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INSIDE SHOWBIZ: Why 'uncool' Simon Cowell is defying Liam Payne's grieving bandmates to press on with his televised search for a new One Direction, by KATIE HIND
Liam Payne's membership of One Direction tragically put him on the road to destruction. And it is for that reason that music industry executives had been expecting Simon, 65, to ditch the project.
When Simon Cowell announced he was on the hunt for a new boy band – a challenge he would film for a television audience – members of his biggest success story, One Direction, were not exactly thrilled. The Mail on Sunday has previously revealed that the show's original ambition of finding a new boy band that could hit the same heights as One Direction had been scaled down after auditions were cancelled. But the stinging truth may be that the once mighty music mogul, who previously dominated the charts with artists such as Leona Lewis, Westlife and Sinitta, is struggling to attract new talent.
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