Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Simon Cowell 'praying' as he tells the UK he 'needs you' in new venture
manchestereveningnews.co.ukSimon Cowell has declared he "needs" the UK's help as he is "praying" he finds a group as talented as One Direction as he launches a country-wide search for a new boyband.
Fresh from the final of the 17th series of Britain's Got Talent, the music mogul has revealed that he is embarking on a hunt for a group to rival the success achieved by Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne, 14 years after forming One Direction on The X Factor in 2010.
Simon has said he wants to go "back to basics" with the search, in contrast to the auditions in front of large crowds on The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent, but the process will be filmed for a potential future documentary series. READ MORE: Mark Wright shares unseen photo with Michelle Keegan on her birthday after her 'move' update Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link Ahead of nationwide auditions set to begin later this month, Simon donned a pair of dungarees and scaled a ladder armed with a brush and bucket of poster paste to erect a billboard in London reading: "Simon needs you.
Future megastars wanted for new boyband. No time wasters." He has also told the PA news agency: "I would pray to find a band as good as One Direction and to find the records as good as they made, there are so many factors involved to make a band successful all over the world." "You can't fake this, even though I'm the one going out to do the auditions, it really depends on the individuals.
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