Christina Aguilera Reveals Why She Was ‘Terrified’ to Perform on Top of the Eiffel Tower; Aguilera appeared on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ to promote her upcoming concert film ‘Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris’
Published by People on Dec 09, 2025 11:00 AM
Christina Aguilera Reveals Why She Was ‘Terrified’ to Perform on Top of the Eiffel Tower
Aguilera appeared on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’ to promote her upcoming concert film ‘Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris’
Sabienna Bowman
Published on December 9, 2025 01:01PM EST
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- Christina Aguilera appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Showwhere she opened up about performing atop the Eiffel Tower
- The pop star revealed to Hudson why she was “terrified” to play at the landmark
- Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris will be in theaters on Dec. 14 and Dec. 21
Singing atop the Eiffel Tower was magical and scary for Christina Aguilera.
On Tuesday, Dec. 9, the pop star, 44, appeared on The Jennifer Hudson Show to promote her upcoming concert film Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris. During the interview, Aguilera got candid about what it was really like to perform at the top of the famed landmark.
“Singing atop the Eiffel Tower, that was…” she began. “I am terrified of heights. I don’t even do Ferris wheels because I’m so afraid of heights. It’s like I’ll do a coaster, but like don’t put me still above up in the air looking down.”
As a result, the “Genie in a Bottle” singer said, “I was literally terrified.”
She added, “There was a moment, I mean, you just go up and up and up, and I don’t like elevators either. So it’s like double whammy.”
Christina Aguilera (left) and Jennifer Hudson on ‘The Jennifer Hudson Show’.
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Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris coincides with the 25th anniversary of her holiday album, My Kind of Christmas. In addition to singing atop the Eiffel Tower, the “Beautiful” singer also performed an intimate concert featuring her singing Christmas classics and other hits for just 250 people on a winter-garden terrace above the Musée du Quai Branly.
Viewers will also see “dreamlike Parisian vignettes and a bold cabaret sequence inside the legendary Crazy Horse” in the film, per a press release.
The concert film is presented by Fathom Entertainment, Vertigo Live Productions and Roc Nation, and directed and executive produced by Sam Wrench (Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Billie Eilish: Live at the O2).
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Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris will be in theaters nationwide only on Dec. 14 and Dec. 21.