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LONDON (Reuters) -Fourteen years after launching One Direction on The X Factor, music mogul and television personality Simon Cowell is looking for the UKs next big boy band, embarking on a new project differing from the talent shows he is known for...
Cowell will hold auditions for 16-18 year-olds in Liverpool, Dublin and London over the summer in a bid to form megastars on levels not seen in Britain since the best-selling One Direction, who found fame on his televised singing competition The X Factor before parting ways several years later...
Weirdly since One Direction, there hasnt been a successful UK band, which I dont understand why, Cowell told Reuters in an interview...
As a viewer, Id find it more interesting, particularly if I was a performer, Id really want to see why people get chosen and what is the process you go through, Cowell said...
Asked what response he had received so far, he said: You really dont know until you turn up on the day If not enough people turn up or that I just dont think theyre right, then were gonna have to keep going.. (Reporting by Marie-Louise GumuchianEditing by Tomasz Janowski)..
