Liam James Payne was born in Wolverhampton, England, on August 29, 1993 (“Liam Payne Biography”). Payne has two older sisters. While in school he was a runner and a singer. Payne was qualified to try out of the Olympics but decided to try out for The X-Factor. In 2008, Liam was on The X-Factor he made it to he top 24 finalist until Simon Cowell told him that he was just too young. Liam went back and did a stunning cover of “Cry Me a River” by Michael Bubblé (“Liam Payne Biography”). He got a standing ovation by the judges and was sent to the next round. He was later eliminated from being a solo …show more content…
There was only one more name that could be called, but it was not either of the five boys. They were all gutted. Right when everyone was about to leave Simon Cowell called five more boys names; Niall, Louis, Harry, Zayn, and Liam (1D: One Direction). Harry thought it was just to make good TV (1D: One Direction). Simon made a decision, in about 10 minutes, to put these five boys into a band (1D: One Direction). The only thing the five boys could think of was what they were all going to wear. They didn 't even have a name yet or even know if they could sing together. In order to get to know each other they all went to Harry’s dads bungalow where they were suppose to be rehearsing but they mostly played soccer and messed around (One Direction. 1D). After just one performance there was about 200 fans outside (1D: One Direction). It came down to the three finalist but Rebecca Ferguson beat the boys. Zayn ended the night saying “this isn’t the last of One Direction” (1D: One