If you thought that the singers of boy bands were chosen only for their plastic and had no other talent, you will be disillusioned.
Harry Styles, who found fame thanks to One Direction, a group formed during the British tele-hook
X Factor
, was already a seed of an artist at just 16 years old.
The show has just broadcast its very first audition, images that the public had never even seen.
And the conclusion is there.
First of all, the singer knew how to charm the jury with his ease and his humor.
Not the least disconcerted in front of Simon Cowell (reputed to be the "bad guy" of the panel), he answered all his questions, even the most incongruous.
The producer indeed asked him to detail his job as a seller in a bakery for long minutes.
talent and humor
Indeed, the artist, at that time, worked on weekends while continuing his schooling during the week.
He even intended to study “law” and “business”.
Harry Styles responded with humor to the juror, detailing the list of treats that sell more or less well in the shop that employs him.
And when asked why he comes to audition, Harry Styles explains that his “mother thinks I sing well”.
New tackle from Simon Cowell: “No mother knows that”.
And the future star to answer him: "That's why I'm here: to get the opinion of people who know".
Finally comes the time to sing.
Harry Styles chose
Hey Soul Sister
, from Train, and rushes off, music playing in the background.
Not necessarily convinced, Simon Cowell asks him to try an a capella title and it will be
Isn't She Lovely
, by Stevie Wonder.
One of the jurors, Louis Walsh, finds Harry Styles not yet "mature enough" to get into show business, but Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell are won over.
The rest, we know it…
To see the entirety of this unpublished sequence, it is here.
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