Just what is going on with South Africa's third Idol, Karen Kortje? Since her controversial win in November last we've heard well... virtually nothing from her. Sure she had some success with the song "So Ready" that was written for the winner of the search contest, but it never to Kelly Clarkson that long to release an album. Hell it didn't even take Heinz that long. In fact the only sort of press Korkie is getting is based on the fact that she is traumatised by a murder that happened in the middle of July. Korkie's boyfriend Cheslyn Williams was arrested after she and a member of her management team found the body of Renate Kellerman, 35, in a room of the Le Petit Chateau guesthouse where the couple were due to stay. Williams is facing a schedule six case, which means he will have to prove why he should get bail.

And if that isn't enough. Korkie's now ex has also been linked to a house-breaking incident in a luxury Gordon's Bay flat in April this year. How does it affect her? According to the Sunday newspaper Rapport, Karin's been accussed of paying "thousands of rands to have a charge of housebreaking and theft against her ex-boyfriend Cheslyn Williams withdrawn." Look I'm not saying that it isn't traumatising to come home and find the body of someone, or that it being accused of bribery is a good thing. I'm basing this more on the fact that she hasn't released anything other than one single. Many people thought that Gift Gwe was far more marketable as an Idol, and a lot more deserving. But at the end of the day Karin won... and the result was nothing less than one single. But then the music industry is very unpredictable, so perhaps the reason why Karin is in the news at the moment is because they want people to know who she is, again, and then like that hit the general public with an award-winning, record breaking, international successful album??? Any thoughts? I look forward to whatever comes our way.

Posted by jvonblog on August 14, 2006 at Monday, August 14, 2006 | Permalink