In early 2002, Flinta entered the first season of the talent show Idol where she placed second, amassing 32% of all votes in the grand finale.

It spawned major hit "Żałuję" which topped the national airplay chart,[5] and the popular follow-up "Goniąc za cieniem" which reached number 2.

[8] In 2004, she released a standalone single "Tylko słowa", performed to not much success at the Opole Festival, and a cover of Bonnie Raitt's "Will the Sun Ever Shine Again?"

In March 2005, Ewelina released her second album, Nie znasz mnie, which peaked at number 6 in Polish sales chart.

Flinta contributed a song to another Disney film, this time a Polish version of "Ever Ever After" for Enchanted which premiered in Poland in early 2008.