Martin Halla (born 4 June 1988 in

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) is a Norwegian singer who, on 25 May 2012, won the inaugural series of ''

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'', the Norwegian version of '' The Voice'' in 2012 and was broadcast on TV2. He was part of "Team Magne" as he was mentored by

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Career

;''The Voice – Norges beste stemme'' In his audition, broadcast on 27 January 2012, Halla residing in

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, Norway sang "

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" from Keane with two judges

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and Magne Furuholmenhitting the "I Want U" button. He chose to be on Magne's team. On 6 April 2012, in the Battle round, his mentor paired him against contestant Ruben Gundersen also from "Team Magne" and chose to keep Halla after they both sang " Keep On Walking" from

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. In the sing-off round, where each coach would nominates 4 acts from the group to advance to the live shows with the 3 remaining acts per group being subjected to the sing-off for the sole remaining spot, Halla was spared the round and advanced to the next round by decision of his mentor. In the semi-finals he sang " Release Me" from

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and advanced to the final as the finalist of Team Magne where he faced

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(Team Sondre), Hege Øversveen from Team Hanne and Leif Anders Wentzel of Team Team Yosef. Halla sang "

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" from

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and his winning song "Take It With Me". ;Solo After the win on 25 May 2012 the winning song "Take It With Me" was released as Martin Halla's debut single hitting #3 of

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the official Norwegian Singles Chart on its first week of release. His semi-final rendition "Release Me" also peaked at number 7. In 2013, Martin Halla released his debut album ''Winter Days'' that reached number 5 in the Norwegian Albums Chart.

Discography

Albums

Singles

References

External links

Martin Halla page on TV2 websiteLast.fm page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halla, Martin The Voice (franchise) winners 1988 births Living people Musicians from Bergen 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian male singers