{"id":154410,"date":"2025-12-17T15:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=154410"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:53:38","slug":"simon-cowell-announces-the-new-boy-band-d10-aiming-to-replicate-one-directions-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/simon-cowell-announces-the-new-boy-band-d10-aiming-to-replicate-one-directions-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Cowell announces the new boy band D10, aiming to replicate One Direction&#8217;s success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through a new documental mini-series, <strong>Simon Cowell<\/strong> announces the new boy band <strong>D10<\/strong>, aiming to replicate <strong>One Direction<\/strong>&#8216;s success, generating mixed reaction among the boy group fans on social networks.<\/p>\n<p>On December 10, the British director of the music company Sony Music released a new <strong>Netflix<\/strong> series titled <strong>&#8216;Simon Cowell: The Next Act&#8217;<\/strong>, in which he returned to his recruiter role when documenting the formation of a new boy band.<\/p>\n<p>The new musical act was named in honor of the release date, <strong>December 10<\/strong>, or by its acronym, D10, which immediately generates comparisons to Simon Cowell&#8217;s previous boyband, One Direction, the global sensation of 2010, sparking the debate about if it is possible to replicate that previous success with this formula.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/popcrave\/status\/1999518535723122754?s=46\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Simon Cowell announces formation of a 7-member boy band named December 10 on his Netflix show, \u2018Simon Cowell: The Next Act.\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CYhd5Xq8Rp\">pic.twitter.com\/CYhd5Xq8Rp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1999518535723122754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although the boy group was planned to have only 5 members, just like One Direction, the chemistry and connection between the seven finalists made Cowell keep them all together: <strong>Cruz, Danny, Josh, Sean, Nicolas, John, and Hendrik<\/strong>, all of them between 16 and 19 years old and from different parts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>On social networks, fans and netizens shared <strong>criticisms<\/strong> about this this new musical act:<em> &#8220;He really thinks he can do One Direction again&#8221;, &#8220;he already has the Harry of the group but they will never be 1D \ud83d\ude2d&#8221;, &#8220;From 1D to D10&#8221;, &#8220;they will never be one direction&#8221;, &#8220;You know Simon Cowell has lost his touch when he allows them to named &#8216;December 10&#8242;&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n        <blockquote hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philconcerts\/status\/2000743539609854229?s=46\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From 1D to D10<\/p>\n<p>Meet the 7 members of December 10, Simon Cowell&#39;s new boy band. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/unHAZ4VSjE\">pic.twitter.com\/unHAZ4VSjE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Philippine Concerts (@philconcerts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/philconcerts\/status\/2000743539609854229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n        <\/figure>\n        \n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through a new documental mini-series, Simon Cowell announces the new boy band D10, aiming to replicate One Direction&#8216;s success, generating mixed reaction among the boy group fans on social networks. 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