[1] A week after winning the third season of Idols, South Africa, Kortje released a three-track mini album through record label Sony BMG.
It featured the Christmas carol "Joy to the World" and a cover of the John Legend hit "Ordinary People", as well as her winning single "I'm So Ready", which received frequent airplay on radio stations nationwide.
In January 2006, Kortje started working on her debut album; she wanted the songs to have an inspirational message.
The album, which contained four radio singles ("Forever and a Day", "I'm So Ready", "Never Never Never" and "If I Can't Have You"), ended up selling over 20,000 copies, reaching Gold Status in South Africa.
[4][non-primary source needed] In 2011, Kortje released the Gospel single "Discovering", which she performed live on South African comedian Soli Philander's television show Taxi Vision.