Trishelle Cannatella

Cannatella heard a radio ad for a show called Lost in the U.S.A., which offered a $50,000 prize, and would be co-produced by Bunim-Murray Productions and air on The WB. The show was axed during the auditions, but she was invited to audition for Bunim-Murray's twelfth season of the long-running reality show The Real World, which was set in Las Vegas and would later air in 2002-2003. She accepted, but perceived the questions she was asked during the audition process to be part of an attempt by the producers to cast her as the stereotypical racist and homophobic southern cast member, and later, in light of the questions they asked about her religion, as the "holy roller". Cannatella was selected as a cast member. During her stay, she and her roommates worked in the hotel and clubs. Cannatella and her fellow castmates felt pressure from the producers to act out for the cameras in order to make appealing airtime, saying that she was asked leading questions by the producers about her plans on certain nights. She also notes that alcohol was made readily available to the cast, which she pointed out in light of the fact that alcoholism runs in her family.{{Cite episode |title=Bad Girls of Reality TV |series=The E! True Hollywood Story |series-link=The E! True Hollywood Story |network=E! |date=December 5, 2004 |season=9 |number=24}}

During the season of Road Rules: Campus Crawl, which was filmed at the same time as The Real World: Las Vegas, the cast members from the two shows faced off against each other in a series of challenges.

In 2003, Cannatella was also a member of the Real World team during the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet, but was sent home when she lost a gauntlet to Sarah Greyson. She also competed in the succeeding season, The Inferno, but was eliminated second. In May 2007, she appeared on the reunion show, Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas.

In 2012, Cannatella returned to the Challenge and competed with former Real World housemate, Alton Williams, The Real World: Las Vegas (2011) alums Dustin Zito and Nany González in The Challenge: Battle of the Seasons; she and Zito finished the season in second place after Williams and Gonzalez were eliminated earlier in the season.

The next year, Cannatella returned for another Challenge season titled Rivals II, where she was placed in a team with fellow contestant Sarah Rice from The Real World: Brooklyn, whom she had conflict with in Battle of the Seasons. In Episode 3, Cannatella quit the game after she got into an argument with Aneesa Ferreira, and became intolerant of the conditions in the house and production's treatment of an injury. Rice was sent home by default because she was left without a partner.

Cannatella was a cast member of the Paramount+ spin-off series The Challenge: All Stars, which premiered April 1, 2021. She was eliminated in the second episode, placing 21st overall.{{Cite web |last=Longeretta |first=Emily |date=March 16, 2021 |title='Challenge' Vets Return After 20 Years Off: Meet the Full 'All Stars' Cast |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/the-challenge-all-stars-cast-revealed-watch-1st-trailer/ |access-date=March 24, 2021 |website=Us Weekly|language=en-US}}

In 2005, Cannatella was a part of the reality show Kill Reality which chronicled the making of the movie The Scorned. She has also appeared in an episode of the reality show that pranks celebrities, Punk'd, hosted by Ashton Kutcher.{{cite web |title=Photos from Stars of The Challenge: Where Are They Now? |url=https://www.eonline.com/photos/30664/stars-of-the-challenge-where-are-they-now |website=E! Online |access-date=May 22, 2022 |date=October 24, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=June 19, 2005 |title=New E! show: Former reality folks try to act |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100691193/new-e-show-former-reality-folks-try/ |access-date=May 22, 2022 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|via=Newspapers.com |pages=H03}}

Cannatella appeared on Fear Factor in a special reality themed episode in 2006. Her partner was ex-boyfriend Mike Mizanin. The two competed against other teams of former reality contestants including Jonny Fairplay and Victoria Fuller. In the end, Cannatella and Mizanin won the show, taking home the prize money and several other prizes.{{cite web |last1=Denninger |first1=Lindsay |title=Where Is Trishelle From 'The Real World: Las Vegas' In 2018? She's Playing Her Cards Right |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/where-is-trishelle-from-the-real-world-las-vegas-in-2018-shes-playing-her-cards-right-7739877 |website=Bustle |access-date=May 22, 2022 |language=en |date=January 5, 2018}}

Cannatella appeared in the USA Network reality series Dr. Steve-O.{{cite web|url= http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/01/trishelle_talks_about_new_show_dr_steve_|title= Trishelle Talks About New Show 'Dr. Steve-O,' Wearing A Bee-Kini & Why She's A Badass|publisher= Starpulse|date= October 1, 2007|access-date= November 27, 2007|archive-date= November 25, 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071125141304/http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/01/trishelle_talks_about_new_show_dr_steve_|url-status= dead}} She was the first cast member signed to the CMT show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. After intensive training to become a professional wrestler known as "The Red Hot Redneck".{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Ryan |title=Details On 'Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling' Reality Show |url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2008/05/details-on-hogan-celebrity-championship-wrestling-reality-507311/ |website=Wrestling Inc. |access-date=May 22, 2022 |language=en-us |date=May 2, 2008}}

Cannatella appeared briefly in episode 3 of the Lifetime television series Married at First Sight, as the friend and wedding guest of Henry, one of the groomsmen.{{cite web |last1=Goodrum |first1=Briané |title=The Challenge's Trishelle Cannatella Made a Surprise Appearance On Married at First Sight |url=https://screenrant.com/the-challenge-trishelle-cannatella-surprise-appearance-married-at-first-sight/ |website=Screen Rant |access-date=May 22, 2022 |date=July 31, 2020}}

In September 2023, it was announced that Cannatella would be a contestant on Peacock's second season of The Traitors. The season premiered in January 2024.{{Cite web |last=Polk |first=Milan |date=September 21, 2023 |title=Here's What We Know About 'The Traitors' Season 2 |url=https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a45250036/the-traitors-season-2-cast-news-updates/ |access-date=September 22, 2023 |website=Men's Health |language=en-US}} Trishelle, along with Challenge alumnus CT, were declared winners as Faithfuls.

Cannatella has posed nude for Playboy magazine and the online Playboy Cyber Club. She also appeared in a Playboy DVD. She played quarterback for the New York Euphoria in Lingerie Bowl III, winning MVP in their victory.{{cite news |last1=O'Neill |first1=Dan |title=NY finally wins, albeit skimpily, on Super Bowl Sunday |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=February 7, 2006}}{{cite web |last1=Bodog |title=Bodog Lingerie Bowl a Stunning Marketing Success |url=https://www.docsports.com/bodog-lingerie-bowl-2006.html |website=docsports.com |access-date=May 22, 2022 |date=February 7, 2006}}

Cannatella appears in William Hung's music video for his single "She Bangs".{{cite web |title=Where Are These Reality Stars Now? |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/reality-stars-57176996 |website=Hollywood.com |access-date=May 22, 2022 |date=May 28, 2014}} During the 2007 Super Bowl, she appeared in a commercial for GoDaddy.com alongside former WWE Diva Candice Michelle.{{cite web |last1=Marikar |first1=Sheila |title='Real World' Stars: Where Are They Now? |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/real-world-stars-now/story?id=17812076 |website=ABC News |access-date=May 22, 2022 |language=en |date=November 26, 2012}} Later that year, she also appeared in the May 2007 issue of Stuff and on their website to promote her new television series VIP Passport, in which she and several other women fly to hot-spots around the world.{{cite web| url = http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1843|work=Stuff| title = Passport to Pleasure| access-date=May 1, 2007|date=April 4, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929131932/http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1843|archive-date = September 29, 2007}}

Cannatella is also a poker player. She finished third in the 2010 WPT Invitational Tournament and won $20,000. In 2013, Cannatella shot a pilot in Barcelona for a poker reality show titled Living the Life with Amanda Kimmel of Survivor.{{Cite web |last=Cypra |first=Dan |date=March 4, 2010 |title=Leron Washington Wins WPT Celebrity Invitational |url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/leron-washington-wins-wpt-celebrity-invitational-8725/ |access-date=December 6, 2023 |website=Poker News Daily |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last1=Holloway |first1=Chad |title=Josh Kimmel is Living the Life with New Poker Reality TV Show |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2013/03/josh-kimmel-is-living-the-life-with-new-poker-reality-tv-sho-14491.htm |website=pokernews.com |access-date=May 12, 2013 |language=en |date=March 12, 2013}}

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