In January 2007, it was reported that Daniel would take part in the Croatian pre-selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, "Dora", together with his son Sebastian (20) and daughter Isabella (16), as well as Snježana Ivana Pandl (17). Their song did not make it to the final selection process. In late 2009, he was a contestant on "Kmetija" reality show, Slovenian version of "The Farm".