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Nicole Scherzinger 'proud' to have discovered One Direction and Rylan Clark on The X Factor

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Nicole Scherzinger has reflected on how she instantly spotted the star potential of One Direction and Rylan Clark when they auditioned while she was a judge on The X Factor.

The former Pussycat Dolls singer, 45, claims she was the one who suggested to head judge Simon Cowell that , Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne would be “stronger as a group” after they all auditioned individually back in 2010.

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