Just before Liam Payne’s unexpected death, The X Factor was looking back at how One Direction got its start. The group finished third in season 7 of the UK hit music competition show in 2010, and with ...

Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Sharon Osbourne paid tribute to late One Direction singer Liam Payne, who rose to fame on the U.K. reality competition “X Factor” for which they served as judges. “You ...

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 ...

Nicole Scherzinger always saw a star in Liam Payne. After the One Direction alum fell from the balcony of his Argentina hotel room Oct. 16, the former X Factor judge reflected on the 31-year-old’s ...

Simon Cowell has returned to his roots with his new show The Next Act, where he searches for a new boyband in the hopes of replicating One Direction's success. One Direction were formed on The X ...

'X Factor' Contestant Unrecognizable 15 Years After Competing Against One Direction originally appeared on Parade. The X Factor contestant Aiden Grimshaw is unrecognizable 15 years after competing ...