Just before Liam Payne’s unexpected death, The X Factor was looking back at how One Direction got its start. The group finished third in season 7 of the UK hit music competition show in 2010, and with the meteoric success it experienced in the years that followed,

Cowell created and judged “The X Factor,” the show on which he and fellow judges put together Payne’s band, One Direction, in 2010.

After Liam Payne died at age 31 on Wednesday, his friends from One Direction and 'The X Factor' reacted online.

Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole first met when he appeared on ‘X Factor’ in 2008 but didn’t begin their relationship until eight years later

Danielle Peazer is speaking out about how she's been dealing with the death of her ex, Liam Payne, who was found dead Oct. 16 after suffering a fatal fall in Argentina.

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Danielle Peazer is sharing her reaction to the singer’s death. Peazer, 36, who dated Payne for two years after meeting on the U.K.’s talent show The X Factor in 2010, posted a tribute to the late singer on Saturday,

Danielle Peazer, who notably dated Liam Payne at the peak of his X Factor UK fame, has broken her silence on his sudden death at 31. "Over the last few days, I've been trying to process the news of Liam's death.

Liam Payne’s ex-girlfriend Danielle Peazer has candidly spoken out about the singer’s death. The 36-year-old dancer took to her Instagram Story on October 19 to share a tribute to Payne, who died Wednesday evening after falling from the third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires,

Liam Payne's ex-girlfriend Danielle Peazer has broken her silence after the former One Direction star tragically died in Argentina earlier this week