One Direction reunion seems ruled out by Simon Cowell

June 11, 2024, 1:56 p.m.

Bad news for One Direction fans, as Simon Cowell has spoken out about the chances of the boyband reuniting and all signs point to it being highly unlikely.

One Direction fans have been slowly gearing up for the past few years in hopes of a One Direction Reunion show, something that has been rumored about for a while now.

With the stable careers of Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne has bounced back and even the always elusive Zayn Malik has just relaunched himself in the industry with the release of his latest album “Room Under The Stairs” released in May 2024. .

Zayn’s re-emergence into the company was something fans were clinging to in hopes that a reunion was in the works, especially as 2025 marked the 10th anniversary of the Bradford local’s decision to leave the group .

Sadly, Simon Cowell hopped on a podcast to crush our hopes and dreams.

Speaking to Steven Bartlett on the Diary of a CEO podcast, Simon was asked “Will they come back”, the businessman simply replied “I doubt it”.

The X factor The creator didn’t develop any reasoning, he simply repeated “I doubt it.”

It comes after the five boys, now men, were asked in recent years if they would be willing to reunite, with the response being positive, with Harry saying they “would never say never to that” last year and Liam even revealing that they were. all in a WhatsApp group according to The daily mail.

But maybe fans should give Simon’s words more weight, after all, it was essentially him and Nicole Scherzinger who initially formed the group after seeing the boys audition individually along the way. The X factor in 2010.

Despite auditioning as solo artists, the boys were grouped together to create One Direction and Simon agreed to sign them to his former label Synco Music.

It’s this period that Simon reflects on during his interview with the podcast, where he reveals that he regrets not retaining the rights to the band’s name.

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“If one band member says, for whatever reason, they don’t want to tour, that can stop others from touring,” he said, revealing the restrictions imposed now that band rights property of “One Direction” are shared among the members of the group. five boys.

“If you listen to me, I’ll buy it back for you,” he finished jokingly. Simon is once again on the hunt for another big boy band in the Western world and will hold auditions across the UK in 2024 while filming a documentary series.

“I’m doing it because right now, because in my opinion, I don’t think a band has been as good as One Direction since One Direction,” he told Rolling stone, “The only way I know [how] To start a band, someone has to audition. So we said, “You know what, if I don’t do it this year, I’m really going to regret it.”

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