Jason "J" Brown

Jason Paul "J" Brown (born 13 June 1976 in Hampshire, England) is an English singer who is best known as a former member of boy band Five. He was the oldest member of the band, which consisted of himself, Sean Conlon, Ritchie Neville, Abz Love and Scott Robinson.

Brown was born at the Cambridge Military Hospital at Aldershot, and as a child he lived in Germany, Canada and all over the North of England. He spent his teenage and young adult life in Warrington and Newton Le Willows before joining Five. Five were internationally successful, selling more than 20 million albums over a period of five years.

After Five disbanded in late 2001, Brown kept a low profile for many years, although he was involved in several protests in the London area, notably against UK involvement in the wars in the Middle East. In 2006 he joined up with three of his former band mates, Robinson, Neville and Love (fifth member Conlon was committed to a Sony contract and decided not join them) for a planned relaunch of the band. However, not enough record company interest was generated, and Five's comeback was abandoned less than nine months later.

Soon after Five's relaunch plan was abandoned, Brown became a contestant on that year's series of ITV's I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and made it into the final along with Christopher Biggins and Janice Dickinson and finished in third place. He also appeared as a part of Ant's team on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (February – March 2008). Soon after he appeared on Fiver's "Generation Sex". Brown currently resides in Wales, and has recently become involved in writing/producing for other musicians.

After appearing on The Voice UK on 24 March 2012 and failing to make it past the audition stage, Brown's ex-bandmate Conlon reunited with his former bandmates to discuss the possibility of a second reunion. However, on 19 April, Brown wrote a post on Five fansite Warrington Warrior, saying that he had decided not to be a part of the reunion, and that he would like the fansite to be shut down, as he felt it was an intrusion to his private life. Conlon, Neville, Love and Robinson confirmed the next day on Twitter that the post was indeed from Brown, and that they had received a letter with similar content from him. They apologised and gave a statement that Brown's personal opinion in no way represents Five as a band. The forum thread containing Brown's message has since been deleted, as per Robinson's and their manager's request. The other members then stated that they would continue as a four piece, with plans for a new tour and new material.