Elisabetta Canalis was a dancer on the Canale 5 TV show" Striscia la Notizia "from 1999 to 2002. Canalis had minor roles in the films "" and "Virgin Territory", a comedy produced by Roberto Cavalli. In 2005, she replaced a busy Michelle Hunziker in "Love Bugs 2", the second season of the sitcom Love Bugs. In 2007, she co-hosted the annual Italian music festival, Festivalbar but the TV program closed. In 2009, she replaced a pregnant Elena Santarelli on the Italian version of Total Request Live, on MTV Italia. Elisabetta hosted the Trofeo Birra Moretti 2008, a summer football competition played between S.S.C. Napoli, A.C. Milan and Juventus.