Chilean Directioners had to find secret codes and put them into an application in order to win a Go1Den Ticket. The winner was Florence, who had spent two weeks listening to the Top 40 Chile radio station, and going on the social networks of the radio station and Sony Music Chile. Florence was invited to the Go1Den Ticket offices at Sony Music Chile to collect her huge ticket – she couldn’t have been happier. There are over 130,000 Chilean Directioners on the One Direction Chile page on Facebook alone, so Florence had been up against lots of fans who all wanted to win the trip to New York.
In March 2013, some of the Chilean fans travelled all the way to the UK to see the boys perform in Liverpool. A fan called Denisse posted up photos and updates so that all the Chilean fans could experience what she was seeing. One of the photos showed Liam lifting up Harry’s shirt and revealing the butterfly tattoo on his chest.
One Direction Detection Chile is a fan club representing all the Directioners in Chile. The club is run by Ann, Melanie, Paloma, Gabriel, Ale, Javiera and Daniela. They are really passionate about Harry, Niall, Liam, Louis and Zayn, and have organised lots of get-togethers for fans to meet up and talk about the boys. On 23 July 2012, they met up to celebrate the second anniversary of One Direction and had a big party. They even had a 1D cake. For Liam’s 19th birthday, hundreds of Chilean Directioners got together to wish him a happy birthday through a special video. They celebrate all the boys’ birthdays but Liam’s was the first they did that involved a video. To see the video, go to YouTube and search for ‘Happy 19 Birthday Liam Payne From Chile’.
Here are some messages Chilean fans from the fan club want to give to the boys if they ever come to Chile:
‘THANK YOU for everything. You help a lot of people with low self-esteem and it is really admirable.’ Constanza
‘I’m grateful for what you have done for us, personally. One Direction have helped me in many ways. Hope to see you soon in Chile, kisses.’ Franceska
‘Thank you for being my smile every day, thanks for making me feel pretty, special and unique, thanks for your dedication to your fans. I love you so much.’ Montserrat
‘I want to thank them for changing my life and for teaching me to not lose hope and to fight for my dreams.’ Sofía
‘They are part of my daily life, part of my life, part of me. They bring happiness to a lot of people and I’m so proud to be a Directioner, they make every day special.’ Diego