 René has received numerous golds and platinums for his songs and has found success in Europe (primarily Germany and Switzerland), Israel, and South America.In 2004, as a result of the success of "Chihuahua", René was awarded the Swiss award for Showbusiness at the Swiss awards, an annual event intended to recognise high achieving Swiss people.Switzerland selected their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 on 21 February 2007, making the decision to have DJ BoBo represent the country, from a total of over sixty entries.