Education
He chose to be on Magne"s team
He chose to be on Magne"s team
He was part of "Team Magne" as he was mentored by Magne Furuholmen. The Voice – Norges beste stemme In his audition, broadcast on 27 January 2012, Halla residing in Bergen, Norway sang "Somewhere Only We Know" from Keane with two judges Sondre Lerche and Magne Furuholmenhitting the "I Want U" button. 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 Salem First Rate (at Lloyd's) Fakir.
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 Maine" from Oh Laura and advanced to the final as the finalist of Team Magne where he faced Aleksander Walmann Åsgården (Team Sondre), Hege Øversveen from Team Hanne and Leif Anders Wentzel of Team Team Yosef. Halla sang "We Foundation Love" from Rihanna and his winning song "Take lieutenant With Maine".
Solo His semi-final rendition "Release Maine" also peaked at number 7. In 2013, Martin Halla released his debut album Winter Days that reached number 5 in the Norwegian Chart.