Country of origin Italy, United States Original network Rai 2, Nickelodeon | No. of episodes 26 | |
Original release 16 October 2012 (2012-10-16) – 24 April 2013 (2013-04-24) | ||
Season 5 of Winx Club, known as Winx Club: Beyond Believix in the Nickelodeon English version, is an Italian animated series that premiered on 26 August 2012 on Nickelodeon in the United States and on 16 October 2012 on Rai 2 in Italy. It spanned 26 episodes. It was the first season to be co-produced with Nickelodeon. In this season, the Winx face a threat underwater and will have to face a new dreadful villain, Tritannus. He was a normal triton who was mutated into a powerful monster caused by pollution. His main goal is to become the emperor of the Infinite Ocean. The Believix power is not strong enough underwater, so the Winx start a challenging quest to get the ancient Sirenix power and become ocean fairies.
Production and broadcast
This was the first season to be co-produced with Nickelodeon, the first produced in HD and the first to use computer-animated graphics. Scenes using Harmonix were in 2D, while scenes set in world of the Infinite Ocean were rendered in CGI. "The Lilo" was broadcast as the season premiere in the United States, Romania, Australia, The Netherlands, Poland, Hungary, The Czech Republic, Germany and Canada. However, it has been confirmed by Rainbow that it is the fifth episode of the season. It premiered on 26 August 2012 on Nickelodeon in the United States, and on 16 October 2012 on Rai 2 in Italy, spanning 26 episodes. It is the first of the Winx Club seasons where the Nickelodeon broadcast preceded the Italian broadcast, however, the Italian broadcast would conclude its run sooner.