To fulfill her dreams of a career as a professional singer, she started recording demos and passed several auditions.
In 2002/2003, she took part in Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German version of Pop Idol, and eventually reached fifth place.
Afterwards, she teamed up with fellow DSDS runners-up Daniel Küblböck, Nektarios Bamiatzis, and Stephanie Brauckmeyer, releasing the charity single "Don't Close Your Eyes" under the name 4 United.
Gracia, however, was not deterred ("Well, somebody has to finish last" was her laconic comment after the show), and went on with her second solo album Passion, released in November 2005.
In 2004, she recorded Götter der Ewigkeit, part of the German soundtrack of the Walt Disney Feature Animation Brother Bear.