In 2004, Badenhorst entered "Noot vir Noot" and immediately made history during the first round when he surpassed the scoreboard's maximum of ZAR 10,000 before the end of the show. This was the first time it happened in the show's history. His winnings for the evening totalled ZAR 26,075. 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". His total winnings in the series was ZAR 77,200 - an all-time record. He was subsequently offered, and accepted, a sub-editor position at "Beeld", South Africa's largest Afrikaans language newspaper. Since then, he has become a content editor of the internet edition of the newspaper.