Brittany Hargest

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Brittany Lynne Hargest (born August 2, 1988 in Durham, North Carolina) is a Christian singer and dancer and the youngest member of the pop quartet Jump5 along with brother Brandon Hargest. She is the daughter of Greg Hargest and Robin Hargest. She is a methodist Christian. She grew up in Tennessee with her close-knit family, singing, dancing, and competing in gymnastics competitions. She has a dog named Jumper who Brittany has deemed Jump5's mascot.

Since the age of two, she has been studying voice, piano, guitar, dance and gymnastics. Along with her brother, she has appeared in many videos and has recorded for several different complilation albums. When she was six years old, she landed a part in A Country Christmas at the star-launching theme park Opryland USA, at which she was given the nickname of "Injury Girl" because of a string of unfortunate happenings during each show. When she tried out for the group that would become Jump5, she sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". She claimed she didn't sing well and got in on her talent for dancing.

Brittany is a soprano and cowrote a song for Jump5's 2004 release Dreaming in Color (album) and several for their most recent holiday release, Rock This Christmas.