Melanie Martinez

Melanie Martinez may refer to:

Melanie Martinez (singer)

Melanie Adele Martinez (born April 28, 1995) is an American singer and songwriter. She was a member of Team Adam in the third season of the American television vocal talent show The Voice and is one of the most popular performers to come out of the show that season. On April 22, 2014, she released the lead single "Dollhouse", from her debut EP Dollhouse. On August 14, 2015, Martinez's debut album titled Cry Baby was released to critical acclaim with lead single "Pity Party". Her song "Carousel" has appeared on the television series American Horror Story: Freak Show.

Career

2012: Career beginnings and The Voice

In 2012, Melanie Adele Martinez became a contestant on season three of the American television program The Voice, where she auditioned singing Britney Spears's "Toxic". Three of the four judges, Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton, hit the "I Want You" button for her. Martinez chose Adam Levine to be her coach.

Melanie Martinez (actress)

Melanie Martinez (born 1971/1972) is an American stage and television actress, best known as "Melanie", host of the Good Night Show, on PBS KIDS Sprout from 2005-06.

Early career

In 1994, the Texas-born Martinez graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts.

Martinez has appeared in a number of theater plays, including roles in Caesar and Cleopatra at Cocteau Repertory and in a verse play, The Death of Don Flagrante Delicto, written by Kirk Wood Bromley.

Good Night Show dismissal

In the summer of 2000, Martinez was cast to play the role of a student in two 30-second videos, I Have a Future (filmed in July 2000) and Boys Can Wait (filmed in February 2001). Both short films spoofed abstinence-only public service announcements.

In July 2006, PBS Kids Sprout terminated Martinez as host of the Good Night Show when it learned of these videos, which it deemed "inappropriate for her role as a preschool host."

Michael Getler, a Public Broadcasting Service ombudsman, criticized the decision; writing that "it would have been a greater bow to freedom of expression and against guilt by association for the program and PBS to stick by her ... it struck me as ironic that at the very time PBS is fighting against new Federal Communications Commission rulings about indecency that the network argues will inhibit documentary filmmakers and freedom of speech, it delivers a subjective punishment to a popular performer for something done seven years ago that was clearly a spoof".