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Liam Payne Liam Payne was born in Wolverhampton, England on August 29, 1993. He was born to Karen and Geoff. Nicole and Ruth are Liam's two older sisters. From a young age Liam showed an interst in music and this led him to be a member in the band One Direction. Liam Payne competed on the television show The X Factor in 2008. He was eliminated after making it to the the final 24 competitors. Then in 2010 he auditioned again. He made it further this competition but was once again eliminated as a solo artist. Judges Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger made the decision to combine Liam with four other boys, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, and Harry Styles, to continue in the competition as a band named One Direction. The band made it into the final round and came in third place. One Direction had gained a large fan-base and at the end of the show, Simon Cowell signed them to his music label.