Simon Cowell Sees A One Direction Reunion: ‘My Gut Feeling Is Yes’

By Shakiel Mahjouri. Published: 12 Nov 2019 1:59 PM

Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, Liam Payn and Simon Cowell. Photo by Jon Furniss/Invision/AP, File

Simon Cowell will not be surprised to see One Direction reunite.

Cowell told the U.K. radio show “Heart Breakfast” on Tuesday that he expects Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik to get back together in the not-so-distant future.

“My gut feeling is yes,” Cowell told hosts Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden. “I mean, they’re all doing great solo wise, at the moment, but they had a lot of hits.”

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— Heart (@thisisheart) November 12, 2019

“They could do tour after tour after tour,” he continued. “You know you could sell out a One Direction gig or a stadium tour in about 20 seconds.”

When asked when a reunion could occur, Cowell predicted: “I would say within five years.”

One Direction were active between 2010 and 2016 before going on indefinite hiatus. As a group, One Direction won nearly 200 awards, including Billboard Music Awards and MTV Awards.