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Niall Horan on X Factor audition: 'I didn't realise it was me pretty much leaving home for good'

One Direction star Niall Horan has reflected on his X Factor experience.

The singer auditioned for the TV talent show in 2010 as a solo contestant, but left the series as part of finalists One Direction.

They didn't win the competition - that honour went to Matt Cardle - but the group have achieved massive global fame.

Speaking in the band's new book Who We Are, Horan said that he feels his childhood was unexpectedly ended due to his sudden rise to fame.

The Irishman said: "My childhood was cut short by The X Factor because One Direction took off and I never really got the chance to finish school or do my exams or anything like that.

"After the first audition, I packed up everything in my life in a bag. I didn't realise at the time that, when I was stuffing clothes into the little suitcase, that was pretty much me leaving home for good."

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Watch Niall Horan on the X Factor below: