In the summer of 2007, he appeared as candidate in the casting show Pop Idol. In the motto shows the viewers chose him to the finals, where he was on 17 May 2008 against Thomas Godoj in Grand Finale. With a caller rate of 37.8% Maalouf finally won the second place. The Song he produced "Blessed" comes from the pen of Jörgen Elofsson and peer Astrom (producer Alex Christensen) and after a contract with Columbia, a subsidiary of Sony BMG, released on 4 July 2008 as a single.