New unseen footage from earlier on in One Direction‘s formation during The X Factor has been revealed.
One Direction. Credit: Chiaki Nozu/WireImage
A 30-minute video features previously unseen footage of the boy band 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.
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.
In an interview, Niall Horan revealed that while “all the members” of the group — including Zayn Malik — talk regularly, a reunion is unlikely. “It’s like the conversation never happened,” he shared. “It’s a great legacy to have. No, I don’t think [asking about a reunion] sucks the air out of the room. It’s more like, the answer is the same. The conversation never happened. God knows how it would have ended up — it could have been like a Friends reunion, it could have been a tour. God knows what it would have been, but no, it’s never been talked about.”