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Evening Standard
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Tina Campbell

Nicole Scherzinger 'proud' to have discovered One Direction and Rylan Clark on The X Factor

Nicole Scherzinger has reflected on how she instantly spotted the star potential of One Direction and Rylan Clark when they auditioned while she was a judge on The X Factor.

The former Pussycat Dolls singer, 45, claims she was the one who suggested to head judge Simon Cowell that Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne would be “stronger as a group” after they all auditioned individually back in 2010.

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