2006 in Dutch television

Events

• 11 March - Raffaëla Paton wins the third series of Idols, becoming the show's first female winner.
• 12 March - Treble are selected to represent Netherlands at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with their song "Amambanda". They are selected to be the forty-seventh Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.
• 14 May - Speed skater Barbara de Loor and her partner Marcus van Teijlingen win the second series of Dancing with the Stars.
• 28 October - Launch of the Dutch version of The X Factor.
• 27 November - Jeroen Visser wins the sixth and final series of Big Brother.

Debuts

• 28 October - ''X Factor''

Television shows

1950s

• ''NOS Journaal''

1970s

• ''Sesamstraat''

1980s

• Jeugdjournaal
• ''Het Klokhuis''

1990s

• Goede tijden, slechte tijden
• ''De Club van Sinterklaas''

2000s

• Idols
• ''Dancing with the Stars''

Ending this year

• ''Big Brother''