{"id":1692,"date":"2012-05-18T13:37:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T12:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2012-12-28T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T19:54:30","slug":"one-direction-saved-the-x-factor-uk-following-their-worldwide-music-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetalentzone.co.uk\/musictv\/xfactor\/1692\/one-direction-saved-the-x-factor-uk-following-their-worldwide-music-success\/","title":{"rendered":"One Direction Saved The X Factor UK following their worldwide music success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"one direction x factor 2012\" src=\"\/images\/music\/onedirection\/1dtickets.jpg\" alt=\"onde direction x factor 2012\" width=\"380\" height=\"213\" \/>The success of One Direction might have secured the future of The X Factor on ITV according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Last year the show suffered from falling ratings and lost out  to Strictly Come Dancing on the BBC in terms of viewing figures on a weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, most of the winners in recent years have made little impact on the music charts and Simon Cowell has admitted that he considered pulling the show off air.<\/p>\n<p>However, the success of One Direction in American and across the world, showed that the ITV show still had the ability to find stars.<\/p>\n<p>1D\u2019s Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinnson and Zayn Malik took the US by storm, selling out tours and breaking sales records with their debut album \u2018What Makes You Beautiful\u2019 and the music mogul says their world domination changed his mind about cancelling the series on which they shot to fame.<\/p>\n<p>One Direction finished third on the 2010 series of The X Factor and Cowell told The Daily Star:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought: \u2018If we don\u2019t find real stars, it\u2019s a waste of everyone\u2019s time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>However 1D turned things around and he added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re No 1 in 30 countries. 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