In October 2008 Maimon was voted " Best Israeli Act " at the MTV Europe Music Awards . Later on , in November 2008 , Maimon was voted to be among the top 5 favorite regional acts , which made her one of the five nominees in the " Europe 's Favorite Act " category . Maimon released a new single that was written especially for the event , called " Chelek Mimcha " ( Part of You ) in the Hebrew version and " Now That You 're Gone " in the English version . she went to Liverpool , where she performed the song in its English version . In the " Europe 's Favourite Act " category , she finished in 3rd place , before the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 Dima Bilan , and the British singer Leona Lewis . In December 2008 Maimon participated in the Festigal for the third time , this time as a competitor , singing parts of the theme song " Tfos Ta’Festigal " ( Catch The Festigal ; a Hebrew version of " Can You Feel It " ) , competing with the song " Ashir Lecha " ( I ’ll Sing For You ) in the first act of the show , finishing in the second place , and singing her single " Chelek Mimcha " in the second act of the show . In 2009 , in the wake of her MTV Europe Music Awards participation , Maimon was also chosen to take part in the EMI ’s Global One project , a worldwide project produced by Rob Hoffman , where 35 successful artists from five different continents recorded songs in their native languages . The debut single from the project was called " Lately " . Maimon recorded the Hebrew version of the song , " Tamshich Lalechet " ( Keep Walking ) , which its lyrics she co-wrote with Israeli rapper Ortega , who was also featured in the song . The single was released in Israel in May 2009 . Maimon also took part in the multi-language version of the song
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Shiri Maimon