VoR
Take it or leave it
One of the defining also-rans of the last decade at Melfest; Idol alum, dreadlock apologist and 2009 recipient of the coveted QX Magazine 'Homo of the Year' award, Mariette Hanson made her debut in 2015 and was immediately ranked among the potential favourites. Essentially Clare Maguire's Ain't Nobody with a splash of Madonna's Frozen, it was a great, dramatic performance piece that would have been a perfectly credible Eurovision entry. I've always found it slightly half-baked as a song though, and despite its Melfest success it was actually the lowest-charting of her entries before the instantly forgotten Shout It Out in 2020.
Still, a very promising and notable debut. Now on to our final three!
Still, a very promising and notable debut. Now on to our final three!