A marketing assistant who blamed her relationship break-up on a reality TV show has been featured in an artwork which could win the Turner Prize.

Sue Chandler, 30, was devastated in 2004 when the stress of featuring in BBC3 show Is This The One? caused problems between her boyfriend Aidan, who she said had been her true love.

After two-and-a-half years together she had been ready to move to Essex to be with him but she blamed their experiences filming the show for splitting up.

Sue, of Sackville Road, Hove, said: "Every time we saw each other they were there with the TV cameras. We hardly got any time to ourselves and it made things really difficult. It was a long-distance relationship so we really struggled without that quality time. I'm still sad about it because I believed he was the one for me."

The couple's relationship was analysed by scientists for the show to consider whether or not they were compatible. They concluded the pair were badly matched but Sue said that was a result of the show.

A spokesman for the show was unavailable for comment but Sue said: "The way they edited it made me look really bad. They made me look like I was 27 and desperate to get married, which I wasn't."

Since they split, Sue has found it hard to settle down and has had a string of short-term boyfriends.

She said: "It has made a real difference to my life, not just because I lost him but because it has made me unwilling to trust people and more guarded with my emotions."

But Sue's unhappy experience has now led to an unlikely opportunity. She was one of nine former reality TV stars who appeared last week in a press conference staged by artist Phil Collins.

Each was filmed as they told how their lives had been affected by their experience.

The video will be used for Collins' entry for the £25,000 Turner Prize.

The production company office making the film has already been installed at the Tate Britain gallery in London as part of the entry.

One of the other eight subjects said her family life was left in tatters after she took a lie detector test on daytime show Trisha.

Collins said his piece gave people a way to redress the balance and a chance to articulate their issues with the entertainment industry.

He said: "This is a multimillion pound industry - sales of these shows around the world generate an enormous amount of income - and they rely on the participation of ordinary people.

"The people before you are experts on this. Their lives have been negatively affected by appearing on TV and it is a courageous thing for them to step forward."

For Sue the idea of being involved in a famous artwork is compensation for the way the show affected her.

She said: "I didn't ever think things would turn out this way.

It's not something I would have imagined."

A spokeswoman for the Trisha programme said: "Our guests find getting to the truth' is a positive experience, regardless of result of the test. The guests maintain it is better to know the truth, and deal with it, than live a lie.

"Comprehensive back-up is offered to all guests by way of trained counsellors (on hand on the day of the show), general information and contacts. We receive positive feedback from many past guests."