One Direction 'destined to be massive' after tell-tale sign following X Factor debut

Former host Konnie Huq claims that it was clear that had made "very early on". The 49-year-old presenter opened up about her experience of witnessing the band being catapulted to fame.

On Wednesday (October 16) it was reported that had . The 31-year-old was on holiday in Buenos Aires, with his girlfriend Kate Cassidy.

Since the news broke . It has been said that he was in the Capital of Argentina to visit fellow bandmate Niall Horan after he was spotted earlier in the week .

Konnie looked back with fond memories of the band - which included Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan. She shared that the make-up room's walls were "covered in their fan mail", which left her in shock as it was very early on in the competition.

She told Today programme that it was "sort of obvious they were destined to be massive". Over a decade on, Konnie sweetly admitted that she had kept a photo of them all proudly sitting with hundreds of fan

Konnie was heard saying: "I've got this photo of them sort of sat in the make-up room, and literally the walls are covered in their fan mail, because we'd often stick up things. And it looked like already they were sort of, you know. My sort of equivalent growing up would have probably been Take That, or I could even go earlier than that," she added.

She continued: "But ... it looked like they had already made it. And this was before. I think it was maybe even possibly before we'd even gone to judges' houses.

"It was really very early on. They were getting a huge amount of fan mail. And that is just a weird thing for when you're not even sort of properly famous yet, to get that amount, you know, very early on. It was sort of obvious that they were destined to be massive," she continued.

Following the news has which were due to be held in Blackpool today.

Applause Store, who organised tickets for the filming, announced on Thursday morning: "Due to the tragic passing of Liam Payne, BGT has decided to postpone today's auditions in Blackpool. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause."

Simon, 65, was due to sit alongside the likes of , and KSI to film the third day of auditions.

It has been said that Liam's parents, Geoff and Karen Payne, reportedly after learning the horrific news.

The home, located in Codsall, stood silent on Thursday morning with its lower-level curtains firmly closed.

After being approached by journalists, a family member said: "We're obviously devastated at the news but we don't want to comment."