Nina (singer)

Anna Maria Agustí Flores (born in Barcelona on 1 October 1966), known professionally as Nina, is a Spanish musical actress and singer.

She started her music career in the 1980s performing with bands like "Costa Brava" or "Xavier Cugat", backed by Catalan musician Xavier Cugat. In 1987, she rose to fame nationwide in the popular TVE game show Un, dos, tres, where she was casted as one of the "secretaries". In 1989, she was internally selected by TVE to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 with the song "Nacida para amar" ("Born to Love") by Juan Carlos Calderón.^[1] She finished in sixth place.

Subsequently she has worked as an actress in several television shows on TV3 and TVE, has also collaborated in radio programmes, and has released records mainly in Catalan language. She has also worked in stage musicals like Las cuatro cartas (1990), Cabaret (1992), Casem-nos una mica (1993), Te odio mi amor (1995), Company (1997) Pierrot Lunaire (1998), Corre, corre Diva (1998), Espai pel somni (1999), Programa Sondheim (2000), and the Spanish production of Mamma Mia! (2004–2010), where she starred as Donna.^[2] From 2001 to 2004, she had a prominent role as the "director of the academy" in the first three seasons of reality talent show Operación Triunfo on TVE; in 2011 she came back as the director of the academy in the eight and final season of Operación Triunfo, on Telecinco.

Discography

• Una mujer como yo (1989)
• Rompe el tiempo (1990)
• Començar de zero (1995)
• Corre, corre Diva (1998)
• Espai pel somni (2000)
• Stephen Sondheim (2001)
• Quan somniïs fes-ho en mi (2002)
• 20 anys i una nit (2005)
• Bàsic (2007)
• A prop del mar (2011) - with Port Bo.
• Llegendes del cinema (2013) - with La Simfònica de Cobla i Corda de Catalunya.

References

Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest   Participation 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016   Artists 1960s Conchita Bautista Victor Balaguer José Guardiola Nelly, Tim & Tony Conchita Bautista Raphael Raphael Massiel Salomé 1970s Julio Iglesias Karina Jaime Morey Mocedades Peret Sergio y Estíbaliz Braulio Micky José Vélez Betty Missiego 1980s Trigo Limpio Bacchelli Lucía Remedios Amaya Bravo Paloma San Basilio Cadillac Patricia Kraus La Década Prodigiosa Nina 1990s Azúcar Moreno Sergio Dalma Serafín Zubiri Eva Santamaría Alejandro Abad Anabel Conde Antonio Carbonell Marcos Llunas Mikel Herzog Lydia 2000s Serafín Zubiri David Civera Rosa Beth Ramón Son de Sol Las Ketchup D'NASH Rodolfo Chikilicuatre Soraya Arnelas 2010s Daniel Diges Lucía Pérez Pastora Soler El Sueño de Morfeo Ruth Lorenzo Edurne Barei   Songs 1960s "Estando contigo" "Llámame" "Algo prodigioso" "Caracola" "Qué bueno, qué bueno" "Yo soy aquél" "Hablemos del amor" "La, la, la" "Vivo cantando" 1970s "Gwendolyne" "En un mundo nuevo" "Amanece" "Eres tú" "Canta y sé feliz" "Tú volverás" "Sobran las palabras" "Enséñame a cantar" "Bailemos un vals" "Su canción" 1980s "Quédate esta noche" "Y sólo tú" "Él" "¿Quién maneja mi barca?" "Lady, Lady" "La fiesta terminó" "Valentino" "No estás solo" "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)" "Nacida para amar" 1990s "Bandido" "Bailar pegados" "Todo esto es la música" "Hombres" "Ella no es ella" "Vuelve conmigo" "¡Ay, qué deseo!" "Sin rencor" "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" "No quiero escuchar" 2000s "Colgado de un sueño" "Dile que la quiero" "Europe's Living a Celebration" "Dime" "Para llenarme de ti" "Brujería" "Un Blodymary" "I Love You Mi Vida" "Baila el Chiki-chiki" "La noche es para mí" 2010s "Algo pequeñito" "Que me quiten lo bailao" "Quédate conmigo" "Contigo hasta el final" "Dancing in the Rain" "Amanecer" "Say Yay!" (Note: Entries scored out are when Spain did not compete)