One Direction was one of the most successful “manufactured” groups in pop music history.
Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik were famously pieced together by svengali Simon Cowell on The X Factor in 2010.
Or did he?
Recently unearthed footage now shows it was judge Nicole Scherzinger who planted the seed that each of the young men should be grouped together instead of pursuing solo paths.
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