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As a child, Chasez was extremely shy, but when a friend bet him $ 20 to enter a talent show, he won the contest and soon realized he had a knack for performing and that he really enjoyed singing.

In 1990, his mother Karen Chasez noticed a small ad in the Washington Post announcing auditions for Disney's The Mickey Mouse Club, and encouraged Chasez to try out.

He chose to audition, selecting the song " Right Here Waiting " by Richard Marx.

Chasez was soon cast as a performer in the fourth season and stayed until the show's cancellation in 1995.

Since there was another Mouseketeer named Joshua, Chasez went by his first and last initials, " JC ", to avoid confusion.

It was during his time as a Mouseketeer that Chasez befriended future bandmate Justin Timberlake, along with other future entertainers including Britney Spears, Ryan Gosling, Tony Lucca, Keri Russell, and Christina Aguilera.