Winx Club season 8

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Winx Club
Season 8
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No. of episodes26
Release
Original network Rai YoYo
Original release15 April (2019-04-15) –
17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)
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The eighth season of Winx Club aired from 15 April to 17 September 2019, on the Rai YoYo preschool channel in Italy. The English version premiered on Nickelodeon Asia on 8 January 2020. [1]

Contents

This season was heavily retooled to appeal to a preschool target audience, [2] and it is only loosely connected to the rest of the series. The creative team at Rainbow SpA (which is co-owned by Viacom) restyled the characters to appear younger, and the plot lines were simplified. [2] 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. [3]

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 SpA on a new series called Club 57 . [2] The American writers remained as consultants for season 8 [4] and Nick's Pierluigi Gazzolo continued in his role as a director for Rainbow SpA. [5] Also during this season's production, series creator Iginio Straffi stepped away from focusing on the series. He shifted his concentration to other work with Nickelodeon, including Club 57, as well as a live-action adaptation of Winx Club aimed at an older audience. [2]

In 2019, Straffi explained his reasoning for gradually lowering the series' intended demographic:

In the last ten years, the animation audience has skewed younger. Nowadays, it's very difficult to get a 10-year-old to watch cartoons... 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. [2]

Synopsis

The Winx Club notices that some of the stars in the sky are disappearing. They determine that the return of Valtor is linked to this strange occurrence. The fairies travel to Lumenia, the Magic Dimension's brightest star and the light source for Stella's home planet of Solaria. Lumenia's queen gives them the power of Cosmix to protect the magical universe's billions of stars. Along the way, the Winx also meet Twinkly; a helpful golden creature who powers the very core of Lumenia.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		Italian title
English title		Italian air date [6]
1831"La notte delle stelle"
"Night of the Stars"		15 April 2019 (2019-04-15) [7] [8]
1842"Il regno delle Lumen"
"A Kingdom of Lumens"		16 April 2019 (2019-04-16) [9]
1853"Attacco al nucleo"
"Attack on the Core"		17 April 2019 (2019-04-17) [10]
1864"Popstar!"
"Popstars!"		18 April 2019 (2019-04-18) [11]
1875"Il segreto di Orion"
"Orion's Secret"		19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) [12]
1886"La stella faro [13] "
"Doom of the Lighthouse Star"		21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) [14]
1897"Trappola su Prometia"
"Trapped on Prometia"		22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) [15]
1908"Negli abissi di Andros"
"Into the Depths of Andros"		23 April 2019 (2019-04-23) [16]
1919"La luce di Gorgol"
"The Light of Gorgol"		24 April 2019 (2019-04-24) [17]
19210"Il potere dell'Idra"
"Hydra Awakens"		25 April 2019 (2019-04-25) [18]
19311"Il tesoro magico di Syderia"
"Treasures of Syderia"		26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) [19]
19412"Festa a sorpresa"
"Surprise Party on Earth"		28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) [20]
19513"L'ombra di Valtor"
"Valtor's Shadow"		29 April 2019 (2019-04-29) [20]
19614"La stella dei desideri"
"The Wishing Star"		29 July 2019 (2019-07-29) [21]
19715"Una nuova missione"
"Mission for the Prime Stars"		30 July 2019 (2019-07-30) [22]
19816"La festa dello Sparx"
"The Sparx Festival"		31 July 2019 (2019-07-31) [23]
19917"Il vestito della regina"
"Dress Fit for a Queen"		1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) [24]
20018"La valle degli unicorni alati"
"Valley of the Flying Unicorns"		2 August 2019 (2019-08-02) [25]
20119"La torre oltre le nuvole"
"Tower Beyond the Clouds"		3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) [26]
20220"Il cuore verde di Lynphea"
"The Green Heart of Lynphea"		11 September 2019 (2019-09-11) [27]
20321"La gara di ballo su Melody"
"Dance Contest on Melody"		12 September 2019 (2019-09-12) [28]
20422"Il segreto dell'armonia"
"The Secret of Harmony"		13 September 2019 (2019-09-13) [29]
20523"Fra terra e mare"
"Between the Earth and the Sea"		14 September 2019 (2019-09-14) [30]
20624"Tra i ghiacci di Dyamond"
"Dyamond on Ice"		15 September 2019 (2019-09-15) [31]
20725"La volpe bianca"
"The White Fox"		16 September 2019 (2019-09-16) [32]
20826"Scritto nelle stelle"
"Written in the Stars"		17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) [33]

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  3. ↑ Rosselli, Elisa (2019). "Elisa Rosselli Interview" (Interview).
  4. ↑ Здесь был «Летидор»: анимационная студия Rainbow в Италии ["Letidor" was here: Rainbow animation studio in Italy]. Letidor.ru (in Russian). 10 February 2019.
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  9. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E2 - Nel regno dei Lumen; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 16/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web title lists "Nel regno delle lumen", the actual episode title is "Il regno delle lumen". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  10. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E3 - Popostar!; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 17/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web title lists "Popostar!", the actual episode title is "Attacco al nucleo". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E4 - La ragazza che guardava l'infinito; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 18/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web title lists "La ragazza che guardava l'infinito", the actual episode title is "PopStar!". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  12. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E5 - Il tesoro di Orion; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 19/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web title lists "Il tesoro di Orion", the actual episode title is "Il segreto di Orion". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  13. ↑ Although the web title lists "La fortezza del buio", the actual episode title is "La stella faro".
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  15. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E7 - Le guardiane dell'arcobaleno; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 22/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web site lists "Le guardiane dell'arcobaleno", the actual episode title is "Trappola su Prometia". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  16. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E8 - Lo spettacolo deve continuare; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 23/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web site lists "Lo spettacolo deve continuare", the actual episode title is "Negli abissi di Andros". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  17. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E9 - Alicanto; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 24/04/2019". Rai Yoyo ReplayTv (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web site lists "Alicanto", the actual episode title is "La Luce Di Gorgol ". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  18. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E10 - La musica delle stelle; Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 25/04/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. Although the web site lists "La musica delle stelle", the actual episode title is " Il Potere Dell'Idra". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  19. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E11 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 26/04/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at 1 minute in. No episode title was listed on the website, but the actual episode title in the video is "Il Tesoro Magico Di Syderia". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  20. 1 2 "Rai YoYo - Guida Programmi". Rai Yoyo (in Italian). Event occurs at Click Dom 28 APR, or Lun 29 APR for airdate and time. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
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  22. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E15 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 30/07/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Click TUE 30 JUL for airdate and time. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  23. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E16 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 31/07/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Click WED 31 JUL for airdate and time. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  24. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E17 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 01/08/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Click THU 1 AUG for airdate and time. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  25. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E18 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 02/08/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:10. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  26. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E19 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 03/08/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:10. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  27. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E20 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 11/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
  28. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E21 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 12/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  29. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E22 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 13/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  30. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E23 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 14/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  31. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E24 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 15/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  32. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E25 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 16/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  33. ↑ "Winx Club - S8E26 - Durata: 00:25:00; Andato in onda il: 17/09/2019" (in Italian). Event occurs at Scroll down to 18:00. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
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