In early 2008 , Hed Artzi sued Skaat for breach of contract , claiming that he had secretly recorded new material for a new CD for a rival company before their contract had expired , and demanding all the recordings Skaat might have made in secret . In court , Skaat denied that he had broken their contract , but Hed Artzi won a temporary injunction against Skaat , which kept the singer from recording any new material . A resolution seemed possible in December 2008 when the Israel Broadcasting Authority ( IBA ) selected Skaat to be the country 's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 . Skaat and Hed Artzi renewed their negotiations to resolve the conflict but when these broke down , the record company contested the IBA 's selection , which forced Skaat to drop out . In February 2009 , the Tel Aviv District Court granted Skaat permission to return to the studio . ( The IBA eventually selected Achinoam Nini and Mira Awad to represent Israel with the song " There Must be Another Way " , and they finished 16th in the contest . ) The two parties subsequently reached a compromise and Skaat soon entered into a new agreement with Aroma Music and Partner Communications . Skaat 's second album , '' Dmuyot '' ( '' דמויות '' , '' Figures '' alternative translations of the title include " Images " and " Characters " ) was released on 1 September 2009 . The album contained the hit song " Muvan Li Achshav " ( " מובן לי עכשיו " , " Now I Understand " ) , which was released as a single and sold exclusively in Israel at Aroma Espresso Bar 's chain of coffee shops . Other singles from the album include " Boi Ha Yom " ( " בואי היום " , " Come Today " ) , " Sof " , ( " סוף " , " End " ) and " Od Ya'ir Alay " ( " עוד יאיר עלי " , " Shine on Me " ) . The majority of the album was produced by either Peter Roth or Izhar Ashdot , with a number of young Israeli songwriters contributing songs to it , including Ofer Bashan , Yali Sobol , Ben-Artzi , Sheila Ferber , Kfir Epstein , Didi Shachar , Ilai Botner , and Yoav Degani . Skaat co-wrote four of the songs on the album ( " Sof " , " Od Ya'ir Alay " , " Dmuyot " , and " Zippor " ( " ציפור " , " Bird " ) ) , including two which were released as singles
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Harel Skaat