Mariette Hansson (born 23 January 1983), sometimes credited as MaryJet or simply Mariette, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. Hansson participated in
Sikta mot stjärnorna
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''(Swedish pre-selection for
European Soundmix Show
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The show was an international version of Joop van den Ende's "Henny Huisman Soundmixshow", which was air ...
)'' in 1999 imitating singer
Amanda Marshall
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. She participated in
Idol 2009
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which was broadcast on
TV4 TV4 or TV 4 may refer to:
*TV4 (Poland), a private Polish television station
*TV4 (Sweden), a Swedish television network
**TV4 Group, owners of the Swedish television station
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and finished fourth. A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.
In 2013, she played guitar in
Magnus Uggla
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Uggla was born in Stockholm. He was the lead singer of the hard r ...
s band during his show "Magnus Den Store" at
Hamburger Börs in Stockholm. In 2014 she toured along with
Ace Wilder
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Early life
Wilder was born on July 2 ...
who placed second in
Melodifestivalen 2014
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, the Swedish pre-selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest
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.
She has taken part in
Melodifestivalen
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, Sweden's pre-selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest
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, four times and qualified to the final each time. She first participated in
Melodifestivalen 2015
Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song "Heroes". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 201 ...
with the song "
Don't Stop Believing
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".
She took part in the second semifinal and qualified for the final in
Friends Arena
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, eventually reaching the third place in the contest. Two years later she returned to the contest and took part in
Melodifestivalen 2017
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with the song "
A Million Years
"A Million Years" is a song recorded by Swedish singer Mariette. The song was released as a digital download in Sweden on 26 February 2017 and peaked at number 26 on the Swedish Singles Chart. It took part in Melodifestivalen 2017
Melodifestival ...
". She qualified to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed fourth. Next year she participated in
Melodifestivalen
Melodifestivalen (; literally "the Melody Festival") is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song ...
a third time with the song "
For You" which finished fifth in the Grand Final. She returned to the contest in
2020
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with the song "
Shout It Out" and qualified to the final, where she finished in tenth place, scoring 51 points.
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
Singles
References
External links
Swedish pop singers
Swedish rock singers
English-language singers from Sweden
Swedish LGBT singers
1983 births
Living people
Melodifestivalen contestants
Idol (Swedish TV series) participants
21st-century Swedish singers
21st-century Swedish women singers
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