Cristina Parodi

[2] In 1990 moved to Fininvest joining the sports news editor, presenting Calciomania with Maurizio Mosca, and working as correspondent in Pressing.

From January 1992 she became, with the director Enrico Mentana, Lamberto Sposini and Cesara Buonamici, one of the most important TG5's anchorwoman.

In September 1996 has left TG5 and started presenting Verissimo, a daily afternoon show aired by Canale 5 which talked about gossip and cases of crime.

In these years the program has been also promoted in primetime with a course titled Le storie di Verissimo.

She presented this program, having a grateful success, until June 2005; in 2000 has hosted the entertainment primetime show Strano ma vero, with Gene Gnocchi, and in the summer of 2003 has presented the reality show The Bachelor - L'uomo dei sogni.