Q 01/05

On which TV talent show did Melanie Martinez first find fame in 2012?

A) American Idol

B) The X Factor

C) The Voice

D) America's Got Talent

Answer · why

C) The Voice

She was a junior in high school at the time and had already been eliminated from a televised MSG Varsity Talent Show earlier that year.

Q 02/05

Which Britney Spears song did she sing for her blind audition on The Voice?

A) Toxic

B) Oops!... I Did It Again

C) Gimme More

D) Circus

Answer · why

A) Toxic

Three of the four judges turned their chairs; she picked Adam Levine as her coach.

Q 03/05

Which coach did Martinez choose on The Voice?

A) Blake Shelton

B) CeeLo Green

C) Christina Aguilera

D) Adam Levine

Answer · why

D) Adam Levine

She was eliminated in week five of the live rounds along with Amanda Brown, leaving Levine with no artists left.

Q 04/05

In which New York City borough was Melanie Martinez born?

A) Brooklyn

B) Queens

C) The Bronx

D) Staten Island

Answer · why

B) Queens

She was born in Astoria and her family moved to Baldwin, on Long Island, when she was four.

Q 05/05

Martinez's parents are of which two heritages?

A) Dominican and Puerto Rican

B) Mexican and Cuban

C) Colombian and Ecuadorian

D) Puerto Rican and Italian

Answer · why

A) Dominican and Puerto Rican

She has described growing up in a super-conservative, traditional Latin household.