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 SourceDeutsches SportfernsehenSport1Cable television11 April
Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesFocus GesundheitCable television15 September See also 2010 in Germany
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