When he had progressed further it was retrospectively shown on spin-off show, The Xtra Factor.Ģ4) Liam also took part in the 2008 series of The X Factor, making it through to the Judges' Houses round and visited Simon’s house in Barbados where he was cruelly eliminated.Ģ5) Niall sang Ne-Yo’s ‘So Sick’ in the X Factor first round and received glowing praise from Louis Walsh. Before he took part in The X Factor, he had ambitions to be a lawyer!Ģ2) Before auditioning for The X Factor, Harry was the frontman of the band White Eskimo which featured his school friends Haydn Morris, Nick Clough and Will Sweeney.Ģ3) Zayn’s X Factor audition wasn’t broadcast on the main show. One Direction on The X FactorĢ1) Harry didn't always want to be a singer. Félicité sadly passed away in 2019.Ģ0) Niall and Louis are both 5'8", Harry is 5'11", Liam is 5'10" and Zayn is 5'9".
They’re called Lottie, Félicité, Daisy, twins Phoebe and Georgia and twins Doris and Ernest.
He’s 23.ġ9) Louis has six sisters and one brother. They’re called Doniya, Waliyha and Safaa.ġ8) Niall has an older brother called Greg. Harry and Louis, who are apparently the messiest members of the band, once shared a house! Do One Direction have any siblings?ġ7) Zayn has three sisters but no brothers. Niall was at Colaiste Mhuire secondary school in Millingar, Zayn studied at Tong High School in Bradford, Liam was at the City of Wolverhampton College, Harry was a pupil at Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School and Louis was a sixth former at Hall Cross School in Doncaster.ġ5) All the boys used to live within 100 yards of each other in London.
Other famous Bradfordians include the Brontë sisters, magician Dynamo and Gareth Gates.ġ4) During The X Factor auditions, all the 1D boys were students. Other famous people who hail from there include Jeremy Clarkson and Brian Blessed.ġ0) Harry was brought up in the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire.ġ1) Liam spent his childhood in Wolverhampton, the birthplace of Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant and Slade’s Noddy Holder.ġ2) Niall was brought up in Mullingar in Ireland.ġ3) Zayn was brought up in Bradford, West Yorkshire. 9) Louis was brought up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire.