BRITTANYStar Stats*Full name: Brittany Hargest*Birthday: August 2, 1988*Fave color: lavendar*Fave ice cream flavor: chocolate chip cookie dough*Travel companions: "I wear a ring my dad gave me, and take my lollipop ring to remind me of home."*Hidden talent: "I can hang a spoon off my nose, and my arms are double jointed."*Bad habits: "Burping and being loud."*Musical role models: Jessica Simpson & Destiny's Child*Training: vocal lessons, piano lessons, guitar lessons, gymnastics and ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop dancing.Ironically, this natural talent wasn't really into music growing up. "I loved singing myself, but wasn't a huge fan of music," she explains. Instead, her passion was dancing and acting. Almost immediately after starting dance lessons at age 3, she was doing commercials and strutting her stuff in music videos. "Performing gives me a rush," she says. "It creates this huge amount of energy." Brittany took up singing lessons at age 5, and a year later landed a part in the A Country Christmas at the star-launching theme park Opryland USA, where she affectionately became know as "Injury Girl." "Something happened to me during almost every show," she laughs. "I fell in the pit, got hit by balls on stage, got knocked off a barrel I was standing on-you name it." Believe it or not, she's not embarrassed about any of it. Ask her group-mates and they'll tell you this energetic entertainer is the member most likely to make a scene. "She will do anything to get attention," Libby laughs. "And she's not embarrassed by anything.

LibbyStar Stats*Full name: Elizabeth Hodges* Birthday: April 2, 1987* Fave color: periwinkle* Fave ice cream flavor: chocolate chip cookie dough* Travel companions: "I carry pictures of my younger sister's drawings."*Hidden talent: "I can unwrap a Starburst wrapper in my mouth with my tongue!"* Bad habits: "I am the late one."* Musical role models: Destiny's Child* Training: vocal lessons, piano, gymnastics and jazz, tap, ballet and hip hop dancingLibby can't even remember how old she was when she started singing. "I guess when I began to talk," she laughs. "I was obsessed with Gloria Estefan, and I would always sing along-even if I wasn't on tune." But there is one thing she will never forget: when her parents got her a dance teacher at age 5. "When I was singing, I always tried to move to the music, and my mom and dad were like, 'We've got to get this girl some lessons," she smiles. Following in her mother's footsteps (she sings and acts), this exceptional singer has been belting ballads in the studio since she was 4. She recorded her own self-titled CD when she was in the third grade and has a slew of commercials under her belt. Onstage and off, Libby's groupmates look up to her. "Libby doesn't care what anyone thinks about her," Brittany reveals. "If she wants to do something, she'll do it." And one thing she definitely doesn't want to do right now is date. "I don't plan on it for a while," she says. "I like just having tons of guy friends instead, because you can be close to whomever you want."

Star Stats*Full name: Christopher Fedun* Birthday: January 14, 1986* Fave color: blue* Fave ice cream flavor: vanilla*Travel companions: "I bring along pictures of me with my friends and family."* Hidden talent: "I love writing, and I'm a good runner."* Bad habits: "Pinching people's ears. Brittany, Lesley and Libby get mad, but my other friends have gotten over it."*Musical role models: BeeGee's*Training: vocal lessons, piano, basketball, baseball, gymnastics, guitar and jazz, tap, ballet and hip hop dancing"Chris isn't afraid to try anything," raves his group-mate Libby. "He's the major tumbler, and he doesn't even need to stretch out!" With natural athletic ability on his side, Chris started playing sports when he was only 5. Ironically, it was baseball that led him to ditch his dreams of being in the major leagues and take up singing, dancing and gymnastics. "When I was 9, I used to do back flips in the outfield because no one ever hit the ball to me," he laughs. Only a year later, he was onstage at Opryland USA, where he discovered his real love. "I like getting in front of a crowd and seeing people smile," he says, adding, "My major obstacle is proving to people that good dancers can sing, because I love to do both." One thing he doesn't have to prove is that he's a nice guy. "Chris clicks with you when you first see him," Brittany dishes. Unfortunately, his girl group-mates are more understanding than most. "I learned fast that girls get mad if you don't call them back," he smiles, "and they don't like busy schedules."

BRANDONStar Stats*Full name: Brandon Hargest*Birthday: March 17, 1987*Fave color: red*Fave ice cream flavor: mint chocolate chip*Travel companions: "My sister. I love having family with me."*Hidden talent: "I can wiggle my ears and make my hair look like a wig."*Bad habits: "My worst habit is not paying attention to things around me all the time. The others tease me because I will ask a question after it has already been answered."*Musical role models: 'N SYNC*Training: vocal lessons, piano lessons, guitar lessons, gymnastics and tap, jazz, ballet, hip hop dancing Watching his lil' sis light up the stage was all Brandon needed to jump into the limelight himself. "My mom and I had to take her to class," he remembers, "So I decided to try it too." Unleashing a natural talent, he quickly followed in her footsteps landing music videos, a gig at Opryland USA and television commercials-including a memorable spot for Garth Brooks' 1998 Double Live CD. "Garth gave me a baseball bat that the Pittsburgh Pirates autographed for him," Brandon recalls. "It was so cool." What wasn't so cool was the feeling he got immediately after JUMP5 signed with Sparrow Records and his voice started to change. "I knew it was going to change, but didn't know how it would turn out," he says. "I can hit more low notes now." When he's not performing, this shy guy can be found with a Nintendo controller between his fingers ("I love video games," he smiles.) or with his face buried in a book. "He's the brainiac," Brittany reveals. "And he's more sensitive and shy than the rest of the group.

Lesley:Star Stats* Full name: Lesley Moore* Birthday: October 15, 1986* Fave color: orange* Fave ice cream flavor: chocolate chip cookie dough* Travel companions: "I wear a gold necklace my dad gave me before he died. I also take a stuffed chick named Puff everywhere I go."* Hidden talent: "I can make myself burp."* Bad habits: "My worst habit is slouching over. My dance teacher makes me wear a hanger over my shoulders to hold them back."* Musical role models: Destiny's Child* Training: vocal lessons, cheerleading, basketball, gymnastics and ballet, tap, jazz and hip hop dancing Talk about being driven. Diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter in her knee-a condition in which the ligament attaching to knee becomes partially detached-she just shrugged it off and continued competing. "I had to wear a brace while I was dancing," remembers Lesley, who took to the dance floor at age 4. "My knees hurt, but I just grinned and beared it." Later, doctors found an extra bone in her foot-and she wouldn't let them remove it. "They wanted to, but it would take to long to recover," she explains. Lesley, who started singing at age 8 and has appeared in commercials and music videos, gets her I-can-do-anything attitude from her mom, who raised her as a single mother after her father died when she was 3. "I want us to be a big success, so I think I push myself really hard sometimes," says the former cheerleader. But even focusing on bettering herself doesn't distract her from her groupmates. "She is so sweet and unselfish," Libby describes. "She is always there for you."