Liam Payne's tragic death has left music fans around the world heartbroken ... such as his tryouts for The X Factor, which marked the beginning of One Direction as a band. Payne originally ...

And I just started crying." But that wasn't the end of the story. As with many X Factor auditions, family members were waiting in the wings. Sarah says a producer encouraged her then-fiance ...

Back in 2008, the world was introduced to a budding young singer named Liam Payne when he auditioned for the fifth season of ...