Winx Club - Episode 301

The Princess' Ball(The Ball of the Princess in the Italian Version) Is the first episode of the third season of Winx Club.

Synopsis
Vacation is about to start, but is much shorter than usual. Bloom and Sky have a falling out. When Stella is about to leave for vacation, a Solaria messenger comes and announces that there will be a princess ball held for Stella. Her father briefly tells her that there will be a surprise that he's sure will make her very happy. Stella then gets excited because she thinks her parents are going to get back together, and she decides to celebrate by going to Magix and buy a new dress. The Winx then comes across Chimera, from Beta Academy. Stella argues with her about a pie, and later on about a dress. Chimera gets the dress first, because Stella and Bloom noblely saved to puppies from falling of building. The Winx meets up with the specialists, and Bloom and Sky are on good terms again. Meanwhile the Trix, who were sent to the Omega Dimension, release the evil wizard Valtor, together they escape to Andros, were Valtor begins to wreak havok and spread panic. An Andros mermaid then comes to get Layla, after they saved the beach from a tidalwave, and tells her something has gone wrong on Andros. She leaves without the Winx. Musa also changed her hairstyle to two long ponytales.

Major Events

 * Stella receives news of her Princess Ball.
 * Stella meets Chimera and 2 girls from the Beta Academy for Fairies.
 * Icy, Darcy, and Stormy are freed.
 * Icy, Darcy and Stormy free Valtor.
 * Valtor invades Andros.

Debuts

 * Chimera
 * Valtor
 * Mermaid Sentries
 * Mer-monsters

Characters

 * Bloom
 * Flora
 * Stella
 * Layla
 * Musa
 * Tecna
 * Miss Faragonda
 * Sky
 * Brandon
 * Riven
 * Timmy
 * Icy
 * Darcy
 * Stormy
 * Baltor
 * Lockette
 * Amore
 * Chatta
 * Tune
 * Digit
 * Piff
 * Chimera
 * Mermaid Sentries
 * Mer-monsters

Trivia

 * Liza Jacqueline (Bloom), Sean Schmell (Valtor) and Rebecca Soler (Tecna) did voice work for the 20th anniversary edition of the anime "Outlanders"
 * Rebecca Soler replaces Dani Shaffel as Tecna for season 3.
 * The rockstar outfits Bloom and Stella tried on bear striking resemblance to Jem of the 80's show Jem.

Voice Cast
Liza Jacqueline = Bloom

Christina Rodriguez = Stella

Kerry Williams = Flora

Dan Green = Sky

Frank Frankson = Brandon

Michael Sinterniklaas = Riven

Lisa Ortiz = Musa, Icy, Digit

Vashty Mompoint = Layla

Sean Schmell = Baltor

Caren Manuel = Darcy

Suzy Myers = Stormy

Marc Thompson = Professor Avalon

Sebastian Arcelus = Timmy

Rebecca Soler = Tecna (Replacing Dani Shaffel)