He is known for winning series 24 of the long-running Afrikaans language television musical quiz show, Noot vir Noot, and later also won the 2005 edition of "Flinkdink", a televised Afrikaans language general knowledge quiz show.
Badenhorst's performance on the show, and his autism spectrum disorder, drew wide interest and articles about him appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including Huisgenoot and YOU.
He was subsequently offered, and accepted, a sub-editor position at Beeld, South Africa's largest Afrikaans language newspaper.
Because of his increasing fame, Badenhorst also starred in the South African commercial for the Chevrolet Aveo.
[5] Badenhorst's native language is Afrikaans, but he also speaks English, French and German fluently.