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Liam Payne's first X Factor audition aged 14 before One Direction fame resurfaces after shock death


Liam Payne's first audition for the X Factor has resurfaced following the shock news that the One Direction star has died at the age of 31 after a fall from a hotel

Liam first auditioned on the X Factor in 2008 (Image: ITV)He admitted to the judges, including Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, and Cheryl, "I should really be concentrating on my school work but I just think about singing too much." True to his word, Liam returned at 16 and landed a spot in One Direction alongside Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan, becoming part of one of the world's biggest boy bands. Liam went on to be a part of boyband One Direction (Image: ITV)They continued: "At 17.11 a SAME team arrived and verified the death of this man and later we found out that he was a singer in a musical group.

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