Karin at her first Idols 3 audition.
I haven't seen nor heard Karin Kortje for aaaaaaaaaaaages so I was tickled to hear that she's going to be on the premiere of SABC2's
Musiek Roulette tonight (at 20h00), as one of the three headline guests.
It's been 11 years since she won the third season of Idols and I often wonder about her and her hectic experiences after the show because she really was at the mercy of so many things.
She had to deal with the sudden fame that swept her from Grabouw to the Bigtime as well as two evil men in her life and the reaction of the show towards her. Idols has always pretended that she doesn't exist because of her boyfriend who turned out to be a murderer.
She's gone through so much since winning the show and yet she's still singing which makes her very brave and feisty.
In case you aren't familiar her story... I found this article on The Journalist that gives a clear idea of what things have been like for her... it was written last year when she was featured on a Docuville documentary on SABC3:
Karin Kortje: A Farmworker’s Rise & Fall & Rise Again.