She was the fourth woman to present Sanremo Music Festival (2010), after Loretta Goggi (1986), Raffaella Carrà (2001) and Simona Ventura (2004).

From 1996 to 1998, she was one of the presenters of Unomattina, a daily Rai 1 morning show, and she followed the 1998 FIFA World Cup with the depth program Occhio al mondiale, with Giorgio Tosatti and Gian Piero Galeazzi.

In 2000, she returned to RAI and began hosting La prova del cuoco, the Italian version of Ready Steady Cook.

During the 2000s (decade) has hosted also other programs for Rai 1, including Campioni per sempre: Galà dello Sport 2000, the Sunday show Domenica in, Adesso sposami, Il ristorante, Il treno dei desideri, Affari tuoi, Ti lascio una canzone and Tutti pazzi per la tele.

A few years later, after the closing of La prova del cuoco, she launched a new cooking program, È sempre mezzogiorno.