Finding a new boyband was no easy feat for Simon Cowell , particularly as only a small handful of lads were keen to try their luck. The music mogul announced he was ready to create the next One Direction earlier this year and announced a string of auditions for music enthusiasts and talents to show off their skills. Auditions began this Saturday, July 6, 2024, and will feature in Simon's upcoming Netflix programme The Midas Touch, but the X Factor star's search descended further into chaos when a trickle of 40 people showed up.
READ MORE: Nicki Minaj leaves fans fuming in the lashing rain after showing up to her Malahide Castle gig over an hour late READ MORE: Al Porter returns to the stage to reprise iconic panto role The small crowd showed up at Liverpool's Albert Dock, worlds away from the long queues of hopefuls ready to face the X Factor judges, and one source revealed organisers faced a similar outcome for this Sunday's (July 7) auditions. One source told The Sun : "They started arriving slowly from about 9am on Saturday but the biggest number in the queue never amounted to more than about 40. By early afternoon, the number arriving had virtually dried up and it was the same story on the Sunday audition.
" The insider revealed that organisers had clearly expected for more people to show up as they added: "The amount of railings they put up suggested they were expecting hundreds or thousands of people to arrive and pack out the queues but they had a fraction of those kind.
