2010 in German television

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This is a list of German television related events from 2010.

Events

• 12 March - Lena is selected to represent Germany at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Satellite". She is selected to be the fifty-fifth German Eurovision entry during Unser Star für Oslo held at the Brainpool Studios in Cologne.
• 17 April - Mehrzad Marashi wins the seventh season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 28 May - Commissario Laurenti actress Sophia Thomalla and her partner Massimo Sinato win the third season of Let's Dance.
• 29 May - Germany wins the 55th Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway. The winning song is "Satellite" performed by Lena.
• 9 August - Timo Grätsch wins the tenth season of Big Brother Germany.
• 20 August - Launch of the German version of The X Factor.
• 9 November - Edita Abdieski wins the first season of X Factor.
• 18 December - 56-year-old classical singer Freddy Sahin-Scholl wins the fourth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

Domestic

• 12 April -
  • Danni Lowinski (2010–2014) (Sat.1)
  • Der letzte Bulle (2010–2014) (Sat.1)
• 27 April - Im Angesicht des Verbrechens (2010) (Arte)
• 20 August - X Factor (2010-2012) (RTL)
• 13 October - Rette die Million! (2010-2013) (ZDF)

BFBS

• Downton Abbey (2010-2015)
• / The Octonauts (2010-present)
• Alphablocks (2010-2013)

Television shows

1950s

• Tagesschau (1952–present)

1960s

• heute (1963-present)

1970s

• heute-journal (1978-present)
• Tagesthemen (1978-present)

1980s

• Wetten, dass..? (1981-2014)
• Lindenstraße (1985–present)

1990s

• Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten (1992–present)
• Marienhof (1992–2011)
• Unter uns (1994-present)
• Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)
• Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
• In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
• Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present)

2000s

• Big Brother Germany (2000-2011, 2015–present)
• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
sixx	Cable television	7 May
Sky 3D	Cable television	13 October
Bahn TV	Cable television	31 December

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source
Deutsches Sportfernsehen	Sport1	Cable television	11 April

Closures

Network	Type	End date	Notes	Sources
Focus Gesundheit	Cable television	15 September

See also

• 2010 in Germany