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

1. "Eurovision Song Contest 1989". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
2. "STAGE TUBE: Interview with Mamma Mia! Spanish Tour Cast 2010/02/21". spain.broadwayworld.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2010.