One Direction: Forever Young: Our Official X Factor Story. One Direction

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      Zayn with his older sister

      As soon as I went to school I began singing. My teachers always said that I should join a choir, so I did exactly that. Then when I was nine I played Oliver in the school play, and that went down well, and I really began to enjoy being in front of an audience.

      When I went to secondary school, everyone realised that I could sing, so I started entering talent shows and I even won a few of them here and there. I sang ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’ by The Script, and ‘Last Request’ by Paolo Nutini in two competitions.

      While I was doing one of the talent shows, a guy asked me if I wanted to take part in a local Stars in Their Eyes type competition. I sang Jason Mraz’s ‘I’m Yours’, and although I didn’t win, I got a lot of good local press, which was pretty cool.

      At school I loved French and Geography because I had really good teachers, but I was terrible at English and Maths. I talked a lot during lessons, but I didn’t get into trouble too much. All the teachers seemed to like me even though I was far from the perfect pupil.

      The town where I live is quite small and there isn’t much for young people to do. I spent most of my time just hanging out with my friends or singing, and obviously all that singing is what led me to The X Factor.

      When I went along for the audition I was a student at Coláiste Mhuire and I’d just finished my GCSEs. I was planning to go to university and study Civil Engineering, which would have been a bit different from the pop-star route.

      Zayn: I’ve always been quite noisy and confident, even when I was a kid. I had bags of energy and I was always running around. In fact, I was so hyperactive that once my mum even took me to the doctor. I wasn’t allowed any vitamin C because that’s what was making me so hyper.

      I was an in-your-face kind of kid and a bit of a handful. I always sang and I was in the school choir even in primary school, and then I carried on singing whenever I could. But not on the same scale as The X Factor, obviously.

      Liam loved singing from a young age

      Zayn as a toddler

      Louis as a toddler

      I’ve always been the loud one in my house. I’ve got one older sister called Doniya, who’s 19, and two younger sisters, Waliyha, who’s 10, and Safaa, who’s eight. I like being the only boy because it means I’m pretty spoilt. I’ve got the big TV and a Playstation and they have to share a room, whereas I get my own.

      I don’t mean to sound like a bighead, but I was quite popular at school. I was a bit of a bad boy and I used to mess about and have a laugh. I did well all the same and passed 11 GCSEs with high grades. I remember my Drama teacher telling me that if I carried on and worked hard I could really make something of myself, but I thought she probably said that to everyone so I took it with a pinch of salt. When it came to A-levels I thought I could keep getting away with it, so I still messed about quite a lot, and I ended up with pretty rubbish grades.

      I’ve acted since I was 12 and I’ve been in a lot of shows because I was at a performing arts school. I played Bugsy in Bugsy Malone, and was also in Scrooge and Grease. When I was younger, I always wanted to be an actor, but I also really liked the idea of becoming a drama teacher. Louis and I are very similar like that – he wanted to do the same.

      I thought teaching would suit me. I come from a big family, as my dad was one of eight children, and I’ve got loads of cousins. We’re always in each other’s houses and I’ve always been around people. Also, I look after my younger sisters, and I like kids, so teaching felt like something that I could do.

      Louis: I grew up in Doncaster and I talked a lot from a really young age. I’ve always been a little bit gobby and not lacking in confidence. Apparently I used to sit in my pushchair and talk to random people and get annoyed when they wouldn’t reply. When I was about four, this man walked past and I said hello and he ignored me, so I turned round to my mum and said really loudly, ‘He’s mardy, isn’t he?’ I wasn’t a shy boy.

      Louis limbering up

      Harry dressing up

      I’ve got four younger sisters: Charlotte, who’s 12, Felicity, who’s 10, and identical twins called Daisy and Phoebe, who are six. I’m a pretty good older brother, I think. I get on really well with all of my sisters and I look out for them. People are often very surprised how good I am with kids.

      I’ve always really enjoyed singing, but when I was younger I was much more into acting. I used to do little bits of work as an extra in TV shows like Fat Friends, and I also had a small speaking part in an ITV drama called If I Had You.

      When I was about three I wanted to be a Power Ranger when I grew up. Then, like a lot of lads, I went through a phase of wanting to be a footballer. СКАЧАТЬ