Follow Billboard. All rights reserved. Funnily enough, two of the mop-headed boys were compared to Justin Bieber in their auditions, a comparison no one would make now. Louis Walsh said that was a great song choice for Liam, and Simon Cowell was blown away. So did he stick with those bold Sinatra tunes in his solo venture? When it came time for Liam to put together his own material, he jeered just about as far away from Sinatra as you could get.
While most of his parts in One Direction songs actually did utilize just about that same Plain White T's-esque tone, he decided to try something a little different once on his own. Since then, he's also released a track with singer-songwriter Julia Michaels titled " What a Time. In March , he released his second album, "Heartbreak Weather," which was met with fairly positive reviews.
At the time of his audition, Styles shared that he was the lead singer in a band called White Eskimo that he had created with his schoolmates. He also said being in that band inspired him to pursue a career in music.
During his audition, Styles told the judges he planned to begin college in the fall and he would be studying law, business, sociology, and "something else. Styles impressed two out of the three judges with his rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely. In , Styles made his acting debut as part of the war drama "Dunkirk. And at the end of , the singer performed at the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
He also went on a world tour of his self-titled debut album which wrapped in July of In December , he dropped his second album "Fine Line," which was met with critical acclaim. The release date has yet to be announced. Every single Harry Styles song, ranked. From throwing insults to talking about a reunion, here's everything One Direction members have said since their hiatus. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Jillian Selzer. One Direction was formed in but went on indefinite hiatus in Malik, Payne, and Tomlinson each have children. The bootcamp stage of the competition began on July 22, at Wembley Arena in London. At the end of the day, the number of acts was cut to On the second day, everyone was given dance lessons by Brian Friedman. Zayn was noted for refusing to dance because he felt he would embarrass himself.
However, by refusing, he was running the risk of elimination. Simon noticed him missing from the dance routine and went backstage to convince him to return. Nicole Scherzinger returned as a guest judge on the third day.
Each act performed one song from a pre-determined list of Zayn 's performance wasn't broadcast. All five boys failed to qualify for the Boys category and were eliminated.
Harry , Liam , and Niall were shown on camera upset and crying after leaving the stage. However, since the groups category was the weakest, it had been decided that five rejected soloists from the Boys category and four from the Girls category would be asked to form two groups.
Harry , Liam , Louis , Niall and Zayn were called back to the stage, and the judges told them that they were too talented to let go of. The groups were given five minutes to decide whether they wanted to go home as solo artists, or be put together in a group to stay and compete.
They all agreed to compete as a group. The name "One Direction" was suggested by Harry , while all boys were texting each other with names that would sound good being said by the The X Factor live shows announcer. All the boys agreed that it would be the perfect name. After bootcamp, each judge was assigned a category to mentor.
Cowell also mentioned that when he found out he was going to mentor the Groups he thought "I really got the worst one ever. I don't want to work with people I don't believe in Simon gave negative comments to most of the Groups in their auditions. I think there's some potential". One Direction traveled to Marbella in Spain, to perform at Simon 's house. The guest judge was singer Sinitta.
The group was initially worried about whether bandmate Louis Tomlinson , who had stepped on a sea urchin earlier in the day, would make it back from the hospital in time to perform. The rest of the members of the group practiced without Louis , but were very nervous because the song wasn't working without him.
Harry said "The clock is ticking and it's getting closer and closer to our performance, so we're really just waiting around, hoping that he turns up". Tomlinson made it in time. The rest of the group hugged and carried him inside.
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