Tom: give me Direction

LOUIS Tomlinson will ★

be visited by a ghost from the past when a singer who auditioned for the show in the same year he did returns for another shot at the big time.

Tom Richards, 24, from south Wales, reached the judges’ houses stage of the show in 2010, the year that Tomlinson and his One Direction bandmates were put together as a group.

The band went on to finish third in the final behind champion Matt Cardle and runner-up Rebecca Ferguson but went on to sell over 50million records worldwide. Richards, who has been performing at birthday parties and funerals since appearing on the show, will suggest he was considered for One Direction.

He will say: “At boot camp that year One Direction was formed. “I’m not saying I could have been in One Direction but there was a slight possibility that I could have been and my life would have been quite different today.”

Next Saturday firefighter Richard Ryan, 25, from Kidderminster, will sing The Darkness hit I Believe In A Thing Called Love, after been styled by his grandma Pat.

Also trying to impress Louis and his co-judges will be West End performer Giovanni Spano, 33, with a rendition of Gimme Some Lovin’ by The Spencer Davis Group.