The song holds special significance since Payne spoke about the friendly competition between Bieber and One Direction

Payne’s first audition, in 2008, ended him with “making it as far as the judges’ camp with Simon Cowell,” when he was let go, Daily Beast reported. “I was really young then and I wasn’t ready,” he said in the second audition video, which occurred two years later. “Now I’m 16 and I’m back and I’m ready to give it another shot.”

Former The Xtra Factor presenter Konnie Huq remembered the ‘self deprecation’ of the loveable singer on the show

Check out which Justin Bieber song Liam Payne sang his last stage performance before his tragic and sudden death.

Liam Payne’s heartbreaking final performance has resurfaced after his tragic death. The star’s death was announced on Wednesday. The former One Direction star was holidaying in Buenos Aires with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy when he fell from the third floor of a hotel.

Liam Payne, who tragically died on Wednesday at the age of 28, performed for the final time at a private event in London in 2022 - and the footage has resurfaced