Hundreds of girls competed to become
pop stars in late 2000 on the TV series
Popstars, produced by
David Foster. The group was narrowed down to five finalists, Ivette Sosa, Maile Misajon, Ana Maria Lombo,
Nicole Scherzinger and Rosanna Tavarez, over several
prime time episodes.
Warner Bros./
Sire Records signed the group to a
recording contract before the band was named or had finalized its membership, due to the hours of network television exposure the group would receive. The group's debut single, "
Get Over Yourself" topped the
Canadian Singles Chart and peaked at number 8 on the
Billboard Hot 100. "Love This Way" was later released as a promotional single. Their album
Popstars was certified gold, and peaked at number 6 on the
Billboard 200 albums chart. In 2001, the group guest starred as themselves on the season 5 episode 22 of the television show
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. In 2001, they played as a support act on some dates for
*NSYNC's
Pop Odyssey Tour and
Jessica Simpson's
DreamChaser Tour. In the beginning of 2002, their record company,
London-Sire Records, folded and the group disbanded. Scherzinger would later have more success with
The Pussycat Dolls. ==Discography==