This is a list of German television related events from 2005.

Events 1 March - Sascha Sirtl wins the fifth season of Big Brother Germany. 7 March - Deutschland sucht den Superstar season 1 participant Gracia Baur is selected to represent Germany at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Run & Hide". She is selected to be the fiftieth German Eurovision entry during Germany 12 Points! held at the Arena Berlin in Berlin.

Debuts Domestic 3 January - Die Patriarchin (2005) (ZDF) 9 May - Speer und Er (2005) (ARD)

International 12 March - Two and a Half Men (2003-2015) (Prosieben, ORF 1) 15 August - Gordon the Garden Gnome (2005–2006) (KiKA) 3 September - X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003) (Kabel eins) 21 November - Being Ian (2005–2008) (KiKA)

BFBS 17 February - / Atomic Betty (2004–2008) Diamond Geezer (2005–2007) King Arthur's Disasters (2005–2006) The Secret of Eel Island (2005)

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) Networks and services Launches Network Type Launch date Notes Source Radio Bremen TV Cable television 1 January Eurosport 2 Cable television 10 January Discovery Geschichte Cable television 31 March Deluxe Music Cable television 1 April Focus Gesundheit Cable television 1 June MTV2 Pop Cable television 11 September Das Vierte Cable television 29 September center.tv Cable television October GIGA Television Cable television Unknown

Conversions and rebrandings Old network name New network name Type Conversion Date Notes SourceKabel 1kabel einsCable televisionUnknownEinsMuXxEinsPlusCable television23 April

Closures NetworkTypeEnd dateNotesSourcesNBC EuropeCable television29 September See also 2005 in Germany