2005 in Italian television

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

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Events

• 26 February – Actress and TV host Hoara Borselli and her partner Simone Di Pasquale win the first season of Ballando con le stelle.

Debuts

Domestic

• 8 January – Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)

International

• October – BB3B (Disney Channel) (2005)

Television shows

RAI

Miniseries

• La maledizione dei templari (The Templars' curse) – by Josée Dayan, from Maurice Druon’s The accursed kings, with Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Depardieu and Luca Barbareschi; 5 episodes. Coproduced with France and Romania.

Variety

• Speciale per me, ovvero meno siamo meglio stiamo (Special for me, or The less, the merrier) – musical show, hosted by Renzo Arbore and Antonio Stornaiolo. The program, ideated in 4 episodes, is dilated until 17 ones, thanks to its public success.
• Bla bla bla – fake talk-show, (actually, a demented parody of the genre) hosted by Lilo and Greg.

Mediaset

• Grande Fratello (2000–present)

Networks and services

Launches

Network	Type	Launch date	Notes	Source
Animal Planet	Cable and satellite	1 May
Sportitalia 2	Cable and satellite	1 September
MediaShopping	Cable and satellite	30 September
Discovery Real Time	Cable and satellite	1 October
AXN	Cable and satellite	29 October
Fox Crime	Cable and satellite	31 October
XXXX	Cable and satellite	30 November

Conversions and rebrandings

Old network name	New network name	Type	Conversion Date	Notes	Source

Closures

Network	Type	Closure date	Notes	Source

Births

Main article: births in 2005

Further information: Category:2005 births

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 2005

Further information: Category:2005 deaths

See also

• List of Italian films of 2005