As a judge on X Factor, the British reality-TV show on which One Direction was formed, Cowell rejected Payne during the audition process in 2008, explaining that the then-14-year-old “wasn’t ...
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 ...
Simon Cowell, the former “The X Factor” judge who assembled boyband One Direction in 2010, issued a statement mourning Liam Payne two days after the star died at age 31, as former contestants ...