{"id":1536,"date":"2010-10-01T16:30:41","date_gmt":"2010-10-01T15:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/?p=1536"},"modified":"2012-02-18T01:05:59","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:05:59","slug":"simon-cowells-new-boy-band-1-direction-could-be-helped-by-justin-bieber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/1536\/simon-cowells-new-boy-band-1-direction-could-be-helped-by-justin-bieber\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell&#8217;s New Boy Band 1 Direction Could Be Helped by Justin Bieber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speculation is mounting that new boy band 1 direction could do very well on the X Factor this year thanks to the Justin Bieber effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1 direction\" src=\"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/images\/uk\/x2010\/bootcamp\/1direction.jpg\" title=\"1 direction\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"666\" height=\"436\" \/><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-0466605792016836\";\n\/* blogsmalllink 468x15, created 6\/7\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"6221751502\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 15;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>1 Direction is made up of 5 boy\u2019s age 16 to 17 that auditioned as solo acts but failed to make it through to the judge\u2019s houses in the boy\u2019s category. 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