where did one direction finish in x factor
third place
title: One Direction text: One Direction One Direction is an English-Irish pop boy band based in London, composed of Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and, until his departure from the band in 2015, Zayn Malik. The group signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records after forming and finishing third in the seventh series of the British televised singing competition "The X Factor" in 2010. Propelled to international success by social media, One Direction's five albums, "Up All Night" (2011), "Take Me Home" (2012), "Midnight Memories" (2013), "Four" (2014), and "Made in the A.M." (2015), topped charts in most major markets, title: One Direction text: million (unadjusted for inflation). In 2014, "Billboard" named One Direction Artist of the Year. The band went on hiatus in January 2016, allowing all members to pursue other projects. As of 2017, the band has sold a total of 50 million records worldwide. In 2010, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson auditioned as solo candidates for the seventh series of the British televised singing competition "The X Factor". They failed to progress to the "Boys" category at "judges' houses" but were put together to form a five-piece boy band at Wembley Arena, in London, England, title: One Thing (One Direction song) text: performing in and around London. The group performed "One Thing" on televised programmes and four major concert tours: Up All Night Tour (2011–12), Take Me Home Tour (2013), Where We Are Tour (2014) and On the Road Again Tour (2015). After being formed and finishing third in the seventh series of "The X Factor" in 2010, One Direction were signed to Syco Music. Recording for their debut studio album, "Up All Night", began in January 2011. In February 2011, the boy band and other contestants from the series participated in the "X Factor" Live Tour. After the tour concluded in title: Kiss You (One Direction song) text: on "Take Me Home". The track became the group's sixth top-ten hit in Ireland and the United Kingdom, while attaining top-forty positions in both Belgian territories (Flanders and Wallonia), as well as in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. The single peaked at number 46 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments of 500,000 copies. One Direction performed "Kiss You" on both the UK and US versions of "The X Factor" and 3 major concert tours: Take Me Home Tour (2013), Where We title: Kiss You (One Direction song) text: According to the "Daily Mail", their "energetic rendition" of "Kiss You" proved that the group have an elusive quality. On 12 December 2012, the group also performed the number on the final of the second season of "The X Factor USA". Considering One Direction the "franchise's biggest success story", an editor for "The Huffington Post" opined that the boy band's prominent presence on both the US and UK versions of "The X Factor" seemed fitting. Not only Take Me Home Tour, they also performance in Where We Are Tour (2014) & On the Road Again Tour (2015) Credits adapted from