2012 in German television

This is a list of German television related events from 2012.

Events

• 10 February - Ivy Quainoo wins the first season of The Voice of Germany.
• 16 February - Roman Lob is selected to represent Germany at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest with his song "Standing Still". He is selected to be the fifty-seventh German Eurovision entry during Unser Star für Baku held at the Brainpool Studios in Cologne.
• 28 April - Luca Hänni wins the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
• 23 May - Rhythmic gymnast Magdalena Brzeska and her partner Erich Klann win the fifth season of Let's Dance.
• 25 November - Mrs. Greenbird win the third season of X Factor.
• 14 December - Nick Howard wins the second season of The Voice of Germany.
• 16 December - 20-year-old singer and pianist Jean-Michel Aweh wins the sixth season of Das Supertalent.

Debuts

International

• 28 August - 2 Broke Girls (2011-2017) (ProSieben)
• 19 September - Alcatraz (2012) (RTL Nitro)

BFBS

• Fleabag Monkeyface (2011-2012)

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)
• Unter uns (1994-present)
• Verbotene Liebe (1995-2015)
• Schloss Einstein (1998–present)
• In aller Freundschaft (1998–present)
• Wer wird Millionär? (1999-present)

2000s

• Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2002–present)
• Let's Dance (2006–present)
• Das Supertalent (2007–present)

2010s

• The Voice of Germany (2011–present)

Ending this year

• X Factor (2010-2012)

Networks and services

Launches

Conversions and rebrandings

Closures

See also

• 2012 in Germany