
Throughout her youth in Pittsburgh, Christina Aguilera sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Pittsburgh Penguins hockey, Pittsburgh Steelers football and Pittsburgh Pirates baseball games, including during the 1992 Stanley Cup Finals . Her first major role in entertainment came in 1993 when she joined the Disney Channel's variety show The New Mickey Mouse Club. Her co-stars included Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling and Keri Russell, the show lasted another year until its cancellation. According to the documentary Driven, Christina Aguilera's co-stars called her "the Diva". One of her most notable performances was of Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing". At the age of fourteen, Christina Aguilera recorded her first song, "All I Wanna Do", a hit duet with Japanese singer Keizo Nakanishi. In 1997, Christina Aguilera represented the United States at the international Golden Stag Festival with a two-song set. Christina Aguilera entered talent contests on "teen night" at the Pegasus Lounge, a gay and lesbian nightclub in Pittsburgh. Christina Aguilera would later debut in Pittsburgh in mid-1999 at Lilith Fair.
