2012 in German television
# 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)
