In October 2008 Maimon won the "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.