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 ...

One Direction came third in 2010's X Factor, after losing out (in official terms only) to Matt Cardle and Rebecca Ferguson.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Direction when they were still 'X Factor' contestants. - Credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Images/Getty Images Footage of the moment ...

One Direction gave Us some pretty memorable performances during their time on The X Factor UK. After auditioning as solo artists, Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan ...

Back to the beginning! The X Factor UK is offering fans a new look at One Direction's origin story, releasing a new nearly 30-minute featurette. "You've seen how One Direction were put together," an ...

The former Pussycat Dolls singer is credited as being responsible for the formation of the best-selling band during the 2010 season of 'The X Factor' alongside Simon Cowell. By Lexy Perez Senior ...

An exclusive excerpt from a new book on One Direction shows how "What Makes You Beautiful" became the group's perfect ...

The band was put together on July 23, 2010 during season 7 of 'X Factor U.K.' and immediately took over the world One Direction/Instagram One Direction's domination of culture in the early 2010s was ...

Footage of the moment that X Factor U.K. producers informed Liam Payne that they were considering him to join the group that would become One Direction in 2010 shows him keeping his cool while his ...