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

• 13 February - 1994 Soundmixshow winner Glennis Grace is selected to represent Netherlands at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with her song "My Impossible Dream". She is selected to be the forty-sixth Dutch Eurovision entry during Nationaal Songfestival held at Pepsi Stage Theatre in Amsterdam.
• 15 October - Singer and runner up of the first series of Idols Jim Bakkum and his partner Julie Fryer win the first series of Dancing with the Stars.^[1]
• 22 December - Joost Hoebink wins the fifth series of Big Brother.

• 20 August - Dancing with the Stars (2005-2009)

• NOS Journaal (1956–present)

• Sesamstraat (1976–present)

• Jeugdjournaal (1981–present)
• Het Klokhuis (1988–present)

• Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990–present)
• Big Brother (1999-2006)
• De Club van Sinterklaas (1999-2009)

• Idols (2002-2008, 2016–present)

• 2005 in the Netherlands