Winx Club Serien 2004.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Winx Club is an Italian-American animated series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and Nickelodeon. It was created by Iginio Straffi. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. The main character is a fairy warrior named Bloom, who enrolls at Alfea College to train and hone her skills. The series uses a serial format that has an ongoing storyline, with individual story arcs comprising each season. It premiered on 28 January 2004, becoming a ratings success in Italy and on Nickelodeon networks internationally.

Iginio Straffi initially outlined the show’s plot to last three seasons. He chose to continue the story for a fourth season in 2009. Around this time, Winx Club’s popularity attracted the attention of the American media company Viacom, owner of Nickelodeon. Viacom purchased 30% of the show’s animation studio, Rainbow SpA, and Nickelodeon began producing a revival series. Production on the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons was divided between Rainbow and Nickelodeon Animation Studio. To attract an American audience, Viacom assembled a voice cast of Nickelodeon actors (including Elizabeth Gillies and Ariana Grande), invested US$100 million in advertising for the series, and inducted Winx Club into Nickelodeon’s franchise of Nicktoons.

Beginning in 2010, episodes of Winx Club have been jointly written with Nickelodeon’s American team. Nickelodeon’s writers aim to make the series multicultural and appealing toward viewers from different countries. In 2019, Straffi commented on his near-decade of collaboration with Nickelodeon, saying that ”the know-how of Rainbow and the know-how of Nickelodeon are very complementary; the sensibilities of the Americans, with our European touch.” The continued partnership between Rainbow and Nickelodeon on Winx Club has led to the development of more co-productions, including Club 57 in 2019, on which much of Winx Club’s staff worked.

The series was subject to budget cuts in 2014, during its seventh season. The 3D computer-generated segments and Hollywood voice actors were deemed too costly to keep using. The seventh season eventually premiered on Nickelodeon’s worldwide channels in 2015. After a four-year hiatus, an eighth season premiered in 2019. At Straffi’s decision, this season was retooled for a preschool target audience. Most of the show’s longtime crew members were not called back to work on season 8. Straffi stepped away from the series at this time, shifting his focus to Club 57 and other live-action projects. A live-action adaptation of Winx Club for young adults, titled Fate: The Winx Saga, was announced in 2018.

The series follows the adventures of a group of girls known as the Winx, students (and later graduates) at the Alfea College for Fairies, who turn into fairies to fight villains. The team is made up of Bloom, the red-haired leader with flame-based powers; Stella, the fairy of the Sun; Flora, the fairy of nature; Tecna, the fairy of technology; Musa, the fairy of music; and Aisha, the fairy of waves. Roxy, the fairy of animals, occasionally joins the Winx and all three of the show’s production companies refer to her as the Winx Club’s seventh member. The main male characters are called the Specialists, a group of students and later graduates of the Red Fountain school who are romantically involved with the Winx fairies. They include Bloom’s fiance Sky; Stella’s fiance Brandon; Flora’s boyfriend Helia; Tecna’s boyfriend Timmy; and Musa’s boyfriend Riven. Unlike their female counterparts, the Specialists do not have magical powers and instead train how to fight using laser weapons. The Winx and Specialists’ most common adversaries are a trio of witches named the Trix: Icy, Darcy, and Stormy, all former students of the Cloud Tower school.

Winx Club is set in a vast universe that has several dimensions. Most episodes take place in the Magic Dimension, which is closed off to ordinary people and inhabited by creatures from European mythology like fairies, witches, and monsters. The capital of this world is the city of Magix—which is located on the planet of the same name—where the three main magic schools are situated. The other planets of the Magic Dimension include Bloom’s home planet Domino, Stella’s home planet Solaria, Flora’s home planet Linphea, Tecna’s home planet Zenith, Musa’s home planet Melody, and Aisha’s home planet Andros.Some episodes take place on Earth, Roxy’s home planet and where Bloom spent her childhood.

History- Concept and creation – During the 1990s, comic artist Iginio Straffi noticed that action cartoons were mostly focused on male heroes; at the time, he felt that the ”cartoon world was devoid of female characters.” Straffi hoped to introduce an alternative show with a female lead aged 16 to 18, as he was interested in ”exploring the psychological side” of the transition to adulthood. He decided to develop a pilot centred on the conflict between two rival colleges; one for fairies and another for witches. Straffi compared his original premise to ”a sort of ’Oxford–Cambridge rivalry’ in a magical dimension”. In expanding the concept, Iginio Straffi drew his inspiration from Japanese manga and the comics of Sergio Bonelli, a comic writer for whom Straffi had worked.

Straffi’s pilot, which was titled ”Magic Bloom,” featured the original five Winx members in attires similar to those of traditional European fairies. It was produced during a twelve-month development period that included animation tests, character studies, and market surveys. The animation attracted the interest of Rai Fiction, which paid for 25% of the production cost in exchange for Italian broadcast rights and a share of the series’ revenue over 15 years. After holding test screenings of the pilot, however, Straffi was unhappy with the audience’s unenthusiastic reaction to the characters’ outdated clothing style and stated that the pilot did not satisfy him. In a 2016 interview, Straffi said the end result was unoriginal and ”looked like just another Japanese-style cartoon … but nothing like [the modern] Winx ”. He likened his feelings about the pilot to an ”existential crisis” and chose to scrap the entire test animation despite an investment of over €100,000 in the completed pilot.

To rework the concept, Straffi’s Rainbow team hired Italian fashion designers, including some from Dolce & Gabbana and Prada, to restyle the show and give the characters a more modern appearance. The crew changed the show’s color palette, replacing the pilot’s colour scheme with a brighter collection of hues, and adjusted the skin tone of one of the protagonists to look ”more Latin” in an attempt to add diversity to the show. Production of the restyled series began by 2002, and Rainbow estimated the episodes would be delivered to distributors by late 2003. The new name of the series (”Winx”) was derived from the English word ”wings,” and the ”x” was intended to evoke the shape and sound of wings. Straffi’s aim was to appeal to both genders, including action sequences and displays of power designed for male viewers and fashion elements for female viewers.^[ At the October 2003 MIPCOM event, Rainbow screened the show’s first episode to international companies. The first season had its world premiere on Italian television channel Rai 2 on 28 January 2004.

From the beginning of development, Iginio Straffi planned an overarching plot that would conclude after 78 episodes. Straffi stated that the Winx saga ”would not last forever” in 2007, and he intended the first feature film (Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom) to resolve any plot points remaining from the third season finale. In 2008, Straffi decided to extend the series, citing its increasing popularity.

Nickelodeon revival – In February 2011, the American company Viacom (owner of Nickelodeon) became a co-owner of the Rainbow studio; Viacom bought 30% of Rainbow for 62 million euros (US$83 million). Viacom originally planned to buy out the entire Rainbow studio but wanted to keep Iginio Straffi at the helm, leaving Straffi with 70%. Coinciding with the purchase, Viacom announced that Nickelodeon would team up with the original creator on an ”all-new Winx Club” revival series. Viacom financed and staffed the revived series, dividing production between Viacom’s Nickelodeon Animation Studio in the United States and Rainbow in Italy.

The revived series began with four special episodes that summarize the first two seasons of the original show, followed by the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons. As the production team was divided between two countries, Nickelodeon released a statement commenting on how Winx Club was an unusual production for the company: ”it’s not our usual practice to co-produce cartoons; we make them by ourselves. But we strongly believe in Winx.”Along with another brand revival (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Winx Club was officially inducted into Nickelodeon’s franchise of Nicktoons, a brand that encompasses original animated productions created for the network. On each episode of the revived series, Nickelodeon approved scripts and all phases of animation. Nickelodeon brought on some of its long-time staff members, such as creative consultant Janice Burgess, and writers Adam Peltzman and Carin Greenberg.

On 7 April 2014, Rainbow and Nickelodeon announced their continuing partnership on the seventh season of Winx Club, with a planned premiere date of 2015. Straffi said of the season: ”It will be a privilege to partner once more with Nickelodeon on this.”During this season’s production, Rainbow was undergoing a multimillion-euro financial loss due to the box office failure of its film Gladiators of Rome. This made them cut costs on Winx Club, its most expensive show. The CGI-animated segments and California voice cast from the previous two seasons were deemed too costly to continue using for season 7. As with the previous two seasons, the copyright to season 7 is co-owned by Rainbow and Viacom. The first episode aired on 22 June 2015, on Nickelodeon in Asia,followed by its broadcast on 21 September 2015 on Rai Gulp in Italy.

The president of Nickelodeon International, Pierluigi Gazzolo, was responsible for arranging the co-production partnership and became a member of Rainbow’s board of directors (a role he continues to serve in, as of November 2019). In addition to financing the television series, Viacom provided the resources necessary to produce a third Winx film. In 2019, Iginio Straffi commented on the two studios’ near-decade of continued work together, saying that ”the know-how of Rainbow and the know-how of Nickelodeon are very complementary; the sensibilities of the Americans, with our European touch.” Winx Club opened the opportunity for Nickelodeon and Rainbow to collaborate on additional co-productions together, including various pilots from 2014 onward and Club 57 in 2019.

Retooled eighth season- The eighth season of the series was not produced immediately after the seventh. It followed a multiple-year hiatus and was not made as a direct continuation of the previous season. At Iginio Straffi’s decision, Season 8 was heavily retooled to appeal to a preschool target audience.

For season 8, Rainbow’s creative team restyled the characters to appear younger, hoping to increase the appeal toward preschoolers. The plot lines were simplified so that they could be understood by a younger audience. Most of the show’s longtime crew members were not called back to work on this season, including art director Simone Borselli, who had designed the series’ characters from season 1 to 7, and singer Elisa Rosselli, who had performed a majority of the songs. In another change from previous seasons, Nickelodeon’s American team served as consultants rather than directly overseeing the episodes; at the time, Nickelodeon was instead working with Rainbow on a new co-production, Club 57. Season 8 was also the first-ever season without the involvement of Rai Fiction.

Iginio Straffi made the decision to shift the show’s intended audience after years of gradually aiming toward a younger demographic. In a 2019 interview, Straffi explained that decreasing viewership from older viewers and an increased audience of young children made this change a necessity. He elaborated that ”the fans of the previous Winx Club say on social media that the new seasons are childish, but they don’t know that we had to do that.” Straffi stepped away from the series at this time and did not oversee season 8’s production like he had for the previous installments. He instead shifted his focus to live-action projects aimed at older audiences: Nickelodeon’s Club 57 and Fate: The Winx Saga. Straffi explained that ”the things we had to tone down [in season 8] have been emphasized in the live action–the relationships, the fights, the love stories.” He added that he hopes that Fate will satisfy the ”20-year-olds who still like to watch Winx.”

Production,Design- The series’ visuals are a mixture of Japanese anime and European elements, which Iginio Straffi calls ”the trademark Rainbow style”. The main characters’ final designs are based on Straffi’s original sketches, which were modelled on celebrities popular at the turn of the 21st century. In a 2011 interview with IO Donna, Straffi stated that Britney Spears served as the basis for Bloom, Cameron Diaz for Stella, Jennifer Lopez for Flora, Pink for Tecna, Lucy Liu for Musa, and Beyoncé for Aisha. This approach was part of Straffi’s aim for the fairies to represent ”the women of today” and look much more modern than classic examples like la Fata Turchina. The three Trix witches were also designed to appear ”beautiful and fashionable” to counter the stereotype of ugly witches.

A team of specialized artists designs the characters’ expressions and outfits for each season. About 20 tables of expressions and positions from all angles are drawn for each character. The designers start to develop characters’ costumes by creating collages from magazine clippings of recent fashion trends. Using these as references, they draw multiple outfits for each character. Simone Borselli, the series’ art director, designed most of the characters’ early-season clothing despite lacking a background in fashion design. When asked by an interviewer where his fashion intuition came from, Borselli responded, ”From being gay.”

The first stage in the production of an episode is developing its script, a process that can last 5–6 months. When the series began production, the writers were based entirely in Italy. After Viacom became a co-owner of Rainbow in 2011, Rainbow’s group of 30 writers began collaborating with teams in both Italy and the United States. The international coordination, which has continued through 2019, intends to make scenarios depicted in the program multicultural and accessible to viewers from different countries.Episodes are written with two stories in mind: a longer narrative arc that lasts for tens of episodes and a subplot that concludes at the end of the 22-minute runtime. This episode structure was modelled on those of teen dramas and American comics. Themes written into the series include romance, the acquisition of maturity upon reaching adulthood, and (in the fifth season) nature conservation.

After the script and character designs have been approved, the screenplay is passed onto a group of storyboard artists. For each 22-minute episode, the artists prepare 450 pages of storyboards for each 22-minute episode, which are used to assemble an animatic. At this stage, dialogue and music are added to determine the length of each scene. In the original series (seasons 1–4), the characters’ mouths were animated to match the Italian voice actors’ lines; in the revived series, the mouth movements were matched to the English scripts. Episodes are worked on concurrently because each requires around two years of work to complete.

At the beginning of the first season, the ten-person production team worked at Rainbow’s original headquarters in Recanati. In 2006, Straffi opened a second studio in Rome for computer-animated projects. During the fifth and sixth seasons, 3D CGI sequences were incorporated into the series for the first time, animated at the studio in Rome. According to the Rainbow CGI animators, the animation of the characters’ hair in underwater scenes was particularly difficult, and it was animated separately from the characters.

Cast:- In Italy, the series’ voice actors include Letizia Ciampa (Bloom), Perla Liberatori (Stella), Ilaria Latini (Flora), Domitilla D’Amico (Tecna), Gemma Donati (Musa), Laura Lenghi (Aisha), and Debora Magnaghi (Roxy). According to Ilaria Latini, the characters were cast before any character designs were finalized and the actors were shown black-and-white sketches of their roles. The actors record their lines in Rome. Seasons 1–4 were animated to match the Italian voices. Since season 5, the animation has been synchronized to match the English scripts.

The 2011 specials introduced a new cast of Hollywood voice actors, who recorded their lines at the Atlas Oceanic studio in Burbank, California. For this cast, Viacom hired popular actors whose names were advertised on-air to attract American viewers; these stars included Ariana Grande as Diaspro, Elizabeth Gillies as Daphne, Keke Palmer as Aisha, Matt Shively as Sky, and Daniella Monet as Mitzi. These actors provided voices for the first two Winx films and seasons three through six. In 2014, Viacom relocated the series’ English cast to DuArt in New York City; this was done as a cost-cutting and time-saving measure, since Rainbow was undergoing a significant financial loss at the time. Despite the change in voice actors, the series’ animation continued to be matched to Nickelodeon and Rainbow’s English scripts for the seventh season.

Music- According to Iginio Straffi, music plays a crucial role in the success of the series. Original pop songs in the ”style of Britney Spears and Beyoncé” have been recorded in about 40 languages for the show. Songs are usually drafted in English; Italian lyrics are written after Rainbow has approved the English versions. Frequent composers for the program include Michele Bettali, Stefano Carrara, Fabrizio Castania, and Maurizio D’Aniello. Music is recorded in Milan and Rome, and each song takes between five and twelve months to complete. One of Nickelodeon’s composers, Emmy and Grammy Award recipient Peter Zizzo, joined the team during Nickelodeon’s joint production of the fifth season. His music is featured in the fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons; he also composed the stand-alone single ”We Are Believix” for the show. The single was accompanied by a Nickelodeon live-action music video that was performed by Elizabeth Gillies and was released on iTunes. Six compilation albums based on the show’s music have been released; some include songs that do not appear in the television series.

Many of the show’s tracks are performed by Italian singer Elisa Rosselli. She was selected during the production of the first Winx film, as Iginio Straffi was seeking a writer and singer for the movie’s soundtrack. Straffi looked to Sony Music’s archive for inspiration and enjoyed three of Rosselli’s songs that were co-produced with Maurizio D’Aniello. After working together on the film, Rosselli continued to produce music for the show (usually in collaboration with D’Aniello or Peter Zizzo) until its seventh season.

Winx Club is an Italian-American^[a] animated television series co-produced by Rainbow SpA and Nickelodeon, which are both part of ViacomCBS. The show was created by Iginio Straffi. It follows a group of fairy warriors called the Winx as they enroll in Alfea College and learn to fight mythical villains.

From the beginning of the show’s development, Iginio Straffi planned an overarching plot that would conclude after three seasons. A feature-length film followed the third season, intended to wrap up the series’ plot as the fairies graduate from Alfea College. In 2008, Straffi made the decision to extend the original series with a fourth season, citing its increasing popularity. During the production of the fourth season, the American company Viacom (owner of Nickelodeon) engaged in a ”long courtship” with the Rainbow studio. Viacom became a co-owner of Rainbow to produce their own episodes of Winx Club.

In 2010, Viacom announced that ”Nickelodeon is teaming up with the original creator to present an all-new Winx Club.” Viacom’s Nickelodeon Animation Studio started production on a revived series, in which the Winx are once again students at Alfea, as they were before their graduation in the original show. The Nickelodeon revival began with four television specials that summarize the first two seasons of the original series. After the specials, Viacom’s brand-new fifth, sixth, and seventh seasons were broadcast on Nickelodeon networks worldwide ahead of the Italian broadcasts.

Winx Club employs a serial format, with each episode contributing to the overall storyline. Episodes are written with two stories in mind: the longer narrative arc that lasts for tens of episodes and a subplot which concludes at the end of the 22-minute runtime. This episode structure was modeled on those of teen dramas and American comics.

When Iginio Straffi began developing Winx Club at the Rainbow studio, he outlined the plot to last three seasons (78 episodes). In 2007, Straffi explained that ”the Winx saga was planned in detail from the beginning. And it will not last forever.” The third season follows the fairies’ last year at Alfea College, during which they earn their final fairy form, Enchantix. In 2008, Iginio Straffi chose to continue the story for a fourth season. During the fourth season’s development, Viacom began discussions to become a co-owner of the Rainbow studio and produce a revival series, which began with a retelling of the first two original seasons.

The pilot episode for the series, then under the working title Magic Bloom, featured the original five Winx members in attires similar to those of traditional European fairies. It was produced over a period of twelve months and was test-screened in 2002.Upon its completion, Straffi was unsatisfied with the pilot and doubted that it would succeed if aired. In a 2016 interview, Straffi recalled that it ”looked like just another Japanese-style cartoon … but nothing like [the modern] Winx.” Straffi’s team heavily reworked the pilot’s visual style before starting work on a full season, leaving the original pilot unaired. Portions of the pilot were presented at the Lucca Comics & Games convention in 2018.

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title / Cinélume English title 4Kids English title	Italian air date	American air date
1	1	”Una fata a Gardenia” / ”An Unexpected Event” ”It Feels Like Magic”	28 January 2004	19 June 2004
2	2	”Benvenuti a Magix!” / ”Welcome to Magix!” ”More Than High School”	30 January 2004	26 June 2004
3	3	”L’anello di Stella” / ”Alfea College for Fairies” ”Save the First Dance”	2 February 2004	3 July 2004
4	4	”La palude di Melmamora” / ”The Black-Mud Swamp” ”The Voice of Nature”	4 February 2004	10 July 2004
5	5	”Appuntamento al buio” / ”Date with Disaster” ”Date with Disaster”	6 February 2004	17 July 2004
6	6	”Missione a Torrenuvola” / ”Mission at Cloudtower” ”Secret Guardian”	9 February 2004	24 July 2004
7	7	”A che servono gli amici?” / ”Friends in Need” ”Grounded”	11 February 2004	31 July 2004
8	8	”La festa della rosa” / ”A Friendship Sundered” ”The Day of the Rose”	13 February 2004	7 August 2004
9	9	”Il tradimento di Riven” / ”Betrayed!” ”Spelled”	16 February 2004	14 August 2004
10	10	”La Fiamma del Drago” / ”Bloom Tested” ”Magical Reality Check”	18 February 2004	21 August 2004
11	11	”Il regno delle ninfee” / ”The Monster and The Willow” ”Junior League”	20 February 2004	28 August 2004
12	12	”Miss Magix”	23 February 2004	4 September 2004
13	13	”La figlia del fuoco” / ”A Great Secret Revealed” ”Meant to Be”	25 February 2004	11 September 2004
14	14	”Il segreto di Bloom” / ”Bloom’s Dark Secret” ”Witch Trap”	27 February 2004	18 September 2004
15	15	”Voci dal passato” / ”Honor Above All” ”Pushing the Envelope”	1 March 2004	25 September 2004
16	16	”Il nemico nell’ombra” / ”Cold Spell” ”The Nightmare Monster”	3 March 2004	2 October 2004
17	17	”Il segreto di Brandon” / ”Secrets Within Secrets” ”Royal Heartbreak”	5 March 2004	9 October 2004
18	18	”Addio Magix” / ”The Font of Dragon Fire” ”Senior Witches Go to Earth”	8 March 2004	16 October 2004
19	19	”Attacco ad Alfea” / ”The Fall of Magix” ”The Army of Decay”	10 March 2004	23 October 2004
20	20	”La scomparsa di Bloom” / ”Mission to Domino” ”Sparks of Hope”	12 March 2004	30 October 2004
21	21	”Trappola di ghiaccio” / ”The Crown of Dreams” ”The Frozen Palace”	15 March 2004	6 November 2004
22	22	”Il ritorno di Riven” / ”Storming Cloudtower” ”Mission to Cloud Tower”	17 March 2004	13 November 2004
23	23	”Fuga da Torrenuvola” / ”Power Play” ”The Search for the Flame”	19 March 2004	20 November 2004
24	24	”Il mistero del lago” / ”The Witches’ Siege” ”Battle for Alfea”	22 March 2004	27 November 2004
25	25	”Il sonno di Magix” / ”The Ultimate Challenge” ”The Great Witch Invasion”	24 March 2004	4 December 2004
26	26	”Battaglia finale” / ”The Witches’ Downfall” ”Fire and Ice”	26 March 2004	11 December 2004
RC1	RC1	”Attack of the Senior Witches”	N/A	22 May 2004

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title / Cinélume English title 4Kids English title	Italian air date	American air date
27	1	”La fenice d’ombra” / ”The Shadow Phoenix” ”Back to School”	19 April 2005	10 September 2005
28	2	”Il ritorno delle Trix” / ”Up to their old Trix” ”Princess of Tides”	21 April 2005	17 September 2005
29	3	”Missione di salvataggio” / ”Rescue Mission” ”Into the Under Realm”	26 April 2005	24 September 2005
30	4	”La Principessa Amentia” / ”Princess Amentia” ”Queen of Perfection”	28 April 2005	1 October 2005
31	5	”Magico Bonding” / ”Magic Bonding” ”Rescuing the Pixies”	3 May 2005	8 October 2005
32	6	”Il matrimonio di Brandon” / ”Runaway Groom” ”My Boyfriend’s Wedding”	5 May 2005	15 October 2005
33	7	”La pietra misteriosa” / ”The Mysterious Stone” ”The Dark Tower”	10 May 2005	22 October 2005
34	8	”Il guastafeste” / ”Party Crasher” ”Party Monster”	12 May 2005	29 October 2005
35	9	”Il segreto del professor Avalon” / ”Professor Avalon’s Secret” ”The Angel of Doom”	17 May 2005	5 November 2005
36	10	”La cripta del codice” / ”The Crypt of the Codex” ”Reaching for the Sky”	19 May 2005	12 November 2005
37	11	”Corsa contro il tempo” / ”Race Against Time” ”Homesick”	24 May 2005	19 November 2005
38	12	”Unite per la vittoria” / ”Winx Together!” ”Truth or Dare”	26 May 2005	26 November 2005
39	13	”La dama del ballo” / ”The Invisible Pixies” ”Gangs of Gardenia”	31 May 2005	3 December 2005
40	14	”Battaglia sul pianeta Eraklyon” / ”Battle on Planet Eraklyon” ”The Wrong Righters”	2 June 2005	28 January 2006
41	15	”Lo spettacolo continua” / ”The Show Must Go On!” ”Magic in My Heart”	7 June 2005	4 February 2006
42	16	”Hallowinx!” ”The Fourth Witch”	9 June 2005	11 February 2006 (After episode 44)
43	17	”Gemellaggio con le Streghe” / ”Twinning with the Witches” ”Exchange Students”	14 June 2005	4 February 2006 (After episode 41)
44	18	”Nel Cuore di Torrenuvola” / ”In the Heart of Cloud Tower” ”The Heart of Cloud Tower”	16 June 2005	11 February 2006 (Before episode 42)
45	19	”La spia nell’ombra” / ”The Spy in the Shadows” ”Shadows in Bloom”	21 June 2005	18 February 2006
46	20	”Il villaggio delle Pixies” / ”Pixie Village” ”The First Charmix”	23 June 2005	18 February 2006
47	21	”Il potere del Charmix” / ”Charmix Power” ”Trouble in Paradise”	28 June 2005	25 February 2006
48	22	”Wildland: La grande trappola” / ”Danger in the Wildland” ”Last Resorts”	30 June 2005	25 February 2006
49	23	”Il momento della verità” / ”The Time for Truth” ”Darkness and Light”	5 July 2005	4 March 2006
50	24	”Prigioniera di Darkar” / ”Darkar’s Prisoner” ”Desperately Seeking Bloom”	7 July 2005	4 March 2006
51	25	”Faccia a faccia con il nemico” / ”Face to Face with the Enemy” ”Storming Shadowhaunt”	12 July 2005	11 March 2006
52	26	”Le ceneri della Fenice” / ”The Phoenix Revealed” ”The Ultimate Power Couple”	14 July 2005	11 March 2006

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title / Cinélume English title 4Kids English title / Nickelodeon English title	Italian air date	American air dates (4Kids / Nick)
53	1	”Il ballo della principessa” / ”The Princess’ Ball” ”The Princess Ball” / ”The Perfect Dress”	29 January 2007	30 September 2006 14 November 2011
54	2	”Il marchio di Valtor” / ”Valtor’s Mark” ”Beauty is a Beast” / ”Valtor’s Plan”	31 January 2007	7 October 2006 15 November 2011
55	3	”La principessa e la bestia” / ”The Fairy and the Beast” ”Pretty Pretty Princess” / ”The Monster’s Escape”	2 February 2007	28 October 2006 16 November 2011
56	4	”Lo specchio della verità” / ”The Mirror of Truth” ”Mirror of Truth” / ”Stella’s Truth”	5 February 2007	4 November 2006 17 November 2011
57	5	”Il Mare della Paura” / ”Sea of Fear” ”Mission to Tides” / ”Andros in Danger”	7 February 2007	11 November 2006 18 November 2011
58	6	”La scelta di Aisha” / ”Layla’s Choice” ”The Mermaid Queen” / ”Aisha’s Courage”	9 February 2007	18 November 2006 28 November 2011
59	7	”La compagnia della luce” / ”The Company of the Light” ”Royal Behavior” / ”Heroes of the Past”	12 February 2007	25 November 2006 29 November 2011
60	8	”Una sleale avversaria” / ”A Disloyal Adversary” ”Dark Sky” / ”Diaspro’s Deception”	14 February 2007	24 February 2007 30 November 2011
61	9	”Il cuore e la spada” / ”The Heart and The Sword” ”Operation Boyfriend Rescue” / ”Breaking the Mark”	16 February 2007	3 March 2007 1 December 2011
62	10	”Alfea sotto assedio” / ”Alfea Under Siege” ”Attack of the Zombie Witches” / ”Taking Over Cloudtower”	19 February 2007	10 March 2007 2 December 2011
63	11	”Trappola per fate” / ”A Trap for Fairies” ”Missing in Action” / ”Facing the Enemy”	21 February 2007	17 March 2007 5 December 2011
64	12	”Le lacrime del salice nero” / ”The Black Willow’s Tears” ”Tears From the Black Willow” / ”A Journey to Lynphea”	23 February 2007	24 March 2007 6 December 2011
65	13	”Un ultimo battito d’ali” / ”One Last Fluttering of Wings” ”Point of No Return” / ”Tecna’s Sacrifice”	26 February 2007	31 March 2007 7 December 2011
66	14	”Furia!” / ”Fury!” ”Payback” / ”Revenge!”	28 February 2007	7 April 2007 8 December 2011
67	15	”L’isola dei draghi” / ”The Island of Dragons” ”The Island of Dragons” / ”Dragon Quest”	2 March 2007	14 April 2007 9 December 2011
68	16	”Dalle ceneri” / ”From the Ashes” ”The Power Within” / ”Building Hope”	5 March 2007	21 April 2007 12 December 2011
69	17	”Nella tana del serpente” / ”In the Snake’s Lair” ”The Omega Mission” / ”The Omega Mission”	7 March 2007	28 April 2007 13 December 2011
70	18	”Lo scrigno di Valtor” / ”Valtor’s Box” ”Day at the Museum” / ”The Museum of Magic”	9 March 2007	28 July 2007 14 December 2011
71	19	”All’ultimo minuto” / ”At the Last Moment” ”Biker Chick Wedding Crashers” / ”Back to Solaria”	12 March 2007	4 August 2007 15 December 2011
72	20	”La carica delle Pixies” / ”The Pixies’ Charge” ”Little Big Shots” / ”The Pixies Fight Back”	14 March 2007	11 August 2007 16 December 2011
73	21	”La torre rossa” / ”The Red Tower” ”The Golden Kingdom” / ”Beyond the Magic Dimension”	16 March 2007	18 August 2007 19 December 2011
74	22	”Il labirinto di cristallo” / ”The Crystal Labyrinth” ”The Crystal Labyrinth” / ”Finding Your Way”	19 March 2007	25 August 2007 20 December 2011
75	23	”La sfida dei maghi” / ”The Wizards’ Challenge” ”The Wizard’s Challenge” / ”The Water Stars”	21 March 2007	1 September 2007 21 December 2011
76	24	”La rivelazione delle streghe” / ”Witches’ Revelation” ”The Witches’ Crypt” / ”Seeking the Truth”	23 March 2007	8 September 2007 22 December 2011
77	25	”L’ira dello stregone” / ”Wizard’s Anger” ”The Spell of the Elements” / ”Valtor’s Fury”	26 March 2007	15 September 2007 23 December 2011
78	26	”Un nuovo inizio” / ”A New Beginning” ”Fire and Flame” / ”The Final Battle”	28 March 2007	22 September 2007 26 December 2011

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title / Cinélume English title Nickelodeon English title	Italian air date	American air date (Nick)
79	1	”I cacciatori di fate” / ”The Fairy Hunters” ”The Wizards of the Black Circle”	15 April 2009	6 May 2012
80	2	”L’albero della vita” / ”The Tree of Life” ”Fear in Pixie Village”	17 April 2009	6 May 2012
81	3	”L’ultima fata della terra” / ”The Last Fairy of Earth” ”Winx on Earth”	20 April 2009	13 May 2012
82	4	”Love & Pet” / ”Love & Pet” ”Magic Pets”	22 April 2009	13 May 2012
83	5	”Il regalo di Mitzi” / ”Mitzi’s Present” ”Ogron’s Spell”	24 April 2009	20 May 2012
84	6	”Una fata in pericolo” / ”A Fairy in Danger” ”A Fairy Found”	27 April 2009	20 May 2012
85	7	”Winx Believix” / ”Winx Believix” ”I Believe in You”	29 April 2009	27 May 2012
86	8	”Il cerchio bianco” / ”The White Circle” ”Hidden in the Country”	1 May 2009	27 May 2012
87	9	”Nebula” / ”Nebula” ”Nebula’s White Circle”	4 May 2009	3 June 2012
88	10	”La canzone di Musa” / ”Musa’s Song” ”The Audition”	6 May 2009	3 June 2012
89	11	”Winx Club per sempre” / ”Winx Club Forever” ”Superheroes”	8 May 2009	10 June 2012
90	12	”Papà! Sono una fata!” / ”Dad! I’m a Fairy” ”The Pets’ Pursuit”	11 May 2009	10 June 2012
91	13	”L’attacco degli stregoni” / ”The Wizards’ Attack” ”Roxy’s Energy”	13 May 2009	17 June 2012
92	14	”7: Il numero perfetto” / ”7: The Perfect Number” ”Bringing Magic Back”	14 October 2009	17 June 2012
93	15	”Lezioni di magia” / ”Magic Lessons” ”The New Witch in Town”	16 October 2009	24 June 2012
94	16	”Un mondo virtuale” / ”A Virtual World” ”A Virtual Hideout”	19 October 2009	24 June 2012
95	17	”L’isola incantata” / ”The Enchanted Island” ”Island Tricks”	21 October 2009	1 July 2012
96	18	”La furia della natura” / ”The Nature Rage” ”Diana’s Attack”	26 October 2009	1 July 2012
97	19	”Nel regno di Diana” / ”In Diana’s Kingdom” ”In the Amazon Forest”	28 October 2009	8 July 2012
98	20	”I doni del destino” / ”The Gifts of Destiny” ”Diana’s Redemption”	30 October 2009	8 July 2012
99	21	”La caverna di Sibylla” / ”Sibylla’s Cave” ”The Fairy of Justice”	2 November 2009	15 July 2012
100	22	”La Torre Gelata” / ”The Frozen Tower” ”Aurora’s Tower”	6 November 2009	15 July 2012
101	23	”La prova di Bloom” / ”Bloom’s Trial” ”Bloom’s Challenge”	6 November 2009	22 July 2012
102	24	”Il giorno della giustizia” / ”The Day of Justice” ”The Wizard’s Trap”	9 November 2009	22 July 2012
103	25	”Il segreto di Morgana” / ”Morgana’s Secret” ”Home at Last”	11 November 2009	29 July 2012
104	26	”Ghiaccio e fuoco” / ”Ice and Fire” ”Duel in the Omega Dimension”	13 November 2009	29 July 2012

After Viacom became a co-owner of the Rainbow studio in 2011, new seasons entered production at Viacom’s Nickelodeon Animation Studio and Rainbow. In this revamped series, the Winx are once again students at Alfea, as they were before their graduation in the original show. The revival began with four specials that retell the original first and second seasons. Nickelodeon’s American writers aimed to make the series multicultural and appealing toward viewers from different countries. In 2019, Straffi commented on his near-decade of collaboration with Nickelodeon, saying that ”the know-how of Rainbow and the know-how of Nickelodeon are very complementary; the sensibilities of the Americans, with our European touch.”

Italian title English title	Italian air date	American air date
”Il destino di Bloom” ”The Fate of Bloom”	21 November 2011	27 June 2011
Bloom, an ordinary girl from Gardenia, is on summer vacation when she stumbles upon a battle between the fairy Stella and an ogre named Knut. Bloom stands against the monster and suddenly discovers that she has magical powers. Stella offers Bloom the opportunity to attend the Alfea College for Fairies, which Bloom and her parents agree to. The two fairies soon meet their roommates: Flora, Tecna, and Musa. After an encounter with the Trix witches from the competing college of Cloud Tower, the fairies decide to form their own group: the Winx Club.
”La vendetta delle Trix” ”Revenge of the Trix”	28 November 2011	1 August 2011
A mysterious nymph named Daphne communicates with Bloom through a dream. During spring break, Bloom returns home and bonds with her parents. While in Gardenia, Bloom dreams about her father rescuing a baby left unharmed in a fire. After telling her parents, Bloom realizes that the event in her dream actually happened, and that she was the baby in the fire. Later on, Bloom visits Cloudtower’s library to learn more about herself. Meanwhile, the Trix devise a plan to steal Bloom’s Dragon Flame powers.
”Battaglia per Magix” ”The Battle for Magix”	5 December 2011	18 September 2011
After the Trix take Bloom’s powers, the three witches take over Cloudtower and take down Headmistress Griffin. Through the power of the Dragon Flame, the Trix summon an Army of Darkness to start a reign of terror. Bloom returns to Alfea, powerless without her Dragon Flame. She teams up with Stella, Sky, Brandon, and Knut to confront the Trix at Cloudtower and reclaim her powers. Once she talks with Daphne, Bloom is able to regain her Dragon Flame and join her friends in a final battle. She faces Icy one-on-one while the other fairies face Darcy and Stormy. After Bloom manages to beat her rival, the friends celebrate, and Bloom and Sky share their first kiss.
”La fenice d’ombra” ”The Shadow Phoenix”	12 December 2011	16 October 2011
Aisha, the princess of Andros and fairy of waves, tries to rescue a group of pixies from the Shadow Phoenix. She is caught by him and is forced down a cliff. Aisha arrives at Alfea where she meets the Winx. Bloom and Stella offer to help her, leaving Flora, Musa, and Tecna to take care of a young pixie named Piff. Meanwhile, the Shadow Phoenix breaks the Trix out of prison. Bloom and Stella duel with the Trix while Aisha saves the pixies. Later, a paladin named Professor Avalon offers to help Bloom uncover more about her past. Avalon brings Bloom to a fortress and reveals his true identity as the Shadow Phoenix. The Winx and Specialists fly to the fortress and eventually defeat the Shadow Phoenix.

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title Nickelodeon English title	Italian air date	American air date
105	1	”Minaccia dall’oceano” ”The Spill”	16 October 2012	2 September 2012
106	2	”L’ascesa di Tritannus” ”The Rise of Tritannus”	17 October 2012	9 September 2012
107	3	”Ritorno ad Alfea” ”Return to Alfea”	18 October 2012	16 September 2012
108	4	”Il libro Sirenix” ”The Sirenix Book”	19 October 2012	23 September 2012
109	5	”Il magico Lilo” ”The Lilo”	22 October 2012	26 August 2012
110	6	”Potere Harmonix” ”The Power of Harmonix”	23 October 2012	7 October 2012
111	7	”Le conchiglie luccicanti” ”The Shimmering Shells”	24 October 2012	14 October 2012
112	8	”La melodia del rubino” ”Secret of the Ruby Reef”	25 October 2012	28 October 2012
113	9	”La gemma dell’empatia” ”The Gem of Empathy”	26 October 2012	4 November 2012
114	10	”Natale ad Alfea” ”A Magix Christmas”	29 October 2012	9 December 2012
115	11	”Le Trix in agguato” ”Trix Tricks”	30 October 2012	11 November 2012
116	12	”Prova di coraggio” ”Test of Courage”	1 November 2012	18 November 2012
117	13	”Le fate Sirenix” ”Sirenix”	2 November 2012	25 November 2012
118	14	”Il trono dell’imperatore” ”The Emperor’s Throne”	8 April 2013	17 February 2013
119	15	”Il pilastro della luce” ”The Pillar of Light”	9 April 2013	24 February 2013
120	16	”L’eclisse” ”The Eclipse”	10 April 2013	3 March 2013
121	17	”L’occhio che ispira le fate” ”Faraway Reflections”	11 April 2013	10 March 2013
122	18	”Il divoratore” ”The Devourer”	12 April 2013	17 March 2013
123	19	”Le balene del canto” ”The Singing Whales”	15 April 2013	31 March 2013
124	20	”Problemi sentimentali” ”The Problems of Love”	16 April 2013	31 March 2013
125	21	”Un appuntamento perfetto” ”A Perfect Date”	17 April 2013	7 April 2013
126	22	”Ascolta il tuo cuore” ”Listen to Your Heart”	18 April 2013	5 May 2013
127	23	”Sulle tracce di Politea” ”The Shark’s Eye”	19 April 2013	12 May 2013
128	24	”Il respiro dell’oceano” ”Saving Paradise Bay”	22 April 2013	8 September 2013
129	25	”Scontro epico” ”Battle for the Infinite Ocean”	23 April 2013	15 September 2013
130	26	”La fine dell’incubo” ”The End of Tritannus”	24 April 2013	22 September 2013

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title Nickelodeon English title	Italian air date	American air date
131	1	”L’ispirazione del Sirenix” ”Inspiration of Sirenix”	6 January 2014	29 September 2013
132	2	”Legendarium” ”The Legendarium”	13 January 2014	3 November 2013
133	3	”Il collegio volante” ”The Flying School”	20 January 2014	3 November 2013
134	4	”Il potere Bloomix” ”Bloomix Power”	31 January 2014	15 December 2013
135	5	”Golden Auditorium” ”The Golden Auditorium”	7 February 2014	15 December 2013
136	6	”I mangiafuoco” ”Vortex of Flames”	14 February 2014	12 January 2014
137	7	”La biblioteca perduta” ”The Lost Library”	17 February 2014	16 February 2014
138	8	”L’attacco della sfinge” ”Attack of the Sphinx”	10 February 2014	16 February 2014
139	9	”Il tempio del drago verde” ”Shrine of the Green Dragon”	3 March 2014	3 August 2015
140	10	”La serra di Alfea” ”The Secret Greenhouse”	10 March 2014	5 August 2015
141	11	”Sogni infranti” ”Broken Dreams”	17 March 2014	7 August 2015
142	12	”I figli della notte” ”Shimmer in the Shadows”	24 March 2014	10 August 2015
143	13	”La fata madrina” ”The Fairy Godmother”	31 March 2014	12 August 2015
144	14	”Mythix” ”Mythix”	7 April 2014	14 August 2015
145	15	”Il mistero di Calavera” ”Mystery of Calavera”	31 July 2014	17 August 2015
146	16	”L’invasione degli zombie” ”Zombie Invasion”	1 August 2014	19 August 2015
147	17	”La maledizione di Fearwood” ”The Curse of Fearwood”	1 August 2014	21 August 2015
148	18	”Il totem magico” ”The Magic Totem”	1 August 2014	9 September 2015
149	19	”Regina per un giorno” ”Queen for a Day”	2 August 2014	11 September 2015
150	20	”Il banchetto di Solaria” ”Stella’s Big Party”	2 August 2014	15 September 2015
151	21	”Un amore mostruoso” ”A Monster Crush”	2 August 2014	17 September 2015
152	22	”Music Café” ”The Music Cafe”	3 August 2014	8 November 2015
153	23	”L’inno di Alfea” ”The Anthem”	3 August 2014	8 November 2015
154	24	”Scontro fra campioni” ”Legendary Duel”	3 August 2014	15 November 2015
155	25	”Acheron” ”Acheron”	3 August 2014	15 November 2015
156	26	”Winx per sempre” ”Winx Forever”	4 August 2014	22 November 2015

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title Nick Jr. English title	Italian air date	American air date
157	1	”Il parco naturale di Alfea” ”The Alfea Natural Park”	21 September 2015	10 January 2016
158	2	”Giovani fate crescono” ”Young Fairies Grow Up”	21 September 2015	10 January 2016
159	3	”Butterflix” ”Butterflix”	22 September 2015	17 January 2016
160	4	”Il primo colore dell’universo” ”The First Color of the Universe”	22 September 2015	17 January 2016
161	5	”Un amico dal passato” ”A Friend from the Past”	23 September 2015	24 January 2016
162	6	”Avventura su Lynphea” ”Adventure on Lynphea”	23 September 2015	24 January 2016
163	7	”Attenti al magilupo” ”Beware of the Wolf”	24 September 2015	31 January 2016
164	8	”Ritorno al medioevo” ”Back in the Middle Ages”	24 September 2015	31 January 2016
165	9	”Il gatto magico” ”The Fairy Cat”	25 September 2015	7 February 2016
166	10	”Winx in trappola!” ”Winx Trapped!”	25 September 2015	7 February 2016
167	11	”Missione nella giungla” ”Mission in the Jungle”	26 September 2015	14 February 2016
168	12	”Un animale fatato per Tecna” ”A Fairy Animal for Tecna”	26 September 2015	14 February 2016
169	13	”Il segreto dell’unicorno” ”The Unicorn’s Secret”	27 September 2015	21 February 2016
170	14	”Potere Tynix” ”Tynix Transformation”	27 September 2015	21 February 2016
171	15	”Le pietre magiche” ”The Magic Stones”	28 September 2015	28 February 2016
172	16	”Ritorno a Baia Paradiso” ”Back to Paradise Bay”	28 September 2015	28 February 2016
173	17	”Viaggio in una goccia” ”Lost in a Droplet”	29 September 2015	6 March 2016
174	18	”Il rapimento di Stella” ”Banana Day”	29 September 2015	6 March 2016
175	19	”L’arcobaleno di Magix” ”The Magix Rainbow”	30 September 2015	13 March 2016
176	20	”Baby Winx” ”Baby Winx”	30 September 2015	13 March 2016
177	21	”Pazzo, pazza mondo” ”It’s a Crazy, Crazy World”	1 October 2015	20 March 2016
178	22	”Il regno dei diamanti” ”The Kingdom of Diamonds”	1 October 2015	20 March 2016
179	23	”Il cuore di Alfea” ”The Secret of Alfea”	2 October 2015	3 April 2016
180	24	”La farfalla dorata” ”The Golden Butterfly”	2 October 2015	3 April 2016
181	25	”Un patto inatteso” ”New Magic Harmony”	3 October 2015	10 April 2016
182	26	”Il potere degli animali fatati” ”The Power of the Fairy Animals”	3 October 2015	10 April 2016

No. overall	No. in season	Italian title English title	Italian air date
183	1	”La notte delle stelle” ”Night of the Stars”	15 April 2019
184	2	”Il regno delle Lumen” ”A Kingdom of Lumens”	16 April 2019
185	3	”Attacco al nucleo” ”Attack on the Core”	17 April 2019
186	4	”Popstar!” ”Popstars!”	18 April 2019
187	5	”Il segreto di Orion” ”Orion’s Secret”	19 April 2019
188	6	”La stella faro[27]” ”Doom of the Lighthouse Star”	21 April 2019
189	7	”Trappola su Prometia” ”Trapped on Prometia”	22 April 2019
190	8	”Negli abissi di Andros” ”Into the Depths on Andros”	23 April 2019
191	9	”La luce di Gorgol” ”The Light of Gorgol”	24 April 2019
192	10	”Il potere dell’Idra” ”Hydra Awakens”	25 April 2019
193	11	”Il tesoro magico di Syderia” ”Treasures of Syderia”	26 April 2019
194	12	”Festa a sorpresa” ”Surprise Party on Earth”	28 April 2019
195	13	”L’ombra di Valtor” ”Valtor’s Shadow”	29 April 2019
196	14	”La stella dei desideri” ”The Wishing Star”	29 July 2019
197	15	”Una nuova missione” ”Mission for the Prime Stars”	30 July 2019
198	16	”La festa dello Sparx” ”The Sparx Festival”	31 July 2019
199	17	”Il vestito della regina” ”Dress Fit for a Queen”	1 August 2019
200	18	”La valle degli unicorni alati” ”Valley of the Flying Unicorns”	2 August 2019
201	19	”La torre oltre le nuvole” ”Tower Beyond the Clouds”	3 August 2019
202	20	”Il cuore verde di Lynphea” ”The Green Heart of Lynphea”	11 September 2019
203	21	”La gara di ballo su Melody” ”Dance Contest on Melody”	12 September 2019
204	22	”Il segreto dell’armonia” ”The Secret of Harmony”	13 September 2019
205	23	”Fra terra e mare” ”Between the Earth and the Sea”	14 September 2019
206	24	”Tra i ghiacci di Dyamond” ”Dyamond on Ice”	15 September 2019
207	25	”La volpe bianca” ”The White Fox”	16 September 2019
208	26	”Scritto nelle stelle” ”Written in the Stars”	17 September 2019

On 8 October 2006, a Winx Club CGI film was announced on Rainbow’s website. The Secret of the Lost Kingdom was released in Italy on 30 November 2007. Its television premiere was on 11 March 2012 on Nickelodeon in the United States. The plot takes place after the events of the first three seasons.

Title	Directed by	Written by	Release date (Italy)
Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom	Iginio Straffi	Iginio Straffi and Sean Molyneaux	30 November 2007 Magical Adventure (2010)[edit] Main article: Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure In 2007, production began on a sequel to The Secret of the Lost Kingdom, before the fourth season had been written. It was released in Italy on 29 October 2010. Its television premiere was on 20 May 2013, on Nickelodeon in the United States. Title Directed by Written by Release date (Italy) Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure Iginio Straffi Iginio Straffi and Sean Molyneaux 29 October 2010 The Mystery of the Abyss (2014)[edit] Main article: Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss In late 2010, it was announced that Viacom (the owner of Nickelodeon and eventual co-owner of Rainbow) would provide the resources necessary to produce a new Winx film. The movie follows the events of the fifth season and was released in Italy on 4 September 2014. The film made its television premiere on Nickelodeon Germany on 8 August 2015.

 

 

   

 

 

 

Jag älskar Winx club Serien den är magisk och fantasi.

Jag ger serien 90 poäng.