It's the BBCS!!!! - preseason evaluations

Well it is almost time for the ultimate drought of Smurftastic's sports. College basketball and football are done, baseball is not fun unless I am blacked out at a game getting a tan and heckling people, NBA basketball is ehhh if it happens to be on when I'm out somewhere and an IL alum is playing, and hockey is in the playoffs (almost over and no Leafs... shit), and soccer is closing up shop soon as well. So I am creating a new championship. The BBCS. That's right. The BOY BAND CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES. A methodical and fair (????? - well just as fair as the BCS... so not too much at all?????) rankings of boy bands over time. Haven't completely worked out all of the details of how they will be ranked, but things included will be:

• Strength of schedule (eg - other boy bands on the market at the same time)
• Overcoming adversity (eg - backlash, gay rumors, creepy managers)
• Album sales
• Tour/Merchandise
• Artistic Performance (going beyond the music: props, choreography, videos and the like)
• Alumni success
• the USA Today/Coaches Poll - aka personal choices of Smurftastic (a self professed boy band expert) and DJ Victorious (resident music expert)
• Miscellaneous
• Post-success nostalgia

As of now, the Smurftastic preseason TOP 5 of the BBCS is:
1.) NSYNC
2.) The Monkees
3.) New Kids on the Block
4.) The Jackson 5
5.) Boyz II Men


Weigh in w/ your opinions in the comments, reader preference may become a factor (unless you all have horrible Boy Band taste, again to be determined by Smurftastic)


While you are pondering, think about the greatest boy band mockery of all time... if you haven't seen it, I have it on VHS, really... check it out. really. NSYNC as musical guest w/ Joshua Jackson as host... NSYNC appearing in multiple skits, most notably, this one... "Why don't you drive through my heart, can I take your order...." CLASSIC.