Carole Rousseau was born in
La Garenne-Colombes in the department of
Hauts-de-Seine. After studying law and obtaining a DESS (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) in audiovisual communication law, she started in 1991 working on
FR3 with
Jean-Marie Cavada for the program
La Marche du Siècle. After being a production assistant for
Le Droit de savoir with Charles Villeneuve from 1993 to 1996, she joined
France 2 from September 1996 to June 1997 to present the program
Déjà dimanche with
Jean-Luc Delarue. In 1997, she joined
TF1 to co-host the program
Plein les yeux with
Jacques Legros (primetime compiling shocking images) and then to co-host
Célébrités with
Stéphane Bern. From 1997 to 1999, Carole Rousseau also presented several special programs such as
Tirage de la Coupe du Monde at the
Stade Vélodrome of
Marseille, and
Le Millénium on 31 December 1999 with
Jean-Claude Narcy. At the second part of the evening, after
Célébrités, she rose to fame in the 2000s with two magazines,
Scrupules and ''C'est quoi l'amour ?
. In Scrupules'', produced by
Jean-Luc Delarue, anonymous guests had to justify behaviors and ways of living judged immoral in front of a public they had to deal with. But the program was not broadcast anymore after 6 episodes due to lack of audience. In addition to magazines, Carole Rousseau also hosts game shows and contests on primetime such as
Le Grand Concours,
Le Grand Quiz du cerveau, and even
Le Bac blanc with
Christophe Dechavanne. Since May 2006, she co-hosted again with Jacques Legros on
TF1 the programs
Les 30 histoires les plus mystérieuses /
spectaculaires /
extraordinaires until 2012. She also presents on channel
TMC the program ''90' enquêtes
, mostly about delinquency including reports with the police, and 90' Faits Divers
. She produced the magazine Ma drôle de vie
presented by Alexia Laroche-Joubert. Since September 2009, she presents the magazine Au cœur du crime'' about news items, on TF1 In August 2010, she presented the first season of the French version of
MasterChef, a national cooking contest broadcast on TF1. She then presented the three following seasons until December 2013. == Personal life ==