# 2021 in Italian television

This is a list of Italian television related events from 2021.

## Events

* 6 March – the pop rock band Måneskin win the 2021 edition of Sanremo.
* 25 March – Stefano Bronzato wins the eleventh season of Italia's Got Talent.
* 1 May – Concerto del Primo Maggio May Day rock concert broadcast live on Rai 3.
* 22 May – Italy, represented in 2021 by the Måneskin, wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Amsterdam.

## Debuts
### Rai

* A grande richiesta, a television musical variety aired in the early evening of Saturday, on Rai 1.
* Canzone segreta, a television program broadcast on Rai 1.The program is the Italian adaptation of the French program La Chanson Secrète.
* Ciao Maschio, a television program, broadcast on Rai 1.
* Game of Games - Gioco Loco, a game show genre television program broadcast on Rai 2.
* La musica che gira intorno, a television variety music broadcast in prime time on Rai 1.
* La caserma, a docu-reality television program, broadcast in prime time on Rai 2.
* Domani è domenica, a talk show television program, broadcast on Rai 2.
* Ti sento, a television program broadcast on Rai 2.
* Magazzini musicali, a musical program broadcast on Rai 2 and replicated on Rai Radio 2 and Rai 4.
* Via dei Matti n°0, a musical television program broadcast on Rai 3.

### Mediaset

* Felicissima sera, a variety and entertainment television program, broadcast on Canale 5.
* Zona bianca, a talk show, political and rotogravure television program, broadcast on Rete 4.
* Salotto Salemi, a program on the internet platform broadcast on the Mediaset Play portal.

### Netflix

* Fate: The Winx Saga, a teen drama series based on the Nickelodeon animated series Winx Club, created by Iginio Straffi.

### Prime Video

* LOL - Chi ride è fuori, a comedy show based on the LOL format.

### Sky

* In compagnia del lupo - Il cuore nero delle fiabe, a television program conducted by Carlo Lucarelli, broadcast on the Sky Arte channel.
* Crimini da copertina, a documentary television program broadcast on TV8.
* Scemi da matrimonio, a television program broadcast on TV8.

### Discovery

* Bake Off Italia - Dolci sotto un tetto, the Italian edition of Bake Off, aired on Real Time.
* Micromostri con Barbascura X, a television program broadcast on DMAX.

## Television shows
### 1990s

* Le Iene (1997–present)

### 2000s

* Grande Fratello (2000–present)
* C'è posta per te (2000–present)
* Amici di Maria De Filippi (2001–present)
* Otto e mezzo (2002–present)
* L'isola dei famosi (2003–present)
* Ballando con le stelle (2005–present)
* X Factor (2008–present)

### 2010s

* Italia's Got Talent (2010–present)
* Temptation Island (2014–present)
* Dimartedì (2014–present)

### 2020s

* Il cantante mascherato (2020–present)
* Top Dieci (2020–present)

## Ending this year

* Ricette all'italiana (2010–2021), a tourist and cooking television program broadcast on Rete 4.
* Viaggio nella grande bellezza (2019–2021), a documentary television program broadcast on Canale 5.

## Networks and services
### Launches

| Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source |
| Byoblu | Cable and satellite | 25 April | | |

### Conversions and rebrandings

| Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source |

### Closures

| Network | Type | Closure date | Notes | Source |

## Deaths

| Date | Name | Age |
| 7 January | Solange | 68 |
| 16 February | Claudio Sorrentino | 75 |
| 18 February | Guido Stagnaro | 95 |
| 19 February | Luigi Albertelli | 86 |
| 26 March | Enzo Spaltro | 91 |
| 28 March | Enrico Vaime | 84 |