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Thomas Godoj - Wikipedia

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Thomas Godoj
Godoj in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Tomasz Jacek Godoj
Born	(1978-03-06) 6 March 1978 (age 46) Rybnik, Poland
Origin	Recklinghausen, Germany
Genres	rock, alternative rock, hard rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2003 (with "Cure of Souls") – present
Labels	SonyBMG

Website	thomasgodoj.de

Thomas Godoj (born Tomasz Jacek Godoj;^[1] 6 March 1978) is a Polish-German rock-pop singer and songwriter. He was the winner of the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (2008), the German version of Pop Idol.

Early life

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

Deutschland sucht den Superstar

In the summer of 2007, Godoj auditioned in Berlin for the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS). The judges enjoyed his rock style and attitude and voted him on to the next round, and later into the Top 15. In the first live show, Godoj performed "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol and received a standing ovation over multiple minutes while the jury gave him overwhelming praise.^{[citation needed]} Week after week, Godoj performed for Germany until he reached the Top 2. He 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. After the voting results were published, however, it was shown that Godoj 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, this would also rank Godoj 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. He is the second "rocker" to win the competition alongside Tobias Regner.

After the DSDS show he got back together with his ex-girlfriend Jennifer. Their first daughter Lynn Jennifer Godoj was born on 3 January 2009.^[2]

Theme	Song	Original Artist	Result
Auditions in Berlin	"Fairytale Gone Bad"	Sunrise Avenue	Advanced to Recall
Recall 1	"Wherever You Will Go"	The Calling	Advanced
Recall 2 (Group Performance)	"Here Without You"	3 Doors Down	Advanced
Recall 3	"Dieser Weg"	Xavier Naidoo	Advanced to Top 15

Theme (date)	Song	Original Artist	Place/Percentage
Top 15 Show: Jetzt oder nie (8 March 2008)	"Chasing Cars"	Snow Patrol	47.50% (1/15)
Current Hits (15 March 2008)	"Stark"	Ich + Ich	52.75% (1/10)
Greatest Film Hits (22 March 2008)	"Same Mistake"	James Blunt	39.88% (1/9)
Mariah Carey and Take That (5 April 2008)	"Rule the World"	Take That	52.10% (1/8)
Greatest Hits (12 April 2008)	"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"	U2	40.81% (1/7)
Judges' Choice (19 April 2008)	"Shadow of the Day"	Linkin Park	50.38% (1/6)
Party Songs and Ballads (26 April 2008)	"You Get What You Give"	New Radicals	50.04% (1/5)
Party Songs and Ballads (26 April 2008)	"Behind Blue Eyes"	The Who	50.04% (1/5)
Germany vs. England (3 May 2008)	"Wonderwall"	Oasis	46.83% (1/4)
Germany vs. England (3 May 2008)	"Mensch"	Herbert Grönemeyer	46.83% (1/4)
No. 1 Hits, The Beatles, Dedications (10 May 2008)	"In the Shadows"	The Rasmus	46.34% (1/3)
	"Let It Be"	The Beatles
	"Easy"	Faith No More
Final (17 May 2008)	"Fairytale Gone Bad"	Sunrise Avenue	62.20% (Winner)
	"Chasing Cars"	Snow Patrol
	"Love Is You"	Thomas Godoj

Discography

Albums

Year	Information	Chart positions				Sales	IFPI certifications
Year	Information	GER	AUT	SWI	WOR	Sales	IFPI certifications
2008	Plan A! Debut studio album Released: 4 July 2008	1	1	3	18	Germany: 200,000+ Germany: 18th best-selling album of 2008 ^[3]	Germany: Platinum
2009	Richtung G Second studio album Released: 20 November 2009^[4]	15	—	—
2011	So gewollt Third studio album Released: 14 October 2011^[5]	24	67	82
2013	Männer sind so Fourth studio album Released: 31 May 2013^[6]	28	—	—
2014	V Fifth studio album Released: 24 October 2014	51	—	—
2016	Mundwerk Sixth studio album Released: 23 September 2016	29	—	—
2018	13 Pfeile Seventh studio album Released: 25 May 2018	27	—	—

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions							Album
Year	Single	GER	AUT^[7]	SWI	LIT	LUX	EUR^[8]	WOR	Album
2008	"Love Is You"	1	1	1	1	1	10	26	Plan A!
2008	"Helden gesucht" (Sought After Heroes)	12	39	98	25	29	48	—	Plan A!
2009	"Nicht allein" (Not Alone)	18	55	—	—	—	—	—	Richtung G
2010	"Uhr ohne Stunden" (Hourless Clock)	47	—	—	—	—	—	—	Richtung G
2011	"Dächer einer ganzen Stadt" (Roofs of a Whole Town)	55	—	—	—	—	—	—	So gewollt
2012	"Herzblut" (Heartblood)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	So gewollt
2013	"Männer sind so" (Men Are Like That)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Männer sind so
2013	"Einfach nur anders" (Simply Different)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Männer sind so
2014	"Magnetisch" (Magnetic)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	V
2016	"Mensch sein" (Being Human)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Mundwerk

Promo singles

2008: "Autopilot" (radio single with video; from the album Plan A)

Awards

2008

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Singer
Journalia 2008 (award of Polish magazine Samo Życie)
Jetix Awards: Newcomer of the Year 2008

2009

18th Echo music awards: Best National Newcomer

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Godoj.

Preceded by Mark Medlock	Deutschland sucht den Superstar Winner Season 5 (2008)	Succeeded by Daniel Schuhmacher

References

^ "Thomas Godoj: Zurück zu seinen polnischen Wurzeln" (in German). 6 February 2010. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010.
^ Hier ist der Storch gelandet
^ ":: MTV | Album Jahrescharts 2008 | charts". MTV Germany. Archived from the original on 18 January 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Discographie Thomas Godoj - austriancharts.at".
^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/thomas-godoj/chart-history/

v t e Deutschland sucht den Superstar
Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kids 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Winners	Alexander Klaws Elli Erl Tobias Regner Mark Medlock Thomas Godoj Daniel Schuhmacher Mehrzad Marashi Pietro Lombardi Luca Hänni Beatrice Egli Aneta Sablik Prince Damien Ritzinger Alphonso Williams Marie Wegener Davin Herbrüggen Ramon Roselly [de] Jan-Marten Block [de] Harry Laffontien [de] Sem Eisinger [de]
Winners' singles	"Take Me Tonight" "This is My Life" "I Still Burn" "Now or Never" "Anything but Love" "Don't Believe" "Call My Name" "Don't Think About Me" "The One" "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted" "Königlich"
Finalists' singles	"We Have a Dream"
Runners-up	Juliette Schoppmann Denise Tillmanns Mike Leon Grosch Martin Stosch Fady Maalouf Sarah Kreuz Sarah Engels Daniele Negroni
Other alumni	Daniel Lopes Lisa Bund Ardian Bujupi Philippe Bühler Gracia Baur Vanessa Jean Dedmon Max Buskohl Monice Daniel Küblböck Nevio Passaro Vanessa Struhler Rania Zeriri Norman Langen Sebastian Wurth Kristof Hering Joey Heindle Nicole Süßmilch Judith Lefeber

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