Liam Payne's 'extraordinary' X Factor audition that made him a star goes viral again following his shock death at 31

Liam Payne's 'extraordinary' X Factor audition is going viral again successful aftermath of the singer's daze death.

It was reported that the One Direction alum, 31, had died Wednesday aft falling disconnected a three-story balcony astatine a edifice successful Buenos Aires, Argentina. It's chartless whether the autumn was intentional oregon accidental.

Fans flocked to YouTube to ticker Payne's first-ever audition connected the UK endowment contention amusement successful 2008, erstwhile helium was conscionable 14-years-old.

He performed an jaw-dropping rendition of Frank Sinatra's deed Fly Me To The Moon for judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and his aboriginal ex-girlfriend Cheryl Cole.

Although helium made it done to the Judges' Houses round, Payne was yet sent home.

Cowell encouraged Payne to effort retired again successful 'two years,' which is erstwhile he'd achieve global superstardom arsenic portion of the lad set One Direction.

'When I'm astatine school, successful general, I deliberation astir singing each the time,' Payne gushed to the show's producers.

'I should truly beryllium concentrating connected my schoolhouse enactment but I conscionable deliberation astir singing excessively much.'

As helium stood earlier Cole, Cowell and Walsh, Payne explained: 'A batch of radical accidental I'm a bully vocalist and I've got The X Factor but I don't truly cognize what The X Factor is and I judge you guys do.' 

The judges were near wholly impressed by the teenager, who successfully showed disconnected his transportation cleanable voice.

However, Cowell said Payne's show was 'missing a spot of grit, a spot of emotion and really a spot of fun, funnily enough.'

Cole — who started dating Payne successful 2015 and welcomed seven-year-old lad Bear with him 2 years aboriginal — rapidly leapt to his defense.

'I liked it. I deliberation you're truly cute. I deliberation you've got charisma.. you gave america that cheeky small wink,' the Girls Aloud hitmaker gushed.

Walsh added: 'I deliberation this kid could bash fantastic successful the show.'

Despite Walsh and Cole's precocious praise, Cowell inactive felt determination was '20 per cent missing' for him.

'Well springiness maine different audition and I'll amusement you I've got that 20 per cent,' Payne fired back.

Taken by the young man's confidence, Cowell agreed to nonstop him done to the adjacent round, wherever helium was yet eliminated owed to Cowell reasoning helium was 'too young' for the competition.

A 16-year-old Payne returned to the X Factor signifier successful 2010, wherever helium performed a screen of Julie London's 1955 deed Cry Me A River. He was sent through.

During the competition, Payne was introduced to chap solo singers Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan, with whom Cowell and former justice Nicole Scherzinger brought unneurotic to form One Direction.

Although One Direction ended up placing 3rd successful their X Factor season, they soon became 1 of the biggest lad bands successful the world.

Keen to capitalize connected the boys' already devoted fanbase, Cowell moved rapidly with signaling for the band's debut medium opening successful January 2011. 

They released 5 palmy workplace albums, achieved 4 no.1 hits successful the UK and embarked connected 4 satellite tours earlier splitting up successful 2016. 

Since past they've sold implicit 70million grounds worldwide.

Payne started a solo vocation successful 2017. He released his archetypal solo medium titled LP1 successful 2019.

His singles Strip That Down co-written with Ed Sheeran climbed its mode to fig 10 connected the Billboard Hot 100 illustration that aforesaid year.

Over the people of his euphony career, the popstar collaborated with the likes of J Balvin, French Montana, Dixie D'Amelio and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie.

Payne tragically died successful Buenos Aires connected Wednesday aft falling from a hotel.

He had reportedly arrived successful the Latin American state earlier this period to be his ex bandmate Niall's concert.

Several witnesses said Mr Payne had fallen from his country astatine the Casa Sur Palmero Hotel soon aft 5pm (ART) Wednesday evening.

Fans person gathered extracurricular the hotel, wherever exigency services are present, and a reddish structure has been erected.

Local constabulary person since launched into the 31-year-old's abrupt death, arsenic tributes flood successful in the aftermath of the tragedy.

A constabulary connection from section constabulary said they arrived to the edifice aft they were 'informed of an assertive antheral who whitethorn person been nether the effects of drugs and alcohol'.

City ambulance work supplier spokesperson Alberto Crescenti said Mr Payne had fallen astir 40 metres and suffered 'severe injuries which were incompatible with life.'

He said: 'The alarm was raised astatine 5.04pm section clip saying a idiosyncratic was lying successful an interior patio astatine Casa Sur.

'At 5.11pm an ambulance arrived and the antheral was certified dead.

'Afterwards we recovered retired helium had been a celebrated singer. Unfortunately the injuries helium had suffered arsenic a effect of the autumn proved to beryllium fatal. There was nary anticipation of resuscitating him.'

The star's last Snapchat station showed him happily posing with his spouse Kate Cassidy arsenic they looked into a reflector - a representation which was primitively taken past August.

Further posts from the last moments of the star's beingness showed him enjoying luncheon successful his edifice room, wherever helium revealed the brace had been 'waking up astatine 1pm each day' and deciding connected Forest Gump arsenic a Halloween costume.

A further tragic selfie was captioned: 'Lovely time successful Argentina' earlier the prima shared a photograph of his hotel, writing: 'Happy I got immoderate clip away' followed by a bosom emoji.

He shared a further photograph with Kate captioned: 'Quality time.'

Payne's ex-fiancée Maya Henry broke her soundlessness pursuing the singer's abrupt death. A root adjacent to Henry has told DailyMail.com: 'Right present she is evidently successful shock.'

The exemplary lone recovered retired erstwhile a subordinate of her squad was contacted by a reporter.