Simon Cowell pulled One Direction together in 2010 after Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne had each auditioned as solo artists on The X Factor UK. Better together, ...

In 2010, five young lads walked into the The X Factor competition hopeful — and left it, stars. One Direction quickly became a global phenomenon, and fans watched the member grow up into having their ...

How was One Direction formed as a band on ‘The X Factor’? Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik all auditioned separately on The X Factor in 2010. While they progressed as ...

One Direction and Simon Cowell have a whole lot of history. The founding members of the boy band — Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — initially auditioned for The ...

Footage of the moment that X Factor U.K. producers informed Liam Payne that they were considering him to join the group that would become One Direction in 2010 shows him keeping his cool while his ...

Zayn Malik auditioned for The X Factor in 2010 when he was 17 years old. He said in the band's movie One Direction: This Is Us that he almost didn't audition that day because he didn't want to get out ...

The group got its start in 2010 on “The X Factor” after Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson all auditioned. Individually, they didn’t make the cut, but they were ...