a successful singer who had a tragic end when she was killed by Yolanda Saldívar, president of her fan club and personal friend. The dramatic outcome had a great impact on the media and generated all kinds of rumors about what really happened. The series delves into three characters who suffer as a result of their obsessions and passions. Selena, who gives everything to achieve success, Yolanda who has a fixation with her idol and Maria Celeste, the journalist who seeks to shed light on all the obscurities of the case.
Yolanda points a gun to her head, while the police negotiate her surrender. She seems to go crazy, when she finds out about Selena's death and accuses Abraham Quintanilla of being the culprit of everything.
Selena and Yolanda, work tirelessly to provide sustenance to their families. Although they seem polar opposites, they have so much in common that they feed their ambition at the expense of the other.
María Celeste begins field research and focuses on the struggle of the Hispanic people to defend respect for their culture, which has a new identity symbol: Selena.
María Celeste reports the initial arguments of the trial. The prosecution seeks the maximum penalty and the defense promises to prove Yolanda innocent.
During the trial it is revealed why Yolanda decides to buy a weapon. María Celeste's research shows that after Abraham fired Yolanda, Selena sought her out to keep her by her side in secret.
The testimonies of the employees of the Days Inn motel and a two of the nurses present a view of what happened during the last hours of Selena's life, through her disenchantment with Yolanda and a mysterious attack that occurred in Mexico.
The defense presents, unsuccessfully, the case of Yolanda to try to prove that she accidentally killed Selena. The jury sentenced her to life imprisonment.