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. 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. ==Discography==