23 July 2025, 06:35 | Updated: 23 July 2025, 08:48

By Jordan North

I can still picture it, sat on me mum and dad’s settee, watching The X Factor, not thinking too much of it.

Just five lads chucked together at boot camp… and yet somehow, it just worked!

None of us could’ve predicted what came next. Within a few months, they were everywhere. They weren’t your slick, choreographed boy band. They were just them and that made people fall in love with the boys even more.

For loads of young people, One Direction were their Beatles, their Spice........

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