Watch previously unseen footage of One Direction covering Kelly Clarkson on ‘The X Factor’

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One Direction‘s formation during The X Factor has been revealed.Yesterday (August 30), The X Factor UK published a video containing 30 minutes worth of previously unseen footage from the boyband’s time on the show, including the quintet covering a Kelly Clarkson song for judge Simon Cowell.In the footage, One Direction are seen practising Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn’, and later on in the clip, put on a special performance for Simon Cowell to see if they would have made it to the live finals of The X Factor.Below, watch One Direction cover Kelly Clarkson’s ‘My Life Would Suck Without You’ for Simon Cowell before being told that they’d made it through to the finals.One Direction formed in 2010 during The X Factor UK as all five members auditioned as solo acts but were grouped together by Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger.

Zayn Malik left One Direction in 2015 to focus on a solo career, and the boyband announced an indefinite hiatus in 2016.Speaking with Zane Lowe in a new interview for Apple Music 1 earlier this year, Niall Horan revealed that while “all members” of the group – including Zayn Malik – speak regularly, a conversation around a possible reunion reunion just hasn’t happened.“It’s just like the conversation hasn’t happened,” he shared. “It’s a great legacy to have.

No, I don’t think [asking about the reunion] sucks the air out the room. It’s more, the answer’s still the same. The conversation hasn’t happened.

God knows whether it ends up being — it could be like the Friends reunion, it could be a whole tour. God knows what it is, but no, it hasn’t been spoken about.”However, last month, Zayn Malik opened up about leaving One Direction and the band’s eventual hiatus in his first interview in six years.