Winx Club is the French dub of the show of the same name. With France 3 initially serving as the show's primary broadcaster in France, the dub first premiered on their T O 3 programming block - later renamed France Truc, then Toowam, and finally Ludo - on February 11, 2004, and they would go on to premiere the entirety of the original run, consisting of the first four seasons, until some time in 2010. Due to the series' revival in 2011, France 3 premiered the TV specials from November 2011 until February 2012. Nickelodeon networks in French-speaking regions also began airing the series by this time[unverified], due to the acquisition of the Winx Club franchise by Viacom. After airing season 5 from 2012-2013, France 3 would stop broadcasting the series for unknown reasons. They also distributed the dub on DVDs under the France Télévisions Distribution label until December 4, 2013.[2] Nickelodeon also start to diffused the season 5 later in 2013.
Seasons 1-5 were produced by the Belgian branch of Dubbing Brothers, though with songs recorded in France; production of the dub moved from Dubbing Brothers to C YOU SOON for season 6 and 7, due to the acquisition and of the broadcast of the show in Nickelodeon Teen (before calling Nickelodeon 4Teen), and subsequently, the songs began to be recorded in Belgium as well. Coincidentally, new releases moved to Gulli, beginning on October 25, 2014, with the premiere of season 6; said season would later be distributed on DVD by Primal Screen.[3] The seventh season later aired in 2015 with DVD distribution by Citel Video.[4]
Like most international dubs, season 8 was never dubbed.
Cast[]
| Character | Actor | ||
|---|---|---|---|
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Bloom
|
Carole Baillien | |
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Stella
|
Esther Aflalo | |
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Flora
|
Alice Ley | |
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Мusa
|
Mélanie Dambermont | |
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Тecna
|
Tania Garbarski | |
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Layla
|
Delphine Moriau | |
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Roxy
|
Audrey d'Hulstère | |
 
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Sky
|
Sébastien Hébrant | |
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Brandon
|
Alexandre Crépet | |
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Helia
|
Arnaud Léonard (seasons 2-3) | |
| Pierre Lognay (seasons 4-7) | |||
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Riven
|
Mathieu Moreau | |
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Timmy
|
Tony Beck | |
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Nabu
|
Christophe Hespel | |
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Nex
|
Pierre Le Bec | |
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Faragonda
|
Myriam Thyrion | |
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Griselda
|
Nathalie Hons | |
 
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Palladium
|
Benoit Van Dorslaer | |
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Wizgiz
|
Peppino Capotondi | |
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Avalon
|
Lionel Bourguet | |
 
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Daphné
|
Colette Sodoyez | |
| Bernadette Mouzon (stand-in, season 1) | |||
|
Griffin
|
Catherine Conet | |
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Saladin
|
Peppino Capotondi | |
|
Mike
|
Franck Dacquin | |
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Vanessa
|
Jacqueline Ghaye | |
|
Roi Oritel
|
Laurent Bonnet | |
|
Reine Marion
|
Alexandra Corréa | |
|
Knut
|
Martin Spinhayer | |
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Mitzi
|
Sophie Landresse | |
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Diaspro
|
Cécile Florin | |
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Mirta
|
Maia Baran | |
|
Roi Radius
|
Michel Hinderyckx | |
|
Reine Luna
|
Héléna Coppejans | |
|
Andy
|
Aurilien Ringeliem | |
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Mark
|
Yvan Reekmans | |
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Klaus
|
Antoni Lo Presti | |
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Reine Morgana
|
Valérie Muzzi | |
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Nebula
|
Laëtitia Liénart (season 4) | |
| Micheline Tziamalis (season 6) | |||
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Lockette
|
Jennifer Baré | |
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Chatta
|
Claire Tefnin | |
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Amore
|
Alexandra Corréa | |
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Tune
|
Géraldine Frippiat | |
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Digit
|
Stéphane Flamand | |
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Piff
| ||
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Livy
|
Carole Baillien | |
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Cherie
|
Laëtitia Liénart | |
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Caramel
|
Mélissa Windal | |
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Icy
|
Guylaine Gibert (seasons 1-2) | |
| Bernadette Mouzon (seasons 3-7) | |||
|
Darcy
|
Nathalie Stas | |
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Stormy
|
Dominique Wagner | |
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Lord Darkar / le Phénix
|
Martin Spinhayer | |
|
Valtor
|
Bruno Mullenaerts | |
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Chimera
|
Nancy Phillipot | |
|
Cassandra
|
Fanny Roy | |
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Ogron
|
Karim Barras | |
|
Anagan
|
Pablo Hertsens | |
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Gantlos
|
Laurent Vernin | |
|
Duman
|
Grégory Praet | |
   
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Tritannus
|
Nicolas Matthys | |
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Selina
|
Sophie Frison | |
 
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Acheron
|
Robert Dubois | |
  
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Brafilius
|
Pierre Bodson | |
Singers
|
Méry Lanzafame (seasons 1-5) | ||
| Sina (Winx in Concert) | |||
| Richard Rossignol (male songs) | |||
| Ambre Grouwels (seasons 6-7) | |||
| Stéphanie Vondenhoff (seasons 6-7) | |||
| Nathalie Delattre (seasons 6-7) | |||
| Nathalie Stas (seasons 6-7) | |||
| Olivier Prémel (seasons 6-7) | |||
| Technical staff | |||
Dubbing director
|
Alexandra Corréa | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Ley (season 3) | |||
Episodes[]
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| № | French title | Original title | Premiere | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST SEASON | ||||
| 1 | Les pouvoirs de Bloom | Una fata a Gardenia | February 11, 2004 | |
| 2 | Bienvenue à Magix | Benvenuti a Magix! | N/A | |
| 3 | Alféa, l'université des fées | L'anello di Stella | ||
| 4 | La voix de la nature | La palude di Melmamora | ||
| 5 | La rançon | Appuntamento al buio | ||
| 6 | Les Winx passent à l'action | Missione a Torrenuvola | ||
| 7 | La Tour Nuage | A che servono gli amici? | ||
| 8 | L'accident de Riven | La festa della rosa | ||
| 9 | La trahison de Riven | Il tradimento di Riven | ||
| 10 | Voyage virtuel | La Fiamma del Drago | ||
| 11 | Les mystérieux marécages | Il regno delle ninfee | ||
| 12 | Miss Magix | |||
| 13 | Le grand secret | La figlia del fuoco | ||
| 14 | Le secret de Bloom | Il segreto di Bloom | ||
| 15 | Les voix du passé | Voci dal passato | ||
| 16 | Le cauchemar | Il nemico nell'ombra | ||
| 17 | Le secret de Brandon | Il segreto di Brandon | ||
| 18 | Adieu Alféa | Addio Magix | ||
| 19 | La chute de Magix | Attacco ad Alfea | ||
| 20 | Mission sur Domino | La scomparsa di Bloom | ||
| 21 | La couronne de Domino | Trappola di ghiaccio | ||
| 22 | Le retour de Riven | Il ritorno di Riven | ||
| 23 | La grande évasion | Fuga da Torrenuvola | ||
| 24 | L'offensive des Trix | Il mistero del lago | ||
| 25 | L'ultime défi | Il sonno di Magix | ||
| 26 | La bataille finale | Battaglia finale | ||
| SECOND SEASON | ||||
| 27 | Le Phœnix | La fenice d'ombra | N/A | |
| 28 | Les Mini-fées | Il ritorno delle Trix | ||
| 29 | Les Mini-fées ont disparu | Missione di salvataggio | ||
| 30 | Un coup de foudre | La Principessa Amentia | ||
| 31 | Connexion parfaite | Magico Bonding | ||
| 32 | Le mariage de Brandon | Il matrimonio di Brandon | ||
| 33 | La pierre mystérieuse | La pietra misteriosa | ||
| 34 | Une fête inoubliable | Il guastafeste | ||
| 35 | Le secret du professeur Avalon | Il segreto del professor Avalon | ||
| 36 | La crypte du codex | La cripta del codice | ||
| 37 | La course contre la montre | Corsa contro il tempo | ||
| 38 | Les Winx passent à l'action | Unite per la vittoria | ||
| 39 | La danseuse | La dama del ballo | ||
| 40 | Bataille sur la planète Eraklyon | Battaglia sul pianeta Eraklyon | ||
| 41 | Que la fête continue | Lo spettacolo continua | ||
| 42 | Hallowinx ! | Hallowinx! | ||
| 43 | L'alliance improbable | Gemellaggio con le Streghe | ||
| 44 | Au cœur du danger | Nel Cuore di Torrenuvola | ||
| 45 | L'espion de l'ombre | La spia nell'ombra | ||
| 46 | Le village des Pixies | Il villaggio delle Pixies | ||
| 47 | Le pouvoir du Charmix | Il potere del Charmix | ||
| 48 | L'attaque des Trix | Wildland: La grande trappola | ||
| 49 | Moment de vérité | Il momento della verità | ||
| 50 | La prisonnière du donjon | Prigioniera di Darkar | ||
| 51 | Face à face | Faccia a faccia con il nemico | ||
| 52 | Le dernier combat | Le ceneri della Fenice | ||
Music[]
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| Song | Singer(s) | ||
| Méry Lanzafame (backing vocals) | |||
Les filles du Winx Club
(The Girls of the Winx Club) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Magic Winx
|
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Magie des Winx
(Combat Power) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
C'est pas l'heure
(Not Today) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Source de lumière
(Lightning Magic) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
La chanson du balai
(The Cleaning Song) |
Cast | ||
Tout au fond du cœur
(My Magic) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Tu me manqueras
(Got to Go) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Bloom magique
(Magical Bloom) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Comme la glace
(Sun Will Rise) |
Méry Lanzafame |
| Song | Singer(s) | ||
L'amour donne des ailes
(I'm Crazy For You) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Ensemble pour toujours
(Together Forever) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Pour toi
(You Are) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
La musique est là pour toi
(A Song For You) |
Méry Lanzafame | ||
Un ciel sans étoiles
(A Sky Without Moon and Stars) |
Méry Lanzafame |
Notes[]
- While Cinélume's English dub had already been released to dubbing studios to use as a base, evidenced by this dub having used it as a base, this is the first dub to have been publicly released of the series. It premiered on February 11, 2004, just two weeks after the original Italian version.
- The opening and ending credits, as well as title cards, are fully localised into French.
- In seasons 1-3, the French cast credits are specific to every episode.
- During its broadcast on France 3, the ending credits of seasons 1-3 are different due to its length. It was replaced by a thirty second extract of the opening.
- In seasons 1-4, this dub used both the Italian and Cinélume's English scripts as reference, with the ending credits referring to the Cinélume English dub as the original in season 1 and the Italian version as the original for seasons 2-4. It uses the English version as a base in the specials and from season 5 onwards, although it continued to use both English and Italian scripts as reference.
- When Nickelodeon France aired season 5, the theme song was left in English, despite a dubbed theme song existing and being used in all other releases.
- Despite the studio change, which also included the songs' location changing, any songs that were already dubbed in previous episodes and specials were reused in seasons 6 and 7.
- Riven's singing voice actor for the song "One to One", Richard Rossingnol, is Méry Lanzafame (Musa)'s real-life husband.
Errors[]
- In the season 1 ending credits, Tecna's name is misspelt as Techna. This may be due to some scripts from the original versions actually using the latter spelling of the name.[unverified]
- In episode 107, Bloom calls Pepe (Nero) a chick, even though Pepe is a duck.
- In episode 119, Roccaluce is misnamed Roccaduce.
- In episode 124, when "We Girls are the Winx" plays, the SFX from the episode 106 cut of the song can be heard.
- Throughout season 2, "Pixies" had multiple translations. At the beginning, they were named "mini-fée" (tr. "mini-fairy"), but in episode 219 they are called "lutin" (tr. "elf") and from episode 220 onward the dub merely uses the original name of "pixie". This is all because of the fact that "pixie" has no direct translation in French.
- Throughout season 2, many songs were left as instrumental, even the ones that had already been dubbed into French like "Combat Power". "I'm Crazy For You" was left as instrumental when it is featured in episode 207, and "We Girls Are the Winx" was only dubbed in episodes 207, 209-212 and 214.
- In episode 210, the Italian version of "We Girls Are the Winx" plays underneath the French version.
- In episode 215, the normal audio for the ending theme is used for the special concert ending, causing the Winx's dialogue in the middle to be absent - instead, Méry Lanzafame's vocals for that part play as usual, which do not match the lipsyncing.
- In episode 221, due to an error of both the Italian and Cinélume English scripts being used as reference, Stella refers to Aisha by her original name at one point, even though her name is Layla in this dub.
- In episode 225, a random sound clip of Stella yelling plays during her transformation.
- Throughout season 4, unlike the Italian version which was used as a base, "Enchantix" was not changed to "Believix" in the ending theme.
- Throughout the four one-hour specials, the season 4 theme song is used and simply cut to the length of the specials' opening titles, which means that it mentions being back and Believix, which are irrelevant to the specials.
- Unlike the Italian version, which uses the season 4 theme song seamlessly edited to match "Winx, You're Magic Now", the French version plays the song as-is with the season 4 instrumental and all the way through until after the verse, when it then cuts to the ending part.
- In the opening titles for the four one-hour specials, even though the credits are localised into French, the text reading "Aisha" is not changed to "Layla", which is inaccurate to her name in the dub.
- In special 3, Bloom's voice actress Carole Baillien is used for Icy summoning the "Crystal Cage" spell.
- In special 4, Layla's powerline is translated as "Layla, fairy of water" but in the rest of the show it's "Layla, fairy of fluids". This was due to an oversight involving the TV specials being translated from their original English versions.
- In episode 513, the acapella for the Sirenix transformation song is off-sync and not cut properly.
- Some episodes of season 5 of this dub were released on YouTube with textless assets at the end after the actual episode finishes.
- Throughout season 6, the acapella for the theme song is not cut properly, so the last line "Nous sommes les Winx magiques" is taken from the second chorus instead of the end as it was in Italian and English.
- In episode 601, the acapella for "Way of Sirenix" is used from the full version and not cut properly, so the second verse plays instead of the third verse and is off-sync.
- In episode 602, the instrumental of the Sirenix transformation song is duplicated and the acapella plays for longer than it should.
