“I never watched the show before the producers contacted me,” she told me before the show’s April 3 premiere. “So, I watched a few episodes and I got into it so much. I was so intrigued by this game of strategy and lying, sort of treasonous behavior!
“I didn’t want to participate in something I wasn’t convinced would be good, but the whole game was super well done, and it’s a quality show.”
Playing alongside fellow athletes, musicians, and even politicians, Cornet arrived in Château de Bournel and, beginning the game as “Loyal” (or “Faithful”) and immediately sets to work at uncovering potential traitors. Host Éric Antoine guides them through various challenges in the French countryside.
“I was really eager to meet new people,” said Cornet, who is into the quarterfinals of her first tournament since last May at a WTA 125K in La Bisbal d’Empordà, Spain. “That was something that really motivated me to join the show, meeting people from different horizons: singers, actors, dancers. These were all people I would never have the chance to meet in other situations.”
