Full name - Melanie Chisholm.

Born - 12th January 1974.

Star sign - Capricorn.

Height - 5'6".

Likes - Football, Liverpool FC, cooking, training, watching telly, tattoos, and Bruce Willis.

Dislikes - Smoking and narrow-minded people.

From - Widnes, near Liverpool, England.

She has a younger brother called Paul O'Neill, and older brother, Jad.

Bad habits - Cracking her fingers and toes.

Attempted to moon at the TOTP audience, but was stopped just in time!!

Her favourite man is Bruce Willis.

Her favourite word is sound.

Worst chat up line: "I support Man United. What's your team?"

She has a Celtic band tattoo on her arm, and a pierced nose.

She is a big fan of Madonna.

She used to work in a chip shop.

Her favourite TV programme is Brookside.

Apparently her school nickname was Holland, because she's flat!!

Mel C would love to be a footballer.

Earliest memories: "Some of my very ealiest memories are of christmas, whem my parents were still together. I was about two or three, and I got this wicked, Tudor-style dolls house which had a red roof and a removable back so you could play with everything inside."

Her fave pop stars when she was younger were Madonna, Neneh Cherry, and Kylie Minogue, and her fave TV programmes were Top of the Pops, Dallas, Charlie's Angels, Eastenders, and Brookside.