 The musicians produced by Brandes were banned from the German Top 100 for three months.In contrast to Vanilla Ninja, Gracia continued her co-operation with Brandes.Due to his managing both Gracia and Vanilla Ninja at the time, Brandes had two songs in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005; Gracia's "Run & Hide" for Germany and Vanilla Ninja's "Cool Vibes" for Switzerland.