Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: In January 2009 , Ewen was approached and participated in the UK national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 .
Simplified: In early 2009 she was selected by Andrew Lloyd Webber to participate in the UK national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow , Russia . Ewen is as of September , 2009 a member of the girlband Sugababes .