Godoj then attended a secondary school and passed his specialty graduation examination for a career as a draftsman.

During his studies, Godoj became interested in music and played with local bands such as Cure of Souls, Fluxkompensator, Tonk!, and WINK.

[citation needed] In the summer of 2007, Godoj auditioned in Berlin for the fifth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS).

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.

Although Thomas was a front-runner from the start of the competition, he landed in the bottom groups twice during live result shows.