When showgirl Simona Ventof a well-known Italian TV soccer was a lot of (1) __________ about the job. And a lot of people (2) ______ at the decision. What could a woman do in a(n) (3) __________ male-dominated world? There was a lot of (4) __________ about how long she would last before being replaced by a man. But (5) __________ to the expectations of many people, Simona did last, because she quickly (6) __________ the fact that she had the chance to create a new sort of programme. Rather than change to it the existing male style —there is nothing (7) __________ about her — she created a new, more modern show, with fewer technical analyses of football matches, and introduced some (8) __________ guest celebrities, dancers and singers. Several years on, TV audiences are still (9) ____________ about the changes Simona made to their Sunday afternoon television.