A fellow X Factor finalist has issued a stern warning to music mogul Simon Cowell following the death of One Direction star, Liam Payne. Payne died at the age of 31 on Wednesday after falling from the balcony of a hotel room in Buenos Aires,

Liam Payne first registered on the pop radar as a fresh-faced 14-year-old, trying out for The X Factor in 2008. "I should really be concentrating on my [school] work but I just think about singing too much,

ET looks back at Liam Payne’s career, from his journey on 'X Factor,' to becoming a mega star with boy band One Direction and eventually taking on his own solo project, 'LP1.' Liam died on Wednesday after falling from the third floor of an Argentina hotel.

The confidence, the swagger, the charisma, the believability, the voice, how you look: on the money.” In a difficult moment, the pure joy and celebration of Payne’s talent at the very beginning of his career 15 years ago is a cathartic pleasure to revisit.

Liam Payne rose to superstardom with One Direction before he even turned 18. Payne's later years were marred by his experience in one of the biggest groups of the 21st century.

Singer Liam Payne auditioned for X Factor in 2010 and after passing the first stage became part of the newly-founded group One Direction.