Matt's Bio
Name: Matthew Samuel Ballinger
Age: 17
Grade: 12
Height: 5'9
Weight: 120 lb
Shoe Size: 11 mens
Hair color: Blond
Eye color: Blue
Born in: New York
Lives in: Pleasantville, Westchester, New York
Favorite Color: Navy Blue
Favorite food: Chinese, Taco Bell, and Ice Cream
Favorite Desert: ICE CREAM!!!
Favorite Drink: Coke, pepsi, and root beer floats
Favorite bands: Sublime, Bad Religion, and Red Hot Chili Peppers
Favorite clothing designer: Abercrombie & Fitch, and Structure
Hobbies: Rapping, dancing, and singing
Favorite Sports: Lacrosse, Tennis, Baseball, and Skiing
Collects: Baseball Cards and Jerseys (Thanks Sandi)
Celebrity Crush: Shakira (He's obsessed!) and Britney Spears
Favorite cartoon characters: Doug, and X-Men (Thanks Sandi)
Favorite phrase: Cool!
Favorite Movie: American Pie, and Road Trip
Favorite Candy: Reeses Pieces
Perfect Girl: Cute, and likes to have fun...
Favorite actor: Bruce Willis
Favorite Actress: Heather Graham
School Subject: Gym
Favorite Car: BMW C3
Cars he owns: BMW, and a Ford Explorer
Siblings: David (15)
Parents: Lynn, and Michael Ballinger
Pets: A dog named Juno (He used to have an iguana)
Instruments: Guitar (Thanks Sandi)
Boxers or Briefs: Boxers (Thanks Sandi)
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip
Vocal Instructer: Monica Robinson (Thanks Sandi)
Matt ranked #17 on the 2001 AFTI Media Boy Poll...out of 400! (Thanks Sandi)
Average Grade: 95% (Thanks Sandi)
Turns him on: Girls with brown hair
How does Matt get ready?: He warms up by singing songs for about 30 minutes, before going on stage.
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT: Once, just before a DS concert, Matt fell into a pond outside their hotel (???) and his pants were soaked. He had enough time to change into a new pair of pants... but didn't have any spare underwear. So he performed the show without any on!!
NAME ORIGINS: Matthew, a 2-syllable boy's name of Hebrew origin, means: A gift of God.
PERSPECTIVE COLLEGES: Williams or Washington
