The Queen of Flow () is a Colombian telenovela produced by Sony Pictures Television and Teleset for Caracol Televisión. It is a musical telenovela based on the genre of reggaeton. The series stars Carolina Ramírez, Carlos Torres, and Andrés Sandoval.
On 9 October 2018, Caracol Televisión confirmed that the show has been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on 26 April 2021. On 17 September 2024, the series was renewed for a third season that premiered on 13 January 2026.
Plot
Season 1 (2018) Yeimy Montoya is a 17-year-old girl with a gift for writing catchy reggaeton rhymes and musical rhythms. Yeimy is in love with Charly Cruz, her classmate and neighbor. She has written many songs about Charly in her secret notebook, which she guards as if it were her child. Yeimy meets one of Charly's friends, Juan Camilo, 'Juancho', who convinces her to join their reggaeton group, Soul & Bass. A love triangle soon forms as Juancho begins to fall for Yeimy. She is oblivious about his feelings for her as she starts to become friendlier and closer with Charly. Although Charly slowly becomes attracted to her, he is simultaneously jealous of her ability to easily compose rhythmic flows, a talent he sorely lacks.
Charly's uncle, Manín, is a local and powerful narco-trafficker who murders Yeimy's parents in their bakery after refusing to pay protection bribes to him. The police are bribed and ordered by Manín to quash the investigation into the Montoya's murder. Soon after, Soul & Bass begin to get attention from a local radio station and secure a meeting with music producers in New York City. Manín orders Charly and his men to rob a health clinic. Yeimy, coincidentally there with her grandmother, recognizes Charly during the heist despite his ski mask due to his Soul & Bass tattoo. Yeimy confronts Charly about the robbery and he confesses it was for Soul & Bass's NYC trip, promising not to repeat it and seduces Yeimy so that she doesn't turn him in.
Charly tells Manín that Yeimy knows about the robbery and strikes a deal to spare her. The night before their flight to New York, Charly goes to Yeimy's house to give her a suitcase filled with cocaine so that she will be arrested for being a drug mule, and continues to seduce her and they have sex. As Yeimy sleeps, Charly steals her song notebook. At US customs, Yeimy is arrested for the cocaine and upon arriving to prison she is physically assaulted by a guard, who tells her that if she mentions Manín or Charly, her grandmother will be killed. Yeimy realizes that Charly set her up and is devastated by his betrayal. Juancho wants to help Yeimy, but Charly accuses her of being a drug mule, leading to their friendship and music group ending. Charly impresses NYC executives with Yeimy's song, 'Reflejo', taking credit for the song and securing an opportunity for a music career in Puerto Rico. Juancho starts a musical equipment business in Colombia.
Seventeen years later, Yeimy is released from prison after reaching an agreement with the authorities. She changes her identity to Tammy Andrade and becomes a successful music producer who searches for new talent in the music industry. With the support of new allies, she pursues her plan for revenge against the person who betrayed her, while facing unexpected challenges along the way.
Season 2 (2021)
The second season follows 4 years after the events of the first season. Yeimy Montoya (Carolina Ramírez), who after achieving fame and success in music, is living with Juancho and his son from a previous relationship whom Yeimy has adopted as her own. Pez Koi, Charly and Yeimy's son is a worldwide popular singer just like his father. Meanwhile, Carlos Cruz/Charly Flow (Carlos Torres) is now a changed man and makes merits to get out of prison and restart his life once again.
Cast Main <onlyinclude> +Main cast of The Queen of FlowActorCharacterSeasons 1 2 3 Carolina Ramírez Yeimy Montoya De Cruz colspan="3" Carlos Torres Carlos "Charly Flow" Cruz Martínez colspan="3" Andrés Sandoval Juan Camilo "Juancho" Mesa colspan="2" Juan Manuel Restrepo Erik Mateo "Pez Koi" Cruz Montoya colspan="3" Adriana Arango Ligia de Cruz colspan="3" Mabel Moreno Gema Granados de Cruz colspan="2" Lucho Velasco Dúver "Manín" Cruz colspan="2" Pacho Rueda Lucio Albarracín colspan="2" Diana Wiswell Catalina Bedoya colspan="2" Mariana Garzón Vanessa Cruz Granados colspan="2" Marcos "Kiño" Carreño Wendel "AXL" Monsalve colspan="3" Sebastián Silva Pedro Alberto "Pite" Espitia colspan="2" Mariana Gómez Irma "El Huracán" Serna colspan="3" María José Vargas Yeimy Montoya (young) colspan="2" Guillermo Blanco Juan Camilo "Juancho" Mesa (young) colspan="2" Marcelo Dos Santos Mike Rivera colspan="2" Juan Palau Joaquín "Drama Key" Pulido colspan="2" Luna Baxter Silvia Duarte / Agent Alicia Nuñez Pedro Roda José Serna Pedro Pablo Ochoa El Búho colspan="2" Erik Rodríguez Variel "Titano" Mostacilla Pedro Suárez Jhonnier "Caronte" Canchila Ángel David Giraldo Emilio Mesa Bedoya Kevin Buri Cristian "Cris" Vega Camila Taborda Zafiro Allison Joan Yara "Sky" Giraldo Piedrahíta colspan="2" Carlos Fernández Ángel Botero Juana Arboleda Brenda Piedrahíta colspan="2" Michell Orozco Soraya Giraldo colspan="2" Rami Herrera Genoveva Vallejo colspan="2" Manolo Alzamora Jerónimo Vallejo colspan="2" Santiago "Rapza" Cano Luispier Riquelmi
Recurring <onlyinclude> +Recurring cast of The Queen of FlowActorCharacterSeasons 1 2 3 Valentina Lizcano Zulma López colspan="2" Juliana Moreno Lina Mesa colspan="2" Humberto Rivera Detective Ricardo Contreras colspan="2" Valeria Bertagnini Gloria Bedoya colspan="2" Fernando Lara Darío "Don Edgar" Celis colspan="2" Martha Ginneth Rincón Estela Espitía colspan="2" Carmenza Cossio Carmenza de Montoya Adrián Jiménez Hernán "Carrancho" Prieto colspan="2" David Ojalvo Agent Ben Rizzo colspan="2" Alejandro Otero Jack del Castillo colspan="2" Miroslava Morales Lyl "La Taína" Fanny colspan="2" Camilo Sáenz Alberto Triana colspan="2" María Camila Giraldo Silvana Jaramillo colspan="2" Eduardo López Rodrigo "Ruko" Fajardo colspan="2" Lina Cardona Carolina Pizarro colspan="2" Fernando de la Pava Miguel Barbosa colspan="2" Vannesa Di Quatro Rosalía Armenta colspan="2" Yesenia Valencia Olga Naranjo colspan="2" Juanita Molina Laura "Sandee" Cadena Anderson Ballesteros Alergia Angela Cano Denisse Carlina "Dina" Vásquez Mauricio Mejía Director Julio Corso Tatu Jokila Agent Alvin Clarkson Fredy Yate Luis Ricardo Sorzano María Gaviria Yesica "La Gata" Quetama Luna Victoria Castaño Duque Alma Cruz Montoya colspan="2" Biassini Segura Marino Marinilla colspan="2"
Guest stars Sebastián Yatra as himself Manuel Turizo as himself Karol G as herself Joey Montana as himself Rauw Alejandro as himself Feid as himself
Production Principal photography began on 26 August 2017.
Reception The premiere of the telenovela occupied position No. 1, being the most watched program in Colombia at a national level. Its premiere averages a total of 15.4 points, surpassing the most watched programs of Caracol Televisión as Sin senos sí hay paraíso, and Desafío súper humanos.
After the first episode several viewers drew conclusions that the series would be based on the life of the singer Maluma, due to the appearance, tattoos and dress of the character Charly Flow played by Carlos Torres. Torres says that Maluma was a reference for the creation of this character, as well as Sebastián Yatra, J Balvin, Piso 21 and Reykon, among others.
The telenovela joined the Top 10 of Most Successful Programs since private television started in Colombia in 1998. This telenovela gathered several times more than 20 points of audience (considering 16 points as a TV 'boom'), these ratings had not unseen and unscored since 2012.
Ratings Season Timeslot (COT) Episodes First aired Last aired Avg. viewers(in points) Date Viewers(in points) Date Viewers(in points) 1 MonFri 9:00 p.m. 82 15.4 21.72}} 2 90 14.9 13.32}} 3 MonFri 9:30 p.m. 65 7.4 5.81}}
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Recipient Result 2019 Seoul Drama Awards Best Drama Series The Queen of Flow Best Director Rodrigo Lalinde & Liliana Bocanegra Best Actress Carolina Ramírez International Emmy Award Best Telenovela The Queen of Flow
Adaptations After the success in Colombia, Televisa made an adaptation of the telenovela with the title of La reina soy yo.
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