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One Direction are an English boyband, consisting of members Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson. They finished third on the seventh series of ITV reality talent show The X Factor. Following The X Factor, the group signed a £2 million record contract with Syco.
History
2010: The X Factor
The band is made up of Liam Payne (born 29 August 1993 in Wolverhampton), a music technology student at City of Wolverhampton College,[1][2] Louis Tomlinson (born 24 December 1991[citation needed] in Doncaster), a student at Hall Cross School[3] Niall Horan (born 13 September 1993[citation needed] in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland), a student at Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar.[4] Harry Styles (born 1 February 1994[citation needed] from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire) a student at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School[5] and Zayn Malik[6] (born 12 January 1993),[7] (from Bradford)[8] a student at Tong High School.[9] They applied as solo candidates to the competition, but failed to qualify for the Boys category. After a suggestion by guest judge Nicole Scherzinger, the five teens were put into a band, thus qualifying for the Groups category.
Payne had auditioned in 2008 to The X Factor's fifth series when he was 14 and reached judges' houses, but Cowell thought he was not ready for the competition and asked him to come back in two years.[2] This time Cowell chose him to be part of One Direction. Styles was the lead singer for a band named White Eskimo. Malik was noted for becoming nervous in bootcamp, and when he was told he had to dance, he decided to remain backstage, effectively running the risk of elimination. Cowell noticed Malik missing from the dance routine and went backstage and convinced him to return.
For their qualifying song, and their first ever song as a group, at the judges houses, One Direction sang an acoustic version of "Torn". Mentored by Simon Cowell, they made it to the final, being the first ever manufactured group to do so. After performing "Torn" in the final, the band finished in third place.
Performances
One Direction performed the following songs during the contest:
| Week | Song choice | Original artist | Theme | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judges' House | "Torn" | Ednaswap | Free Choice | Final 12 |
| Week 1 | "Viva la Vida" | Coldplay | Number 1's | Safe |
| Week 2 | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Whitney Houston | Musical heroes | Safe |
| Week 3 | "Nobody Knows" | Pink | Guilty pleasures | Safe |
| Week 4 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Bonnie Tyler | Halloween | Safe |
| Week 5 | "Kids in America" | Kim Wilde | American classics | Safe |
| Week 6 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Elton John | Elton John songs | Safe |
| Week 7 | "All You Need Is Love" | The Beatles | The Beatles songs | Safe |
| Week 8 (Quarter Final) | "Summer of 69" | Bryan Adams | Rock | Safe |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | Joe Cocker | |||
| Week 9 (Semi-final) | "Only Girl (In the World)" | Rihanna | Club classics | Safe |
| "Chasing Cars" | Snow Patrol | Contestant's choice | ||
| Week 10 (Final) | "Your Song" | Elton John | Contestant's choice | Safe |
| "She's the One" (Performed with Robbie Williams) | World Party | Celebrity duet | ||
| "Torn" | Ednaswap | Contestant's choice | Third place |
2011-present: Post The X Factor
Following The X Factor, the group signed a £2 million record contract with Syco.[10] The first One Direction licensed book, titled Forever Young was released on 17 February 2011, a modified version of the book that would have been released had they won.
The band appeared on The Alan Tichmarsh Show on 4 April 2011 and confirmed their debut single will be released in June 2011.[10] While on the show, they also confirmed they are the new ambassadors for Pokémon, of which adverts began airing on 11 April.[11]
Non-music activities
Tours and concerts
February-April 2011 - The X Factor Tour 2011
References
- ^ Liam Payne profile on Bebo.com
- ^ a b Victoria Nash (11 September 2010). "Liam Payne now sprinting to X Factor success". Express & Star. Retrieved 14 May 2011.
- ^ "Popstar Louis continues X Factor dream". Doncaster Free Press. 2 October 2010.
- ^ "Mullingar teen has got the X Factor". Westmeath Examiner. 7 July 2010.
- ^ Belinda Ryan (29 September 2010). "Holmes Chapel X Factor star Harry Styles can win show say school bandmates". Crewe Chronicle.
- ^ "Live show 1: exclusive snaps". itv.com.
- ^ "Diva Fever's Craig: One Direction's Zayn Malik wears the dog-tag I gave him". Now Magazine. 19 December 2010.
- ^ Emma Clayton (5 October 2010). "East Bowling teenager Zain Malik makes it to finals, but Bradford girl band Husstle bow out". Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
- ^ Ben Barnett (26 November 2010). "Classmates seek support for East Bowling One Direction star Zayn Malik". Bradford Telegraph & Argus.
- ^ a b Mayer Nissim (28 January 2011). "One Direction 'get £2m Syco investment'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 14 May 2011. Cite error: The named reference "syco" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "X Factor star's One Direction revealed as ambassadors for Pokemon Black Version and Pokémon White Version". ttkn.com. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2011.