One Direction
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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) in Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland), a student at Coláiste Mhuire, Mullingar.[4] Harry Styles (born 1 February 1994) from Holmes Chapel, Cheshire) a student at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School[5] and Zayn Malik (born 12 January 1993),[6] from Bradford,[7] a student at Tong High School.[8] 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.
After the elimination of F.Y.D., Diva Fever and Belle Amie within four weeks they were Simon Cowell's last act in the competition. However every week they received much praise from the judges.
One Direction finished third behind runner up, Rebecca Ferguson and winner, Matt Cardle.
Immediately after X Factor they released the single "Forever Young", [disambiguation needed]which would have been what they performed if they had won.
Performances on The X Factor
Below is a list of One Direction's performances on The X Factor:
| Week | Song choice | Theme | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payne's audition | "Cry Me a River" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Horan's audition | "So Sick" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Styles' audition | "Isn't She Lovely" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Tomlinson's audition | "Hey There Delilah" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Malik's audition | "Let Me Love You" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Bootcamp (Payne & Styles) | "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Bootcamp (Niall) | "Champagne Supernova" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Bootcamp (Louis)(Zayn) | "Make You Feel My Love" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Judges' House | "Torn" | Free choice (no theme) | Through |
| Week 1 | "Viva la Vida" | Number-ones | Safe |
| Week 2 | "My Life Would Suck Without You" | Musical heroes | Safe |
| Week 3 | "Nobody Knows"[disambiguation needed] | Guilty pleasures | Safe |
| Week 4 | "Total Eclipse of the Heart" | Halloween | Safe |
| Week 5 | "Kids in America" | American anthems | Safe |
| Week 6 | "Something About the Way You Look Tonight" | Songs by Elton John | Safe |
| Week 7 | "All You Need Is Love" | Songs by The Beatles | Safe |
| Week 8 | "Summer of '69" | Rock | Safe |
| "You Are So Beautiful" | |||
| Week 9 (semi-final) | "Only Girl (In the World)" | Club classics | Safe |
| "Chasing Cars" | "Get me to the final songs" | ||
| Week 10 (final) | "Your Song" | Free choice (no theme) | Safe |
| "She's the One" (performed with Robbie Williams) | Celebrity duet | ||
| "Torn" | Free choice (no theme) | Third Place |
Post The X Factor
Following The X Factor, the group signed a £2 million record contract with Syco.[9] 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[citation needed]. On 1 July 2011 it was announced One Direction's next licensed book, Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction, will be released 15 Sept 2011.[10]
One Direction and nine other contestants from the reality show participated in the popular X Factor Live Tour 2010.[11] The tour consisted of multiple stops within the UK and Ireland.
One Direction made an appearance on The Alan Titchmarsh Show on April 4, 2011 and confirmed their debut single will be released in June 2011. The single has now been pushed back to being released in August in order to coincide with the launch of series 8 of The X Factor.[12] While on the show, they also confirmed they are the new ambassadors for Pokémon.[13] On 29 July 2011 One Direction made an appearance on Channel 4 TV show Alan Carr: Chatty Man.[14]
One Direction recently confirmed that they are currently working on beginning their own tour.[15] They have also been hard at work on developing their debut album with X Factor coach Savan Kotecha.[16] Their first single is to be released in August of 2011.
Discography
Studio albums
- 2011: TBC
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 2011 | "TBC" | TBC |
External links
- Official website
- Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/onedirectionmusic
- Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/#!/onedirection
References
- ^ Liam Payne profile on Bebo.com
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "One Direction get £2m Syco Investment". Digital Spy.
- ^ "Two more from One Direction for HC". The Bookseller.
- ^ "X Factor Tour 2010". dailymail.co.uk.
- ^ "August Single Debut". stv.
- ^ "X Factor star's One Direction revealed as ambassadors for Pokemon Black Version and Pokémon White Version". ttkn.com.
- ^ "Alan Carr: Chatty Man, Series 6, Episode 7". Channel 4.
- ^ "One Direction tour CONFIRMED". rickey.org.
- ^ "One Direction Album". mtv.co.uk.