YEREVAN (Newsarmenia.ru), February 11 — A participant of the Armenian national selection for Eurovision Song Contest 2010, the singer Sonya, was left out of the competition.

Armenian delegation head Diana Mnatsakanyan explained that Sonya will not take part in the contest because of health problems.

However, at various Internet forums and blogs the question whether Sonya was disqualified because of a plagiarism is actively discussed.

Sonya was going to perform the song “Never” at the national selection.

As a result only nine participants  will compete for the right to represent Armenia in Eurovision Song Contest 2010 in Oslo, including the rock bad Another Story with the song “This Winter,” Eve Rivas (“Apricot Stone”), Nik Egibyan (“Countdown”), Emmi and Mihran (“Hey Let Me Hear You Say”), David Ashotyan (“Infected Dreams”), Maria Kiziryan (“Little Red Riding Hood”), Razmik Amyan (“My Love”), Ani Arzumanyan (“The Mermaid Song”) and Meline Beglaryan (“We Must Believe”).

The winner of  this selection will be defined by jury voting and SMS voting.

Armenia has been participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since 2006. The best result was registered in 2008 by singer Sirusho who took fourth place.

Translated from Russian by Yerevan Report