Niall Horan: 

Niall was a pupil at Coláiste Mhuire, a Christian Brothers School. Niall was into music from a young age, from about 5 or 6. He started playing the guitar when he was about twelve, and one year later he entered the school's talent show, singing The Script's 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved'. He didn't win, but got a lot of local press and good comments. He also entered a small local competition, where he was singing Chris Brown's 'With You', this time he won the show. In 2009, Niall supported Lloyd Daniels in a small music venue. All those things lade him realize he was maybe good at singing. in 2010,

​Liam Payne:
Studied Music Technology before auditioning for The X Factor for the second time. If he wasn't a singer he would want to be a firefighter or a gym teacher. Liam was on the reserve list for sprinting, for the 2012 London Olympics.

​Louis Tomlinson:
If he wasn't a singer, he would be a drama teacher. He plays piano. He used to work at Toys R Us.His twin sisters were on a show called "Fat Friends" when they were babies. Louis started doing extra work in TV and films during that time. Not long after The X Factor ended in 2010, Tomlinson faced criticism from first X Factor Winner Steve Brookstein in which Brookstein claimed Tomlinson wasn't a very good singer and couldn't believe he'd made it to the finals. However, Tomlinson received a lot of support from a number of celebrities and fans on twitter, with many claiming that Brookstein was just bitter and jealous due to failing to gain much success following his win in 2004.

​Zayn Malik:
Had he not auditioned for The X Factor, he would have liked to do an English Degree at University in the hopes of becoming a teacher. His grandfather on his fathers side, Mohammed was born in Pakistan. His mothers family is from Ireland and England. He is an artist, he even drew some of the pictures on One Direction's first album "Up All Night".

Harold Styles:
He was in a band called "White Eskimo" before One Direction. Worked in a bakery before the X-Factor. The judges worrying he wouldn't make it far in the competition. He sang “Stop Crying Your Heart Out” by Oasis before they decided he would work better in a group, putting him into One Direction.

Josh Devine:
Ever since the moment Josh picked up his first pair of sticks at the age of 3, it was clear that drumming would be a passion for life. He continued to play and practice throughout his childhood into his teen years where he started to form bands and write and record songs with the goal of one day turning his passion into a profession. In 2007, Josh entered and won two national Drumming competitions, Beat 2007 and Mapex Drummer of Tomorrow. After the success in the competitions, Mapex entered Josh in for the 18-25 category of the European Drummer of Tomorrow held in Frankfurt despite only being 16.

​Andrew Samuels:
Makes t-shirts for myboxclothing. Friends with Liam. (sorry that's all I could find.\: )

​Danielle Peazer:
Danielle Claire Peazer, Born on June 10, 1988 is 1/4 Italian 1/4 English and 1/2 Guyanese. She is professionally trained in classical ballet. She has also studied tap, modern dancing, and is currently working in the commercial dance industry. She has danced for many artists such as The Cool Kids, JLS, Jessie J, Leona Lewis, Kylie, Taio Cruz and LMFAO. She danced at The 2012 BRIT Awards during "My Heart Skips a Beat".

​Eleanor Calder:
She recently completed her second year at the University of Manchester where she's studying politics and sociology. She has worked as a floor model for the clothing store Hollister, but it's unknown if she's still working for them.
Her personality has been described by people close to both as a "female version of Louis". Some remark that she could pass as Louis' sister if they weren't together.

​Paul Higgins:
Specializing in Tour Management and Security within the Music and Entertainment Industry.

​Simon Cowell:
Simon Cowell started in the mailroom at EMI Music Publishing. He worked as a record producer, talent scout and consultant within the music industry before producing the hit British TV show Pop Idol and its U.S. counterpart, American Idol. Cowell's scathing comments were famous during his ten seasons as a judge on American Idol. He started judging The X Factor in 2011.

​Caroline Flack:
English television presenter, known for presenting I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! NOW! from 2008 to 2010 and The Xtra Factor since 2011.