Background
Godoj was born on 6 March 1978 in Rybnik, Poland to Danuta and Eugen Godoj.
Godoj was born on 6 March 1978 in Rybnik, Poland to Danuta and Eugen Godoj.
Thomas then attended a secondary school and passed his specialty graduation examination for a career as a technical draftsman. He attended the Bochum University of Applied Sciences, specializing in civil engineering.
During his studies, he became interested in music and played with local bands such as Cure of Souls, Fluxkompensator, Tonk! and WINK. In the summer of 2007, Godoj auditioned in Berlin for the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar. The judges enjoyed his rock style and attitude and each one voted him on to the next round, and later to the top 15. In the first live show, Thomas performed Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol and received over a minutes standing ovation from the audience while the jury gave him overwhelming praise.
Although Thomas was a front-runner from the start of the competition, he landed in the bottom groups twice during live result shows.
But after the voting results were published, it was shown that Thomas received the highest percentage of votes every week. This places him in history, along with Mark Medlock, as a contestant with the highest number of votes each week.
After the show he got back together with his ex-girlfriend Jennifer. Their first daughter Lynn Jennifer Godoj was born on 3 January.