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{{Short description|Animated television series}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = Winx Club CGI logo.png
| caption              = <!-- don't say logo, it's stating the
 obvious -->
| genre                = {{Plainlist |
*[[Action fiction|Action]]<ref name="nick-press"/>
*[[Adventure fiction|Adventure]]
*[[Magical Girl|Magical Girl]] 
*[[Fantasy]]<ref name="nick-press"/> }}
| creator              = [[Iginio Straffi]]
| director             = Iginio Straffi
| writer               = <!-- too many to list -->
| developer            = 
| voices               = <!-- too many VAs to list, see "Cast" -->
| composer             = <!-- too many composers to list, see "Music" -->
| country              = {{Plainlist|
*Italy 
*United States (S5–S7)<!--Refer to end credits of these seasons, additional sources follow--><ref name="unitedstates">{{cite web|url=https://www.iginiostraffi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/corriere-della-sera-winx-fatine-italiane-coprodotte-negli-usa-02-09-2010.pdf|title=Winx, fatine italiane coprodotte negli USA (Winx, Italian fairies co-produced in the USA)|date=2 September 2010|work=[[Corriere della Sera]]|last=Maffioletti|first=Chiara|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704151231/https://www.iginiostraffi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/corriere-della-sera-winx-fatine-italiane-coprodotte-negli-usa-02-09-2010.pdf|archive-date=4 July 2019|language=it}}</ref><ref name="us-copyright-office">{{cite web|url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Winx+Club+726&Search_Code=TALL&PID=D-FLj-nFuj9fzkhK7hgKNEvYYotUP&SEQ=20191102141446&CNT=25&HIST=1|title=Copyright Catalog: Winx Club - Eps. 726|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=27 December 2019|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204174635/https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Winx+Club+726&Search_Code=TALL&PID=D-FLj-nFuj9fzkhK7hgKNEvYYotUP&SEQ=20191102141446&CNT=25&HIST=1|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| language             = {{Plainlist|
*Italian (S1–S4, S8)
*English (S5–S7)
}}
| num_seasons          = 8
| num_episodes         = 208 (+ 4 hour-long [[List of Winx Club episodes#Revived series|specials]])
| list_episodes        = List of Winx Club episodes
| executive_producer   = Joanne Lee (S1–S7)<br />Massimiliano Gusberti (S1–S4)<br/>Annita Romanelli (S5)<br/>[[Kay Wilson Stallings]] (S5–S6)<br/>Iginio Straffi (S7–S8)
| company              = [[Rainbow (company)|Rainbow]]<br />[[RAI]]<br />[[Nickelodeon Animation Studio]] (revived series)
| producer             = Iginio Straffi (S1–S6)<br/>Annita Romanelli (S1–S4)
| editor               = Francesco Artibani (S1–S7)<br/>Maurizio De Angelis (S5–S7)<br/>
| runtime              = 24 minutes
| network              = [[RAI]] channels (Italy)<br />[[Nickelodeon]] (International)<!-- original networks only (co-produced by Rai and Nickelodeon) - other network info goes in Broadcast section -->
| first_aired          = {{Start date|df=y|2004|01|28}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|df=y|2009|11|13}}
| first_aired2         = {{Start date|df=y|2011|06|27}}
| last_aired2          = {{End date|df=y|2019|09|17}}
| first_aired3         = <!--Only insert start date after the first episode has aired.{{Start date|2025}}-->
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[PopPixie]]''
* ''[[World of Winx]]''
* ''[[Fate: The Winx Saga]]''}}
}}
'''''Winx Club''''' is an animated television series co-produced by [[Rainbow S.p.A.|Rainbow]] and, later, [[Nickelodeon]].{{NoteTag|name=producers}} It was created and directed by Italian animator [[Iginio Straffi]]. It premiered on 28 January 2004, becoming a ratings success in Italy and on Nickelodeon networks internationally. The show is set in a magical universe that is inhabited by fairies, witches, and other mythical creatures. The main character is [[List of Winx Club characters#Bloom|Bloom]], a girl from planet Earth who discovers she is a fairy and enrolls at Alfea College to train and hone her magical skills. At Alfea, she makes friends with four other fairies with whom she founds a group called the Winx Club, and together, they fight a long series of enemies who threaten the Magic Dimension, discovering in the process her true origins and the fate of her biological family. The series uses a [[serial (radio and television)|serial]] format with an ongoing storyline.

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 (2005–2019)|Viacom]], owner of Nickelodeon. Viacom purchased 30% of the show's animation studio,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Vivarelli|first1=Nick|title=Winx creator in the pink|url=https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/winx-creator-in-the-pink-1118032886/|access-date=August 9, 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=February 26, 2011|archive-date=4 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204174635/https://variety.com/2011/tv/news/winx-creator-in-the-pink-1118032886/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rainbow, and Nickelodeon began producing a [[List of Winx Club episodes#Revived series 2|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]].<ref name="nickpackaging"/>

Beginning in 2010, episodes of ''Winx Club'' were jointly written with Nickelodeon's American team. Nickelodeon's writers aimed to make the series multicultural and appealing to viewers from different countries. In 2019, Straffi commented on his years 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."<ref name="tvkids"/> The continued partnership between Rainbow and Nickelodeon on ''Winx Club'' led to the development of more co-productions, including ''[[Club 57 (TV series)|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. 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 heavily retooled for a preschool [[target audience]].

A live-action adaptation of ''Winx Club'' for young adults, titled ''[[Fate: The Winx Saga]]'', premiered in 2021.<ref name=teaser/> In January 2023, Viacom (now known as [[Paramount Global]]) sold its stake in Rainbow SpA back to Straffi, allowing him full control of the studio's new projects, including an upcoming animated [[Reboot (fiction)|reboot]] of the ''Winx Club'' franchise.