Simon Cowell shares ‘special’ unseen footage of One Direction as Liam Payne celebrates 30th birthday

In an Instagram post, Simon Cowell shared an unseen video of One Direction during their time on X Factor.Simon Cowell

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00:00 I think now is a good time for groups full stop.

00:03 You can just feel that there's another wave

00:04 happening again.

00:06 So I'm actually quite happy I've got this category.

00:08 And if I can make something work from this category,

00:13 then we've got a chance of launching another pop star.

00:15 That's what I want to do.

00:16 And there's one group, interestingly,

00:22 that I'm quietly confident about.

00:24 I've just got a feeling we may have something special

00:29 in this bunch.

00:30 I've just got a feeling.

00:32 [LAUGHTER]

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