Praise for Ruling the World

Again a great performance by Thomas Godoj at the third Mottoshow, singing 'Rule the World' by Take That, and again praise from the jury.


Thomas Godoj: Rule the World by Take That

Thomas' Same Mistake & German Last Names

I've found out that my favourite guy from DSDS, Thomas Godoj, has quite a few similarities to me: same birthday and originally from Poland, hence slovak roots. =) Ahhh, only makes me like him more. Here's his performance from the second Mottoshow:


Thomas Godoj - Same Mistake

Actually, if you look at the remaining candidates, it's hard to find someone who doesn't have roots from another country: Sicilian, Polish, Ghanian, Bosnian, Lebanese, Algerian/Dutch, Spanish/Romanian. The 9th remaining candidate is obviously 100% German - his last name is "Herd" which means "stove" in German. For some reason, Germans tend to have last names that actually mean something, most of the time related to food. Here's a list I found on the top 50 German surnames and their meaning:

Most-Common German Last Names

1. Müller (Mueller, Möller) = miller
2. Schmidt (Schmitz, Schmitt, Schmid) = smith
3. Schneider = tailor
4. Fischer = fisher
5. Meyer (Meier, Maier, Mayer) = dairyman
6. Weber = weaver
7. Schulz (Schulze, Scholz) = mayor
8. Wagner = wagoner, wainwright
9. Becker = baker
10. Hoffmann (Hofmann) = landed farmer
11. Schäfer (Schaefer) = shepherd
12. Koch = cook
13. Bauer = farmer, peasant
14. Schröder (Schroeder) = carter
15. Klein = small, little
16. Richter = judge
17. Wolf = wolf
18. Neumann = new man
19. Schwarz = black
20. Schmitz (Schmidt) = smith
21. Krüger (Krueger) = potter
22. Braun = brown
23. Zimmermann = carpenter
24. Schmitt (Schmidt) = smith
25. Lange = long
26. Hartmann = tough/strong man
27. Hofmann (Hoffmann) = landed farmer
28. Krause = curly-haired
29. Werner = meaning uncertain
30. Meier = dairyman
31. Schmid (Schmidt) = smith
32. Schulze (Schulz) = mayor
33. Lehmann = serf
34. Köhler (Koehler) = charcoal-maker
35. Maier (Meyer) = dairyman
36. Herrmann = warrior
37. König (Koenig) = king
38. Mayer (Meyer) = dairyman
39. Walter = army leader; ruler
40. Peters = rock (from Latin/Greek)
41. Möller (Moeller, Müller) = miller
42. Huber = land owner (hoover)
43. Kaiser = emperor
44. Fuchs = fox
45. Scholz (Schulz) = mayor
46. Weiß = white/wheat
47. Lang = long
48. Jung = young
49. Hahn = rooster
50. Keller = cellar, basement (i.e., someone who worked in a wine cellar or Rathskeller)

I wonder if Mr. Schäfer is friends with Mr. Wolf...

Thomas Godoj Will Be the Next Idol

After seeing this guy sing on the German version of American Idol (DSDS = Deutschland Sucht den Superstar), I knew he would make it really far. Today's show not only confirmed my beliefs, but made me believe he would win at the end. Anyone want to place any bets?

Here's him singing at the first Motto show: Stark by Ich&Ich


Thomas Godoj-Stark - www.myvideo.de

Ich glaube ich bin verliebt...einfach Geil ;)

Sport Seneca Closing It's Doors

I've been hearing rumours. Now it seems that it's partly true.

The sport school where I've grown up, spent hours training, met some of my best friends, and practically lived 9 years of my in, is closing - partly. I went to Sport Seneca, a place for Elite athletes, from 91 - 99. It's separated into three different areas: skating, artistic gymnastics, and rhythmic gymnastics. I started out in skating, then moved to pre-elite gymnastics and then finally decided to stick to rhythmics.

While on Facebook, I kept reading how Seneca was closing, which I really couldn't believe since it was so successful. As a place for training Elite athletes, it brought up many athletes who participated in World and Olympic competitions, including myself. So I finally decided to do some research on my own and came up with the following article:

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/russell/column_080225.html

http://www.intlgymnast.com/news/2008/feb/020708_seneca.html

I find it quite sad that the only reason being for the close, is lack of finances. There has always been a problem with funding rhythmic gymnastics in Canada, but for it to be a problem for Sport Seneca's artistic program is really unbelievable, after reading the following quote from IG News:

The coaching duo over the past three decades, including Olympians Monica Covacci, Luisa Portocarrero and Michelle Conway and world team members Koyuki Oka, Leah Homma, Lydia Williams and Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs.

I wish all the best to both Carol and Brian, and hope that someday, Sport Seneca will produce more World-class artistic gymnasts.

Top 15 Show

DSDS has started again and of course I already have my favourite picked out: Thomas Godoj! Watching the castings, he was someone who stuck out as being very authentic with a great voice and body. =) Usually I don't watch the show as no one had ever really impressed me, but this time I'm watching it just because of Thomas. Here is his first performance 'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol, which I personally think is one of his best throughout the whole show (I'm back-posting...). Right away he shows so much emotion like no other and pulls the audience right in.


Thomas Godoj: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

Incredible!