Cowell teamed Payne up with four other contestants to form One Direction, a boy band that would become one of the most successful music groups of the early 2010s.

When she was 15, though, she found One Direction on “The X-Factor UK” – five floppy-haired, skinny teenage boys around her age, singing together on her screen. Looking back now, the members ...

When she was 15, though, she found One Direction on "The X-Factor UK" - five floppy-haired, skinny teenage boys around her age, singing together on her screen. Looking back now, the members of One ...