User blog comment:Thomasfan502/Season 8 Discussion Blog/@comment-5875378-20180620230345/@comment-31892545-20180620232308

World of Winx was announced sometime during 2014, and it took until 2016 for the second season to be released. At this rate, S8 would’ve been out last year - now, not delayed until 2019. So yes, I think shifting their focus on WOW was probably the culprit. It’s always a silent waiting time but this may be the longest and driest.

But, in the process of waiting for S8 we got a full fledged Winx season in terms of 26 episodes (WOW), so I guess we’re even. It’s as if we’re waiting for S9.