In the extended cut of Niall Horan’s X Factor audition, before he became a megastar, Niall Horan appeared on the show as a member of one of the biggest boy bands in history, ‘One Direction’. Upon entering the stage, Niall tells the judges that he is there to be the best artist he can be. Niall is 16 and from Mullingar, Ireland.

There is a question asked by the judges, “Niall, what makes you different from all the other candidates? Why do you think you’ve got the X-Factor” Niall says he is ready to sell out shows and albums and become as big as the judges one day.

When the judges ask him to name one artist he believes he could be as big as, Niall responds, “I’m going to try Justin Bieber,” they ask him if he’s nervous, to which he replied, “Absolutely not!” Katy Perry asks, “Is this to make you really popular at school?” Niall responds, “I suppose Kate, yeah.” She laughs at his confidence, and he says he will sing “You got it bad” by Usher.

Although the crowd loves him, and they clap along until Simon waves him off and stops the music, he has a very raw voice, and the song does not suit him well, and you can see that from the judges’ expressions.

However, the judges only have good things to say about him. As Katy told him, he just needs to practice, and she encouraged him to practice, and he sang a few other sample-size songs. In the end, Simon told him that he thought he was unprepared, and he left.” I think you came with the wrong song. You’re not as good as you thought you were.

But I still like you.” The shock comes when Niall receives two ‘Yes’ votes from the guys, and Katy is left to make the decision, and she says, “Yes”, and Niall jumps up and yells in victory, and the rest as they say is history.