‘Elite’: All Couples Ranked from Best to Worst, Throuples Included

Elite doesn’t shy away from making their characters play a game of romantic musical chairs with each other to add some spice to the show. With many hot characters and teen hormones out and about, it’s not uncommon to see them bounce from one relationship (or flirtmance) to another. In this Elite couple ranking, we try to keep track of all the lovelines in the show and how much they’ve repulsed us or made us go aaawwww.

We have decided to include the throuples in the show because why not? It’s such a big part of Elite that it would feel wrong to leave them out. We are also counting one-sided love to make things more fun! Two things we are not including in this list are one-time hook-ups like Polo and Ander, and fan-made ships.

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16. Malick and Nadia

Calling them a couple is a stretch considering how they were basically just using each other. Malick was using Nadia as a trophy wife to make his parents believe that he was Muslim of the Year. Meanwhile, we all knew that Nadia’s heart was with Guzman and she might’ve just been using him to fulfill her dream of studying in New York.

Plus, we could smell Malick actually being into Omar the whole time from a mile away so they never felt like a legit couple.

15. Malick and Omar

This couple was so horrible, it caused some people to completely turn against two of the most beloved characters in the show: Omar and Ander. In case you missed it, we touched on how Malick’s introduction destroyed everyone’s happiness in our Elite character ranking.

But to be fair to him, it does take two to tango so Omar is partially to blame for this too… and maybe Ander as well. A “couple” that started with lies and cheating is not a couple we want to root for. On the bright side, they did give us one of the best moments in the third season when Lu found out they were having sex with each other thanks to the glow-in-the-dark paint from the blackout party.

14. Samuel and Marina

All bets are off when a hot mess meets a nice naive guy. They may just be the most toxic couple in this Elite couple ranking because Marina was unnecessarily manipulative towards Samuel. I hate putting all the blame on her, but it really did feel like she was just stringing him along for no apparent reason.

It was obvious she liked Nano over him, so she didn’t need to play Samuel like that. While there are also other characters in the show who played with other people’s feelings for their own gain, Marina seemed to have etched a permanent scar in Samuel. It was a tragedy that they even met with everything that happened to the Dominguez brothers after she came into their lives.

13. Yeray and Carla

This couple was just really bad. Does anyone even ship them together or think that they actually had a chance?

Yeray was obviously just placed in the show to give Carla something to do in the third season while the writers start building up Rebeca and Samuel as a couple. Unfortunately, I would’ve preferred her to just have another storyline that didn’t involve Yeray… literally any storyline. He was painfully oblivious that Carla was just using him for his money, and he got our favorite marchioness to experiment with drugs because he was that horrible.

12. Christian and Carla

It looked like Carla was starting to fall for Christian until he got into an injury that shipped him off to god-knows-where. The show was only able to give us a small tease of what could’ve been between them, so I’m really only basing their ranking by their potential. I am counting them as part of this list because they were being teased as a couple for a long time.

The two of them never really got a chance together because they only had a small window of opportunity to try it out — between the moment Carla and Polo broke up, and the moment Polo bashed Marina’s head in with the trophy. Being free spirits, we don’t doubt that they would’ve made a good couple though. Fanfics, where you at?

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11. Polo and Cayetana

Ugh. How frustrating was this couple? When Polo started flirting with Cayetana, it was obviously because he saw her as a mere understudy for Carla. Then the both of them became harder to watch when Polo was simping hard for her. It always felt like Cayetana was just using him as an “in” to become rich and get into a nice college.

And don’t even get me started on how this couple basically caused the emotional anguish and eventual murder of Polo. Not only did Cayetana force him to keep hush about Marina’s murder to relieve his guilt, but she also made sure he wouldn’t transfer into another high school when she sent out those tweets.

They should’ve never just happened. But I am putting them this high in the Elite couple ranking because they just made a bigger impact than the rest of the couples ranked lower than them.

10. Nano and Marina

The bad points I made for Samuel and Marina in this Elite couple ranking could also apply to this star-crossed couple. But what makes the two couples different from that one is that their love was real. I don’t doubt it… I mean they were about to elope with their unborn baby before the murder.

Their personalities just clicked, you know? It’s the classic tale of the toxic man and toxic woman falling in love. Nano couldn’t get out of sticky situations with dangerous people, and Marina couldn’t escape herself. They were both dealt bad hands and it seemed like they could’ve really found happiness with each other like Bonnie and Clyde. So, I will give them that no matter how big a mess they were able to create for themselves.

9. Valerio and Lu

This couple is perhaps the most scandalous one in the show. I even debated if I should place them in this Elite couple ranking because I had to ask myself if half-siblings could be considered as one. I really don’t approve of the incest even if they were “just” half-related, but because they never really felt like they had a familial connectios, I didn’t mind it that much.

We were able to get a lot of memorable moments out of them though, like Nadia’s finding out about their dirty little secret, Valerio leaking Nadia’s sex tape with Guzman, and their father discovering their affair. I also don’t think Lu would’ve grown as a person if it weren’t for the fallout from this incestuous relationship so at least there was some good to come out of this.

8. Samuel and Carla

I am sorry to the people who ship these two together, but I just never saw it happening. Their beginning as a couple was always dubious with the “game” that they were playing with each other. Samuel was basically manipulating Carla the whole time to get her to confess about Marina’s murder!

They exemplified the classic haters-to-potential-lovers trope with a lot of mind games in between, and I get why that’s exciting to some viewers. I would’ve loved to see them get another chance in the third season — and I actually expected them to — but alas, we had to suffer through a whole season of Yeray and Carla.

7. Guzman and Lu

They were really perfect for each other at the start of the show. The both of them hated the hell out of the new Las Encinas students and did everything to be mean to them, with their most infamous scheme being the plot to take away Nadia’s virginity.

But then, we started to see Guzman outgrow that part of his life when he fell for Nadia and his sister was killed. It became clearer after those events that Lu’s one-sided crush on him was never going to become anything more because she ended up being too mean for Guzman’s sake.

We do admire her for keeping him together through all of the difficult things he went through. It’s obvious that Lu cares a lot about Guzman even if he never saw her in a romantic light.

6. Polo, Cayetana & Valerio

Ah yes, the poor man’s Polo-Carla-Christian throuple. We were kinda bummed in the second season when there was no throuple to look forward to, but we were pleasantly surprised with how Polo, Cayetana, and Valerio filled that hole later on.

The weird thing about them is it never really felt forced? Valerio wiggled his way into the couple’s bed pretty naturally.

They deserve to be this high in this Elite couple ranking because as crazy as it sounds, it felt like they really loved each other. I loved watching them swim together, study together, and dream about going to the same college together because it felt pretty… normal for the show. Unfortunately, the throuple had to break up because Polo discovered that Valerio was dealing drugs to Carla. I honestly think that the three of them could’ve still worked things out afterwards.

But you know… it’s kind of hard to do that now when one of them is dead.

5. Rebeca and Samuel

This is possibly the most normal couple that Elite could’ve come up with. When Rebeca first appeared in the second season, I just knew that she was going to end up with Samuel. There was no question in my mind!

They’re definitely overshadowed by the bigger personalities in the show, but their normality is what makes them rootable. It’s taking quite some time for Samuel’s feelings for her to kick in, but we have our hopes up for this couple to get some romantic development in the fourth season. The actors also have some major chemistry going on which warrants their high spot in this Elite couple ranking.

4. Polo, Carla & Christian

These three made up the OG Elite throuple that pushed the envelope when the series had first come out. It was an eye-opener for the global Netflix audience to see a throuple’s dynamics be seen in a positive light… and in a teen drama at that!

While other couples may overtake them in terms of chemistry or likability, no one can deny how iconic this throuple is. If you were a late comer to the show, you probably encountered a video or GIF of them in your feed. Their sex scenes were hot, their drama was fun to watch, and it led to major repercussions later on. It’s such a shame that it had to end in tragedy.

3. Omar and Ander

Omar and Ander are just made for each other. It always seems like life wants to keep them apart, but their love is just too strong.

They are probably the most storied couple in Elite because we saw them go through a lot. Both of them ran into trouble from the very beginning when they were struggling to come out — Ander to his friends & Omar to his family. Once they had overcome that, came a chain of unfortunate events where their relationship was truly tested: Ander discovered Polo’s secret, Ander learned he has cancer, and then Omar hooked up with Malick.

But through their troubles and missteps, you could tell that they care about each other. Even when they had broken up for a little while, there was not a moment in their entire relationship where I questioned if they would end up together. Individually, they are two of the kindest people in the show. Together, they are indestructible.

2. Guzman and Nadia

It was hard choosing between them and the eventual “winners” of this Elite couple ranking. Eventually, I had to place them a bit lower because of my personal bias and the unsatisfying ending for Guzman and Nadia. Don’t get me wrong, I completely understand that Nadia had to leave him to pursue her dream, but their relationship arc fell a little bit… flat for me?

Looking back, it felt like they ended at the same place that they started. They were on, they were off, Guzman had to prove himself to Nadia’s family… it never really went anywhere beyond that. I would’ve loved to have them be an official couple even for just a little while.

But let’s stop being a Negative Nancy because there are many good things about this couple. They were a perfect match because they were able to grow and learn as people through their relationship. Nadia needed someone like Guzman to make her realize that she shouldn’t submit to her father’s wishes all the time, and Guzman needed her so he could be more understanding of everyone else. For example, we saw Guzman’s selflessness manifest itself when he made a deal with Nadia’s father to stop talking to her so she could finish her studies in Las Encinas.

It’s a shame Nadia had to leave, and we would love to revisit their story before the series ends.

1. Polo and Carla

Polo and Carla are soulmates. They may not have made the perfect romantic couple, but their souls have always been intertwined.

It was a tough decision placing them at #1 in this Elite couple ranking, but I feel like I wouldn’t be staying true to myself if I hadn’t. I would argue that the both of them have the most complex relationship in the entirety of the show. They were once the inseparable couple until they started to deteriorate naturally. It’s something that’s bound to happen when you’ve been together since you were twelve.

But man, did they go to lengths to save their relationship… like getting into a throuple with Christian. Unfortunately, this backfired, and it ultimately destroyed what they had for good. Polo was a hopeless romantic and committed the most stupid act of passion for Carla: murder somebody. It was after that incident where we really got to see their devotion to one another; Carla defended him without hesitation and kept his secret from everybody else for as long as she could.

Who does that for someone they didn’t love?

Despite keeping out of each other’s way in the third season, we were able to get a glimpse of how Carla truly felt about Polo when he was killed. When asked if she was responsible for his death, Carla faced the Inspector with the saddest eyes and told her: “I would never him. Not him. I loved him.”

Am I reaching by naming them the best couple in the show? Probably, but you can’t deny that they are the most vital couple in Elite. A lot of things happened because of their love for one another.

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