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'' (Swedish pre-selection for '' European Soundmix Show'') in 1999 imitating singer

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. She participated in Idol 2009 which was broadcast on TV4 and finished fourth. A year later, Hansson was announced as "homo of the year" at the QX Gaygala in Stockholm.

Career

In 2013, she played guitar in Magnus Ugglas band during his show "Magnus Den Store" at Hamburger Börs in Stockholm. In 2014 she toured along with

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who placed second in Melodifestivalen 2014, the Swedish pre-selection for the

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. She has taken part in

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, Sweden's pre-selection for the

, five times and qualified to the final each time. She first participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song " Don't Stop Believing". She took part in the second semifinal and qualified for the final in

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, eventually reaching the third place in the contest. Two years later she returned to the contest and took part in

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with the song " A Million Years". She qualified to the final on 11 March 2017 where she placed fourth. Next year she participated in

a third time with the song " For You" which finished fifth in the Grand Final. She returned to the contest in

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with the song " Shout It Out" and qualified to the final, where she finished in tenth place, scoring 51 points. After that in

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she participated once again with the song "One Day" and qualified to the final through the Second Chance round, where she finished in eighth place.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansson, Mariette Swedish pop singers Swedish women pop singers Swedish rock singers Swedish women rock singers English-language singers from Sweden Swedish LGBTQ singers 1983 births Living people Idol (Swedish TV series) participants 21st-century Swedish singer-songwriters 21st-century Swedish women singers People educated at Sturegymnasiet People from Halmstad Municipality