And the Winner Is...

FINALE, ooohhhoohhhh!
FINALE, ooohhhoohhhh!

And guess who won?! THOMAS GODOJ! =) Yooooooohooooo! My predictions were right all along, AND Germany finally picked someone well worth it. In the past, the people who won were for some reason most of the time gay (no offense to gay people, but just not my style) and left the spotlight within minutes -- one exception: last year's winner.

But FINALLY someone who sings in my kind of style, is worth looking at, and is as natural as BIO can get [note: Germans love anything "BIO" (organic); bread, socks, plants, phone calls, cars etc.] He's got a lot of potential and according to RTL's Voting Results, he was everyone's favourite from the beginning, with always ca. 50% of the votes. =)

His first performance: 'Fairytale Gone Bad' by Sunrise Avenue


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Fairytale Gone Bad by Sunrise Avenue

His second performance: 'Chasing Cars' by Snow Patrol


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol

His third performance (Finale Song): 'Love Is You' by Thomas Godoj, produced by Valicon


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Love Is You

His fourth performance together with the remaining finalist, Fady Maalouf: 'My Way' by Thomas Godoj & Fady Maalouf


DSDS Thomas Godoj & Fady Maalouf: My Way

Thomas sings his winning song (62% of the votes)


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Love Is You - Singing as DSDS' 2008 Superstar

I know, I know...I think I've tired everyone out with DSDS. Again, I am not usually such a big supporter of the show, but Thomas always took my breath away, as he did with Germany. Does that mean I have something in common with Germans?! ;) I hope you at least enjoyed it as much as I did -- and look out for him in the international charts!

Semifinals!

So it's finally coming to an end. Three candidates left and three songs each.

First up: 'In The Shadows' by The Rasmus.


DSDS Thomas Godoj: In the Shadows by The Rasmus

His second song was 'Let It Be' by The Beatles, but changed "slightly" to fit his style.


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Let It Be by The Beatles

...and lastly 'Easy' by Faith No More.


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Easy by Faith No More

Germany vs. England

At DSDS' 7th Mottoshow, the theme was Germany vs. England. Each of the final remaining candidates needed to sing two songs: one in English and the other in German. Thomas' picks were 'Wonderwall' from Oasis and 'Mensch' from Herbert Grönemeyer. I absolutely love the song Mensch and Thomas' interpretation was actually pretty good! I love the way he really tries to entertain the audience and always comes up with some creative way to perform the song - not like the others, who mainly just walk back and forth. He's the only candidate who really uses the stage, looks relaxed, and is believable.

The English theme (sorry, couldn't find any video that was just of him singing + all of the jury's comments, therefore it's a little long):


DSDS Thomas Godoj: Wonderwall by Oasis 7. Mottoshow 2008

The German theme:


DSDS Thomas Godoj:Mensch by Herbert Grönemeyer 7. Mottoshow 2008

In my opinion, Germany won this round by far! I didn't like the way he sung Wonderwall at all, and Mensch just brought out the best of him.

Party Hits & Acoustic Ballads

Finally we get to hear and see more from Thomas!
As there are now five remaining candidates, each has two songs to sing instead of one. Yesterday's theme was "Party Hits & Acoustic Ballads" and Thomas Godoj sang the songs "You Get What You Give" by The Radicals and "Behind Blue Eyes" by The Who. The first song I love, but I don't particularly like Limp Bizkit's version of 'Behind Blue Eyes'. However, it seems as though Thomas can turn any song I don't like into a song that I can play over and over...of course sung by him. ;)

DSDS Thomas Godoj: You Get What You Give by The Radicals

I found his second performance much better than the first. Judge for yourself:

DSDS Thomas Godoj: Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit

Three shows to go!

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...