The X Factor (U.S.) is an American television music competition to find new singing talent. One Direction has performed once on this show.
2012[]
One Direction performed on the The X Factor (U.S) on November 8, 2012. They performed "Live While We're Young" and "Little Things", despite the latter not being released as a single in the US. It was the first time they had performed in front of Simon Cowell since they were contestants on The X Factor (U.K.) .