Description: One Direction Began In July 2010 On The Hit Television Show X Factor. Five Boys Went Through The Show Seperatly And Came Out Together As One Direction.
It began in July 2010 at auditions for the UK’s X Factor were underway. Five young boys from various parts of the UK and Ireland had entered the competition with nothing else but a passion for singing and raw talent. Their names were Niall from Westmeath, Ireland, Zayn from Bradford, Liam from Wolverhampton, Harry from Cheshire and Louis from Doncaster and they all had entered as solo artists. Arriving at their individual auditions, they were given the task of impressing the judges. And they did. But just n
It was in the Bootcamp round of the competition that Simon Cowell, Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh had to give the boys the bad news that they hadn’t made it through as solo artists. They were devastated naturally, but they were offered a suggestion. The judges wanted them to form a group; to learn to sing as a five-piece rather than individuals. The boys jumped at the opportunity and One Direction was born.
Zayn Malik says, “I didn’t think I would ever want to be in a group. But when I was there and it was happening, and I knew the lads a bit, there was no way I was going to say ‘no’. We’ve all got quite different sounding voices and our own individual style, so we can play up to that and play to each of our strengths.“