In 1993, The All-New Mickey Mouse Club introduced young
audiences all over the world to fresh-faced talent that would go on to
have decades-long careers on both screen and stage. For many it was the
culmination of a childhood dream of performing in more than just local
talent shows or pageants, but for Nikki DeLoach, growing up in small
town Georgia, it was also the big break she needed to prove to her
parents she knew what she wanted to do for the rest of her life.
“I was actually in L.A. for a talent competition when I was 11, and
the agents that were out there scouting talent said ‘You should pick up
and move to L.A.’ And my parents were like ‘That’s not going to
happen!’” DeLoach laughed when I sat down with her in Los Angeles
now.
“And they were like ‘Well, then you should really look out for a lot
of the stuff that they are casting for Disney down in Orlando. They
mentioned that they are going to be looking for new Mouseketeers for the
show Mickey Mouse Club.’ So, I went home and immediately started
watching it—like was obsessed with it. Sat in the living room with my
mom and my dad—I was sitting directly in front of the TV—and turned
around and look at them, and I was like ‘I’m going to be on this show.
I’m going to be on this show!’ And they were like ‘Yeah, okay, sure you
are!’”
But DeLoach was cast and appeared in countless sketches and
songs alongside co-stars like Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake,
Ryan Gosling, and Britney Spears in her two-year run on the series...
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