Cristina Parodi (born 3 November 1964) is an Italian journalist and television host.

Biography

She debuted in the 80's in the small TV channels TelePiccolo and Telereporter and after in

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, hosting some sports shows like ''Caccia al 13'' and ''Forza Italia''. In 1990 moved to

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joining the sports news editor, presenting ''Calciomania'' with Maurizio Mosca, and working as correspondent in ''Pressing''. From 1991, when started the

Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Iraq were carried out in two key phases: ...

, she switched to the news entourage, and from autumn 1991 started presenting ''Canale 5 News'', the first

Canale 5 Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a s ...

's news program. From January 1992 she became, with the director

Enrico Mentana Enrico Mentana (born 15 January 1955) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. He founded the Italian news program ''TG5'' and directed it from 1992 to 2004. In 2005, as Canale 5's editorial director, he conceived and curated the talk ...

Lamberto Sposini Lamberto Sposini (born 1952) is an Italian journalist and television presenter. Born in Foligno, Sposini started his career as a journalist for the newspaper Paese Sera, then in 1978 he became a collaborator of RAI TV, working as a redactor, a c ...

and Cesara Buonamici, one of the most important

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's anchorwoman. In September 1996 has left TG5 and started presenting '' Verissimo'', a daily afternoon show aired by

which talked about

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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 Eugenio Ghiozzi (born 1 March 1955), best known by his stage name Gene Gnocchi, is an Italian television presenter, comedian and former footballer. Gnocchi was born in Fidenza into a working-class family. He was an aspiring vocalist in a roc ...

, and in the summer of 2003 has presented the reality show ''The Bachelor - L'uomo dei sogni''. She has also presented some TV events and various editions of ''Natale in Vaticano''. From September 2005 she came back presenting the main edition of

, on air at 8 p.m., and left hosting ''Verissimo''. She's the sister of another Italian journalist, Benedetta Parodi and a distant cousin of the Italian actress and television presenter

Alba Parietti Alba Parietti (born 2 July 1961) is an Italian television presenter, television personality, showgirl, actress and former singer. Early life Parietti was born on 2 July 1961 in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, daughter of Francesco, a Piedmontese pa ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parodi, Cristina Living people 1964 births Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore alumni Italian television presenters Italian television journalists Italian women television presenters Italian women journalists People from Alessandria