One Direction

One Direction is a british-irish boyband formed by Simon Cowell on x-factor. One Direction started out with a different boy band name then changed it to One Direction. One Direction was formed july 23 2010 at 8:22 pm on a friday night. They got 3rd place on x-factor finals with the help of Simon Cowell. One Direction.  They failed  the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band in London, England, in July 2010, during the "bootcamp" stage of the competition,  the "Groups" category. Nicole Scherzinger, a guest judge,and Simon Cowell have both claimed to have come up with the idea of forming a boy band. Simon Cowell took 10 minutes to put them together as a band.The band had many fans there supporting them. One Direction ended up rehearsing and having many fans for the support. Once they became popular and started making Music.