The eighth season of Winx Club 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] 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.

[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.

After hearing from Bloom that Valtor intends to destroy the Magic Dimension, Icy does not know who to give the prime star in his possession, but in the end she delivers it to the Winx in order to be able, one day, to save Dyamond and her younger sister.