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Liam James Payne (born August 29, 1993) is a member of One Direction.Liam was born in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England to Geoff and Karen
Payne. He has two older sisters, Nicola and Ruth. Liam was born three weeks
early, and as a result he had a lot of health problems. He spent the first four
years of his life in and out of the hospital having regular tests done. Doctors
noticed one of his kidneys was scarred and dysfunctional. To help cope with the
pain he had 32 injections in his arm in the morning and evening as a child.


From the age of six, Liam had already
started showing signs of singing talent. He would sing for his relatives or pub
crowds on karaoke. However, he had his heart set on becoming an Olympic runner,
and was a member of the Wolverhampton and Bilston Athletics Club. He
would wake up at 5am every day to run five miles before school. His running
dream ended at 14 years old when he narrowly missed out on a spot in the England
schools team. At that point, he decided to completely focus on his singing.


He started perfecting his singing skills at the age of 12 when he joined Pink
Productions, a performing arts group based in Wolverhampton, that allowed him to
showcase his talent in front of a real audience for the first time.


Liam completed 11 GCSEs at St Peter’s Collegiate School before moving on to
study music technology at Wolverhampton College’s Paget Road campus, which he
hoped would help him learn more about the industry.Liam auditioned in 2008 for The X Factor's fifth series when he was 14 and
reached the judges' houses, but Simon Cowell thought he was not ready for the
competition and asked him to come back in two years. Liam felt Simon made the
right decision because doing the live shows when he was 15, he would have
struggled to cope.


Liam planned to return the following year, but was unable to audition due to
The X Factor raising the application age to 16.


In 2010, Liam returned and auditioned singing "Cry Me a River" and received a
standing ovation from the audience and Simon. He got a yes from all four judges
present at the audition.


At bootcamp, he sang "Stop Crying Your Heart Out" by Oasis. All three
judges liked him, but Simon felt it was a bit one-dimensional.


 

 
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Zain Javadd Malik, better known as Zayn Malik (born
January 12, 1993), is a member of One Direction.Zayn was born in West Lane, Baildon, Bradford, England to British Pakistani
father Yasser Malik and English mother Patricia. He has one older sister,
Doniya, and two younger sisters, Waliyha and Safaa. Zayn grew up in East
Bowling, located south of the Bradford city centre. He was a student at Lower
Fields Primary School in East Bowling and went to Tong High School, a state
comprehensive school.In 2010, when he was 17 years old, Zayn auditioned in Manchester for the
seventh series of The X Factor.

He sang "Let Me Love You" by Mario. All three judges — Simon, Louis, and Nicole — gave him a 'yes'. His audition was initially
not broadcast, but was later shown on The Xtra Factor.


He was noted for becoming nervous in bootcamp, and when he was told he had to
dance, he decided to remain backstage, effectively running the risk of
elimination. Simon noticed Zayn missing from the dance routine and
went backstage and convinced him to return.


Following The X Factor, One Direction signed a record contract with
Sony Music subsidiary Syco Music. They released their studio album, Up
All Night
.Zayn is of English and Pakistani descent. He and his family are rumored to be
Muslim, but it has not been confirmed. He has a dog named Boris.


On 29 February 2012, Zayn left One Direction's tour
to return to the UK and be with his family due to the death of a family
member.[1]


Zayn smokes cigarettes. In late 2011, he announced that his New Year's
resolution is to quit smoking.


He has seven tattoos: a Yin Yang on his wrist, a picture of crossed fingers
on his forearm, his grandfather's name, Walter, in Arabic on his chest, a "born
lucky" symbol, a playing card on his side, and a chinese symbol on his hip
(which was later covered by a heart), a native new Zealand fantail on his neck
and an inscription across his collarbone. Malik tweeted that it meant "be true
to who you are".


RelationshipsEditZayn and Rebecca Ferguson.
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Zayn dated fellow The X Fa​ctor contestant Geneva Lane briefly.[2]


Afterwards, he began dating another fellow X Factor contestant, Rebecca Ferguson which caused controversy because of
the six year age difference. The relationship ended after 4 months together. In
November 2011 Rebecca stated in an interview: "Me and Zayn just grew apart. I
wish him all the best."


Zayn is currently dating Perrie Edwards from Little Mix. They met when One
Direction performed on the eighth season of The X Factor. They were
rumored to be dating, but neither confirmed being in a relationship with each
other. In May 2012 pictures that seem to confirm they're romantically involved
appeared.