Thomas Godoj
Thomas Godoj (born 6 March 1978 in Rybnik, Poland; actually Tomasz Jacek Godoj ) is a German pop / rock singer and songwriter of Polish descent from Recklinghausen. He won the fifth season of the talent show Germany sucht den Superstar (DSDS ), aired from January to May 2008 by the television channel RTL.
- 5.1 Studio albums
- 5.2 Live albums
- 5.3 DVD
- 5.4 Single - chart positions
- 6.1 results in the individual theme shows
Career
Life and first steps as a musician
Thomas Godoj was born in 1978 as son of Danuta and Eugen Godoj in Rybnik in Poland. In 1986 his parents moved with him and his sister to Germany. Since October 1988, he lives in the Westphalian town of Recklinghausen. After attending secondary school and the existence of the vocational baccalauréat, he trained as a technical draftsman. He then attended the University of Bochum on a degree in civil engineering, but he broke off for music. Thomas Godoj has one daughter and one son.
He undertook his first musical steps as a singer in bands like Cure of Souls, flux capacitor, Tonk! and WiNK. With the formation Cure of Souls, he won the 2003 Newcomer Festival in Recklinghausen. With Tonk! he made from 2003 to mid-2005 German -language rock music whose texts written yourself he performed as lead singer. In the VW Sound Foundation Competition, the band reached the Top 10 and won a prize.
From 2005 to May 2007 was Godoj singer of the band WiNK. With rock songs like love to the sun, winter children or Still, the group played in April 2007 at the Coca -Cola newcomer tour in a concert of Adam Green in the Muffathalle in Munich.
In the summer of 2007, Godoj applied as a candidate in the casting show Germany sucht den Superstar, where he penetrated with a selection of songs to rock stresses in the final. In each show, he received the most votes by far. In the final he met on 17 May 2008 against Fady Maalouf and won with 62.20 percent of the audience votes; with the victory of the conclusion of a record deal with Sony BMG was connected. Initially Thomas Godoj was managed by RTL juror Volker Neumüller, but from whom he separated after a short time because their " philosophies " did not match. He acts since regardless of Dieter Bohlen and RTL and pursued his own music business. After he has managed a year, and it is supported by Kick management since July 2011.
Musical success
His debut single, Love Is You climbed in June 2008, at first in Germany, Austria and Switzerland at # 1 on the single charts. After two weeks, he has already received the first gold record for selling over 150,000 singles in Germany. His debut album, plan A! finished in July 2008 at first in Germany and Austria the first place of the charts in 2008 reached platinum in the first week of sales of gold status and in October.
Also in 2008, he was honored at the Jetix Awards as Newcomer of the Year and at the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards as " favorite singer " and was also nominated for the Golden hen as best newcomer. The Polish-language magazine Samo Życie gave him 20 October 2008 at Koncert Gwiazd in food price Journalia 2008 for his contribution to the German - Polish understanding. 2009 Thomas was awarded the German music award Echo in the category "Best National Newcomer ". Incidentally Godoj recorded the song hero as EM- song again on the German U21 national football team looking for.
In November 2009, he released his second album direction G indicating, in his own handwriting clearly. His lyrics are putting yourself critically with his role as a superstar apart or try to make other people courage. With direction G and winter children will be published, which deals with the issue of child abuse. The very sparsely instrumented, sung in English ballad Walking with You uses his voice to the fore, thus showing a different facet of the musician. On 12 March 2010 the extraction of clock hours without a poem about the importance of time was carried out.
On 24-25. September 2011 he turned over the rooftops of Berlin, the music video for roofs of an entire city. This song was released so willed 7 October 2011 as a single from his published October 14, 2011 the third album.
After three studio albums he released on 20 April 2012 with the live ausm Pott his first live album, which was recorded in Recklinghausen during his tour to the album So wanted on 3 and 4 December 2011.
In early March 2013, turned together with the YouTuber Alexander Böhm, also known as AlexiBexi, the video for men are like that. This song was released on March 22, 2013 as the lead single to his eponymous album, which was released on 31 May 2013. The songs are presented much more rock on the album than previous albums towards G, and so willed, and are initially comparable to the live performances. The songs are critical of society, humorously self-critical, sing of his love to the pot and deal with past relationships. The end of 2013 Godoj started with the first three dates of his V'stärker show. He presented a selection of songs from his four albums rearranged acoustically. He was accompanied by Moritz Schuster ( piano ), Johanna Stein ( cello), Torsten Bugiel (drums ) and Sebastian network ( guitar).
Tours, festivals and other live performances
After several appearances at festivals in the summer and fall of 2008, Thomas Godoj launched on 4 December 2008 in Recklinghausen his " Plan A " tour, the 37 concert dates through Germany, Austria and Switzerland led him to March 2009. In his band work with drummer Torsten Bugiel and guitarist Sebastian network with two members of his former band WiNK; also are a guitarist René Lipps, as a bass player Bonny G. Assan and on keyboards Daniel spirit there. For most concerts Tom Fronza was involved as a guest musician on the didgeridoo.
On April 4, 2009 Unplugged concert was held at the Hard Rock Café Cologne. This concert took place in favor of the Earth- man project of originating from Southern musician and social worker Sio Steinberger.
More plan -A have at various summer festivals in 2009, up to 20,000 spectators each! Concerts attended. Live concerts and the close contact with the audience are its main focus. The live versions of his songs are always rocking than the version on the album. He moves very quickly across the stage, stage diving operates and lives literally every single song.
After the release of the new album direction G Thomas Godoj launched on 5 December 2009 with his band the "direction G- Tour". Only Tom Fronza, who was the guest musicians last thing was no longer involved.
On 28 January 2010 Thomas Godoj his band played together with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia under the direction of Heiko Mathias Förster Ruhrfestspielhaus Recklinghausen. Occasion and purpose of this crossover was a fundraiser for the earthquake victims in Haiti.
In April / May 2010, the direction of G- Tour was continued. In smaller venues, he presented his music and decided not to completely cover songs.
29 May 2010 Thomas Godoj came in the opening act of the championship boxing match between Vitali Klitschko and Albert Sosnowski in the Veltins - Arena in Gelsenkirchen. He presented there for the first time his World Cup song " Hand on heart ". The song is an adaptation of the on the current album " piece of eternity ," which he has specially rewritten with his band for the Football World Cup 2010.
On 4 / 5 December 2010 found traditionally back the Nicholas concerts in Recklinghausen place, completing the this time the direction of G- Tour. The band presented on this occasion before the new song " No Man's Land ", which is very critical of society. To this end, he himself says:
At the beginning of 2011, there were in the band at Thomas Godoj a new formation. Christian Bömkes, the (also for Laith Al- Deen, Stanfour, etc.) was involved in some of the songs of Thomas Godoj so far as a songwriter, compliments the band as a bassist. He was like Torsten Bugiel and Sebastian network also a member Godojs former band WiNK, which is thus almost complete again. Also new are Jörg Weisselberg (guitar) and Wolf Dieter Hieke (keyboard). The same tour for the album So intentionally opened the band on 3 and 4 December 2011 traditionally Nicholas with two " home games " in Recklinghausen. During this concert film recordings were made for a Live-DVD/-CD. The 10 Dates in December 2011 were completely sold out.
End of March 2012 came again to a Umformierung in the band. Christian Bömkes and Jörg Weisselberg left the band to play along with Jeanette Biedermann future in the band forever. Instead of these two Sebastian Naas took over the bass and the guitar Tobi Born. She changed at the same time also to the classic cast a rock band, that is the Grundinstumentierung was no longer supported by a keyboard instrument.
In December 2012, So wanted tour was with some additional concerts, traditional in Recklinghausen its conclusion. While some of his additional concerts this time there was a duet with the Swiss singer Jael Malli the band Lunik. Just as she performed along with him during his concerts in Germany, both sang the song What If I - the moment together during their time equally in November and December 2012 running tour in Switzerland. The song had been a few weeks earlier, written at a meeting in a Berlin studio by both artists and Luk Zimmermann, guitarist of the band Lunik.
On May 31, 2013, the day of the release of his fourth studio album, Men are so Godoj Thomas went with his band again on tour. After 14 dates ended the tour that took him all over Germany, on June 18, 2013. Mugge.de German - was at one of these concerts and is of the opinion that it was " a really great concert of a man who deserves it with his music to get more attention. It is complex, powerful, yet unsmoothed German rock with intelligent lyrics. ".
Social Commitment
Thomas Godoj participates in several community service projects. He gave his first charity concert on 4 April 2009 at the Hard Rock Café Cologne. The earth - man - project, in whose favor the concert took place, taking care of young people from difficult social environment. On 20 June 2009, he joined as part of the " Clean Winners Charity 2009" in Bad Griesbach with Daniel Geist ( wing ) on. It was collected at this charity for underprivileged children.
Especially the support of disadvantaged children Thomas Godoj has taken on the task. Therefore initiated the artist, who is now ambassador for the children such assistance, even the crossover concert with the New Philharmonic Orchestra of Westphalia on 28 January 2010. Emergency Duisburg The children could be handed a check for just under € 42,500.
Others
The release of his fourth studio album, men are so in May 2013 led to a collaboration with the Carlsen -Verlag. It was the book published on October 2, 2013 book Men are like that. This humorous book has the right to answer the 120 funniest questions that women have always wanted to know about men. At 11-12. October 2013 it was presented at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Awards
- 2008 Nick Kids' Choice Awards: favorite singer
- Journalia 2008, price of the Polish magazine " Samo Życie "
- Jetix Awards: Newcomer of the Year
- 2009 Echo in the category of Most Successful Newcomer National
- Echo: nomination for National Artist Rock / Pop