Carole Rousseau (born 25 December 1967) is a French

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Life and career

Carole Rousseau was born in

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in the department of

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. After studying law and obtaining a DESS (Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées) in audiovisual communication law, she started in 1991 working on

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with

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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

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from September 1996 to June 1997 to present the program ''Déjà dimanche'' with

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. In 1997, she joined

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to co-host the program ''Plein les yeux'' with Jacques Legros (primetime compiling shocking images) and then to co-host ''Célébrités'' with

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. From 1997 to 1999, Carole Rousseau also presented several special programs such as ''Tirage de la Coupe du Monde'' at the

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, and ''Le Millénium'' on 31 December 1999 with

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. 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 the last one, produced by

, 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

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. Since May 2006, she co-hosted again with Jacques Legros on

the programs ''Les 30 histoires les plus mystérieuses'' / ''spectaculaires'' / ''extraordinaires'' until 2012. She also presents on channel

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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

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. 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 ''

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'', a national cooking contest broadcast on TF1. She then presented the three following seasons until December 2013.

Personal life

Carole Rousseau married Silvio Rossi Arnaud, a lawyer, on October 1, 2011. She gave birth to twin boys named Luchino and Vittorio on July 19, 2013.

External links

Profile of Carole Rousseau on the site of TMC
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