Thomas Godoj

Infobox musical artist
Name = Thomas Godoj

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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Tomasz Godoj
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Born = birth date and age|1978|03|6
Rybnik, Poland
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Origin = Recklinghausen, Germany
Genre = German Poprock
Occupation = Singer, Draftsman
Years_active = 2008–present
Label = SonyBMG
Associated_acts = Dieter Bohlen
URL = [http://www.thomasgodoj.de ThomasGodoj.de]

Thomas Godoj (born March 6, 1978 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish-German rock-pop singer and songwriter. He is known most notably for winning the fifth season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar", the German version of Pop Idol.

Early and personal life

Godoj was born on March 6, 1978 in Rybnik, Poland to Danuta and Eugen Godoj. In 1988, he and his parents along with his sister Hannah moved to Recklinghausen. Thomas then attended a secondary school and passed his speciality graduation examination for a career as a technical draftsman. He attended the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, specializing in civil engineering. During his studies, he became interested in music and played with local bands such as Cure of Souls, Fluxkompensator, Tonk! and WINK.

DSDS

In the summer of 2007, Godoj auditioned in Berlin for the fifth season of "Deutschland sucht den Superstar". The judges enjoyed his rock style and attitude and each one voted him on to the next round, and later to the top 15. In the first live show, Thomas performed Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol and received over a minutes standing ovation from the audience while the jury gave him overwhelming praise. Week after week, Thomas performed for Germany until he reached the Top 2. Godoj won the final contest with 62,2%.

Although Thomas was a front-runner from the start of the competition, he landed in the bottom groups twice during live result shows. But after the voting results were published, it was shown that Thomas received the highest percentage of votes every week. This places him in DSDS history, along with Mark Medlock, as a contestant with the highest number of votes each week. Technically, he should also rank with Medlock and Alexander Klaws as the only winner never in the bottom 3, as he ranked the highest every week but the bottom group was picked at complete random.

Singles

Links

* [http://www.thomasgodoj.de/ Official Site]

References