Niall Horan
Niall James Horan, born 13 September 1993
(age 19), is from
Mullingar,
County Westmeath,
Ireland.
[96] Born to mother Maura Gallagher and father Bobby Horan,
[96] he has an older brother named Greg.
[97] Their parents divorced when he was five.
[96]
He and his brother lived between each of their homes for a few years
before eventually deciding to live with their father in Mullingar.
[96] Horan was a pupil at
Coláiste Mhuire, a boys'
Christian Brothers school.
[98][99] He was in the school choir, performing seasonally around Christmas.
[5][6]
Prior to participating in
The X Factor, he performed around his homeland, including as a support act for
Lloyd Daniels in Dublin.
[100] Horan has been playing guitar since his childhood.
[101] Horan has also stated that he is a "big
swing" fan, citing favourite artists
Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin and
Michael Bublé.
[102] Horan also cites rock music favourably and is a fan of
The Eagles,
Bon Jovi and
The Script.
[94][102]
Zayn Malik
Zain Javadd "Zayn" Malik,
[103][104] born 12 January 1993
(age 19), is from
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
[105] Born to
British Pakistani
father Yaser and an English mother, Tricia Malik (née Brannan), he has
one older sister, Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa.
[99][106] He grew up in
East Bowling,
[105] was a pupil at Lower Fields Primary School, and went to
Tong High School, a state comprehensive school.
[107]
Malik did not fit in at his first two schools due to his mixed
heritage, and after moving schools at the age of twelve, Malik, states
he started taking pride in his appearance.
[100]
On auditioning for
The X Factor, he stated: "I was looking for an experience".
[108] He cites
urban music as his main musical influence, growing up, he was into
R&B and
rap.
[100][108] He as well as other members of One Direction further notes artists such as
Bruno Mars, as a "dream collaborator."
[109] Malik is addicted to smoking cigarettes; in late 2011, he expressed his desire to quit.
[110] Malik once wrote on Twitter, "
La ila ha ill lalla ho muhammed door rasoolalah", known as a common declaration of faith among Muslims meaning: "There is no God but
Allah and
Muhammad is the
prophet of Allah."
[111][112]
Liam Payne
Liam James Payne,
[113] born 29 August 1993
(age 19), is from
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England.
[96] Born three weeks early to mother Karen and father Geoff,
[96][114] he has two older sisters, Ruth and Nicola.
[99]
Until the age of four, Payne had regular tests done in hospital as
doctors noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional.
[114] To help cope with the pain, he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child.
[114] As a student, Payne was heavily involved in sports.
[100] Payne was
bullied in secondary school and took up boxing lessons at the age of twelve.
[100] He was a
music technology student at
City of Wolverhampton College.
[115]
Payne had once performed in front of a 26,000 crowd at a
Wolverhampton Wanderers' football match.
[5][6] Payne first auditioned in 2008 to
The X Factor's
fifth series when he was fourteen.
[115]
He made it to the judges' houses, but Cowell thought he was not ready
for the competition and asked him to come back in two years.
[115] Payne cites
Justin Timberlake as one of his biggest influences.
[116] He also said that he draws inspiration from
Take That member
Gary Barlow when performing.
[116]
Harry Styles
Harry Edward Styles, born 1 February 1994
(age 18),
[117][118] is from the village of
Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, England.
[119] He is a former pupil at
Holmes Chapel Comprehensive School, a state comprehensive school.
[119] Born to mother Anne Cox and father Des Styles,
[96] he has an older sister, Gemma.
[99] He was seven when their parents divorced, his mother subsequently getting remarried.
[120] Following the divorce, Styles, his older sister and mother moved further out into the Cheshire countryside.
[100] At the age of twelve he moved back to Holmes Chapel.
[100] Prior to participating in
The X Factor, the then sixteen-year-old Styles had a part-time job at the W. Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel.
[121]
Styles was the lead singer for the band White Eskimo with band
members lead guitarist Haydn Morris, bass guitarist Nick Clough and
drummer Will Sweeny.
[119] They had once entered a Battle of the Bands competition, which they won.
[100] As a child, Styles loved singing, noting
Elvis Presley as one of his influences.
[100] He also cites Presley for his musical beginnings.
[100] Styles also cites contemporaries,
Foster the People,
Coldplay and
Kings of Leon among his influences.
[94] Styles states that
The X Factor gave him "a lot more" confidence as a performer.
[100] Styles says that he often looks to Coldplay front man
Chris Martin for inspiration when performing on stage.
[116] Styles also states that
The Beatles had an influence on him growing up, as his father would play their music.
[122]
Louis Tomlinson
Louis William Tomlinson, born Louis Troy Austin on 24 December 1991
(age 20),
[123][124][125] is from
Doncaster,
South Yorkshire, England.
[96] Born to mother Johannah Poulston and father Troy Austin,
[96] his parents split when he was young and he took on his stepfather Mark Tomlinson's name.
[96] He has five younger half-sisters, and two of them had roles as babies on television series
Fat Friends, on which he would go along and serve as an extra.
[100] After
Fat Friends, he attended an acting school in
Barnsley.
[100] He had small parts in an
ITV1 drama film
If I Had You and
BBC's
Waterloo Road.
[100] He was a
sixth form student at
Hall Cross School, a state comprehensive school, and a former pupil of
the Hayfield School.
[100] He revealed that he failed his first year of
A levels at the Hayfield School and ended up going back to Hall Cross and started A levels over again.
[100] He had a number of jobs, including at a
Vue cinema and at
Doncaster Rovers football stadium as a waiter in their hospitality suites.
[100][126]
As a student at Hall Cross, Tomlinson starred in several musical productions.
[6][127] Tomlinson revealed that landing the lead role of
Danny Zuko in the Hall Cross musical production of
Grease motivated him to audition for
The X Factor.
[6][128] Tomlinson cites
Robbie Williams as his biggest influence and idol.
[129] In an interview with
Now Magazine,
he stated: "I've always loved [Robbie]. He's just so cheeky, he can get
away with anything. His performances are unbelievable."
[129] He also admires recording artist
Ed Sheeran, describing him as "phenomenal.
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