A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a big-time producer named Jackal Johnson, who tries to make the group into superstars, but the girls run into many problems.

Raven-Symoné
as Galleria Garibaldi

Adrienne Bailon-Houghton
as Chanel Simmons

Kiely Williams
as Aqua Walker

Sabrina Bryan
as Dorinda Thomas

Lynn Whitfield
as Dorothea Garibaldi

Sandra Caldwell
as Drinka Champagne

Juan Chioran
as Francobollo Garibaldi

Lori Alter
as Juanita Simmons

Kyle Schmid
as Derek

Denton Rowe
as Mackerel