Career: VS were managed by Blue member Simon Webbe but they failed to make any kind of impact and split after releasing one album. Humes went on to join boy band UFO. In 2008, they auditioned for The X Factor but had to change their name because it was already being used by another group. They decided on JLS and they ended up reaching the final of the talent show, losing out to eventual winner Alexandra Burke. JLS went on to sign a record contract with Epic Records and released their debut album in November 2009. It was a huge success and went on to sell more than 1.4million copies. They released a further three albums and a greatest hits collection before deciding to call it a day. Their final concert was at the 02 arena in London on December 22, 2013. Away from JLS, Humes has tried his hand at presenting his own radio show on the Capital Network and co-presented This Morning with his wife, Rochelle. In January 2014, he began co-hosting The Voice UK alongside Emma Willis.

Career: S Club Juniors were all in their early teens and they were originally intended to be a support act for S Club 7, but they soon had a following of their own and began to release records. In 2003, the name of the group changed to S Club 8. They released two albums and appeared as characters on children's TV series I Dream. They split up in early 2005. In 2006, Humes was a member of a group called The TigerLilys, but they disbanded before releasing any material. Her big break came in 2007 when she became a member of girl group the Saturdays, whose members include fellow former S Club 8 member Frankie Bridge. They released their debut album, Chasing Lights, in 2008. Since then, they have released a further three albums and headlined a number of concert tours. Away from singing, Humes has appeared on the BBC Three comedy panel show Sweat the Small Stuff, and presented This Morning alongside her husband, former JLS singer Marvin Humes. In December 2013, she was a contestant on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.

Career: Wood spent several years as a jobbing actor, receiving decent reviews for a varied selection of roles. His first acting part was in the 1985 film Flesh & Blood. He has since made guest appearances in TV series such as May to December, Only Fools and Horses, Murder in Mind, Sean's Show, Inspector Morse, One Foot in the Grave, Red Dwarf, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Sea of Souls and Doc Martin. He has also starred on the big screen in Vera Drake (2004) and The Illusionist (2006). He appeared in a few episodes of London's Burning as Kevin Medhurst's delinquent brother's friend and also appeared in Miss Marple mystery They Do It with Mirrors. In 2006, he joined EastEnders, playing tough guy and serial womaniser Max Branning. In 2014, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Career: Outhwaite took small parts in various West End productions and also appeared on TV in The Bill and Men Behaving Badly. Her big break came in 1997, when dramatist Alan Ayckbourn spotted her in the chorus of a musical and offered her the lead role in his play Absent Friends. She then played the part of Melanie Healy in EastEnders for three years. Since leaving Walford, she has starred in the dramas Red Cap and Final Demand, and won rave reviews for her performance as a single mum in the improvised drama Out of Control. Other work includes an appearance in Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me, Doctor Who and Marple. She has also appeared on the stage in revivals of Boeing Boeing and Sweet Charity, and is the lead actress in New Tricks.

Career: Malone worked for the London Symphony Orchestra from 2001 until 2009. He ran their youth choir and community choir. His big break came in 2006 when he presented the first series of The Choir on BBC Two. He was asked to create a choir from scratch at a comprehensive school in Middlesex. He auditioned 160 pupils for 30 places. After only nine months' training, he took them to China to compete in the 2006 World Choir Games. The series was a big success and since then he has presented various takes on the same format, including The Choir: Boys Don't Sing, The Choir: Unsung Town, The Choir: Military Wives, and Sing While You Work. He has also made a version of The Choir for the American market and appeared on Who Do You Think You Are?

Career: Brooker was the Disabled Rights Officer for LJMU before he went to work for the Press Association on a trainee editorial scheme. His big break came in 2012 when he beat thousands of people to become the face of Channel 4's 2012 Paralympics coverage. He was a co-host on The Last Leg with Adam Hills, a nightly alternative look at the Games. In 2013, he returned as a regular on The Last Leg. In January 2014, he began co-hosting Channel 4's celebrity reality series The Big Jump alongside Davina McCall but did not return for the second series in 2015. He started presented The Superhumans Show for Channel 4 in 2016.

Career: Taylor's TV appearances include episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats, Greatest Tweets 2011, Big Brother's Bit on the Side and Show Me the Funny. She began presenting BBC Three's Snog Marry Avoid? in 2012, taking over from Jenny Frost. Following this, she was a team leader on comedy panel show Fake Reaction and she appeared in an episode of Family Tree. In 2014, she appeared on I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! Now! and she has since appeared on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo and The Nightly Show. Taylor also acted in such series as Brotherhood and The Lodge. Aside from her TV appearances, Taylor has also been building her live stand up career. She performed her debut stand up show, Elliementery, in 2014.