Who's Playing Who, Layla and Bloom

First, the rumor. Remember Keke Palmer’s “Keisha” character we thought would be a new fairy in season five? The mystery may have been solved. “Keisha” is…Layla, a.k.a. Aisha. Apparently, Viacom and Rainbow released a statement correcting the mistake in the press release. I haven’t found an official source for this news, so we’ll leave it in the rumor file for now.

Ready for some new news?

We now know who will voice Bloom, our dear fairy of the Dragon’s Flame. That will be seventeen-year-old Molly Quinn. Confirmation? How about this post on her official Facebook fan page, which she herself runs:

I have been given permission to share the voice over project I have been doing over the last few weeks. I am the voice of “Bloom” in Nickelodeon’s Winx Club that will start airing this summer.

Molly also tweeted about the project before revealing it and said she’s loving it.

The Muse and I also know her as Alexis Castle in the ABC cop drama Castle. I can’t tell you how excited this made us!

These are some interesting voice picks so far! I have a theory about them. Notice how Molly has fire-red hair like Bloom does. And Keke Palmer could pass as Layla. What if Nickelodeon is trying to build a group they can physically market as the Winx? The girls could show up together at events, maybe do live shows. It’s not impossible—after all, how many Winx Club actresses do they have in Italy? Of course, this depends on who the other voice actresses are. We’ll find out as summer gets closer.

How do you feel about Molly Quinn and Keke Palmer as Bloom and Layla? Who would you love to see as the other Winx?