Fact 240: Which boy band was formed in 2010?

Fact 240: Which boy band was formed in 2010?

The answer is One Direction (obviously), The boy band was formed on the 23rd July, 2010 on the British show The X Factor, all of the five members of One Direction auditioned and competed separately on the X factor as a solo performer. The band was formed by Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell and louis walsh,the group was started with Niall's name being called and then Harry's, then Louis', then Liam's and Zayn's.

Cowell later said that it "took (him) 10 minutes to put them together as a group". 

The name for the band was Harry styles idea, in fact Harry styles said “I thought it sounded good. We threw around names for a little bit, and I honestly don't know. I suggested it and everyone was like 'Yeah we like that' and then it kind of stuck, and that was what it was.”

The band split in 2016, after Zayn left the group in 2015, basically Harry, Neil, Louis and Liam stayed as one direction and put out one directions final album called Made In The A.M., before thy separated in 2016.

One Direction's last live performance before splitting as a group was at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve on December 31, 2015.

Liam Payne recently claimed that One Direction was actually formed around him as part of a promise Simon had made him two years prior to him going on the X factor.