 He therefore gave the prize to Elijah, the runner-up in the competition.In 2007, Eliane Dambre of the Ateliers du Funambule, decided to nominate him for the Eurovision competition as Switzerland's candidate, (in competition with DJ Bobo), but the attempt was made too late to qualify him for the contest.More recently, in 2009, he won an award for "Best Reggae Song" in the Reggae Europe competition.