Victoria Ellen Cabello (born 12 March 1975, in

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) is an Italian television presenter. She was born in London to an Italian father and an English mother, and grew up in

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, a small town in the province of Como, just a few kilometers from Switzerland. Cabello started her television career in 1997 as one of

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's original VJs, where she hosted ''Select MTV'' from London. She also appeared on

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's ''

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'' (the Italian version of '' Caiga quien caiga'') where she performed comic

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s with famous Italian and international

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. Between 2005 and 2008, Cabello hosted the

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''Very Victoria'' on MTV Italy. In 2006, she hosted the 56th Sanremo Music Festival with

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and

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. In 2009, she moved from MTV Italy to

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, where she hosted the talk show ''Victor Victoria - Niente è come sembra''. From September 2011 to May 2013, she hosted a show about football '' Quelli che... il Calcio'' on

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. In September 2013, she replaced

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as judge on the eighth season of the Italian version of ''

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'' alongside

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, Morgan, and Mika.

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