Nina (Spanish singer)

Spanish musical actress and singer

Nina
Nina in 2004
Nina in 2004
Background information
Birth nameAnna María Agustí Flores
Born (1966-10-01) 1 October 1966 (age 57)
Barcelona, Spain
OccupationSinger
Musical artist

Anna María Agustí Flores (born 1 October 1966), known professionally as Nina, is a Spanish singer, vocal coach and actress.

Career

Nina 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 Televisión Española game show Un, dos, tres, where she was cast as one of the "secretaries".

She represented Spain at 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 Televisión Española, has also collaborated in radio programmes, and has released records mainly in Catalan language. From 2001 to 2004, she had a prominent role as the "director of the academy" in the first three seasons of the reality talent show series Operación Triunfo; in 2011 she came back as the director of the academy in the eight season of Operación Triunfo, and 2020 she returned as a judge in the eleventh season. In 2018, she participates as a jury and Academy teacher in the Spanish show Pura magia, on its second season.

She has also played in several 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), the Spanish production of Mamma Mia! (2004–2010, 2015–2017), where she starred as Donna, and Casi normales (2017–2018).[2]

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.

Notable published works

  • Con voz propia (2016).[3] ISBN 9788416110698

References

  1. ^ "Eurovision Song Contest 1989". Eurovision Song Contest. 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.
  3. ^ "Con Voz Propia"
Preceded by
La Década Prodigiosa
with "La chica que yo quiero (Made in Spain)"
Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest
1989
Succeeded by
Azúcar Moreno
with "Bandido"
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Participation
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  • Note: Entries scored out signify where Spain did not compete
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Countries
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Songs
  • "Apopse as vrethoume"
  • "Avrei voluto"
  • "Bana Bana"
  • "Blijf zoals je bent"
  • "Conquistador"
  • "Derekh Hamelekh"
  • "La dolce vita"
  • "Door de wind"
  • "En dag"
  • "Flieger"
  • "J'ai volé la vie"
  • "Monsieur"
  • "Nacida para amar"
  • "Nur ein Lied"
  • "The Real Me"
  • "Rock Me"
  • "Það sem enginn sér"
  • "To diko sou asteri"
  • "Venners nærhet"
  • "Vi maler byen rød"
  • "Viver senza tei"
  • "Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"
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Operación Triunfo
Series
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Winners / finalists
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
  • Vicente Seguí
  • Ramón
  • Miguel Cadenas
  • Davinia Cuevas
  • Mario Martínez
  • Leticia Pérez
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7
  • Mario Álvarez
  • Brenda Mau
  • Jon Allende
  • Ángel Capel
  • Patricia Navarro
  • Silvia Parejo
Series 8
Series 9
Series 10
Series 11
  • Nía Correia
  • Flavio Fernández
  • Eva Barreiro
  • Anaju Calavia
  • Hugo Cobo
  • Maialen Gurbindo
Series 12
Other contestants
Hosts
  • Carlos Lozano (series 1–3)
  • Jesús Vázquez Martínez (series 4–7)
  • Pilar Rubio (series 8)
  • Roberto Leal (series 9–11)
  • Chenoa (series 12–)
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