(ThyBlackMan.com) If you do not know him already, Louis Tomlinson is one of the members of the British boy band One Direction, which has four other members. The group became a teenage heartthrob sensation as soon as it was formed in 2010 on the X Factor. Louis Tomlinson was born on Christmas Eve of 1991 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, which makes him a Capricorn. He came into the lime light while auditioning at the X Factor. At the time of auditioning for the show, he was a sixth-form student from Hall Cross School.
Joining one direction
Louis Tomlinson auditioned for the show singing the song ‘Hey there Delilah’ by The Plain White T’s.The three-judge panel put him through to the next round, but he was rejected at boot camp as a solo act. He was then put 
together with other solo acts from the group by Simon Cowell to form the One Direction band.
The group went al the way to the finals and came in third place. Later, they signed a 2million pound deal with theSyco record company owned by Simon Cowell. Louis Tomlinson and his band mates began working on their album and released the first single ‘What Makes you beautiful’ in September 2011.
Some interesting facts about the pop start
- Louis Tomlinson is the oldest band member of One Direction, with a whole 13month lead over the second oldest, Zayn Malik
- The pop star was born to father Troy Austin and mother JohannahPoulston, but the two slip up when Louis was still young thus he took up the surname of his stepfather Tomlinson
- Louis Tomlinson has five half siblings all sisters, four on his mother’s side named Phoebe, Daisy, who are twins, Charlotte, Félicité, and one on the father’s side named Georgia
- At age 11, he had a role as one of the extras in Fat Friends on ITV, while his half sisters the twins starred in the shows as newborns
- Inspired by his small part in Fat Friends, Louis Tomlinson began attending part time acting classes, and eventually landed roles in ‘If I had You’ and ‘Waterloo Road’
- Before auditioning for the X Factor, he held several part-time jobs including being a hospitality waiter at Rovers Football Club and working at a cinema
- Louis Tomlinson’s biggest role model is Robbie Williams but his all time favorite band is The Fray, and there song ‘Look After You’ is his favorite song of all time
- When he as little, he wanted to work on a farm, but obviously those dreams took an entirely different direction when he grew up
- Louis Tomlinson loves to party but he considers himself a one-woman person, and would never cheat on his girlfriend, a Manchester University student named Eleanor Calder
- His middle name is William, but is little known to his fans because he never uses it, at least not in the public eye
Louis Tomlinson was given a Telling Off by a US police officer while filming the video for the song ‘What Make’s You Beautiful’ for driving erratically.
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