While singing competitions are nothing new, the fact that Boy Band is so open about its premise is interesting. One Direction, for example, formed on the British series The X Factor, but its members originally auditioned for the show as solo artists. And O-Town was formed on the 2000 MTV series Making the Band. Plus, there was the WB's Popstars, where a pre-Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger performed Whitney Houston and went on to win a spot in the girl group Eden's Crush