Netflix are reportedly moving ahead with their Building the Band reality series following the recent passing of judge Liam Payne. News of Building the Band first broke in August 2024, with Netflix revealing they had recruited Payne as a judge for the show alongside the Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger and Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland.

Liam Payne will make a posthumous appearance as a guest judge on Netflix's Building the Band, a talent show set to premiere in 2025, honoring his legacy in music.

Netflix launched production on Building the Band, an upcoming competition series that assembles a new band without the members meeting until it was time to hit the stage. The streaming service recruited a slate of judges including Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland,

Netflix is going ahead with the Liam Payne 'Building the Band' talent show following the ex-One Direction star's fall off a hotel balcony.

The former One Direction singer was on the judging panel for the series from Remarkable Entertainment that was produced on a U.K. set last summer.

Liam Payne will appear posthumously as a guest judge on Netflix’s Building the Band, surprising his family. They believed discussions about the show were ongoing and had not finalized their approval,

Building the Band follows judges Liam, Nicole Scherzinger (The Pussycat Dolls) and Kelly Rowland (Destiny’s Child) as they scout members for the next up and coming boy band. Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean also features as the show’s host.

Liam Payne is set to appear as a judge on an upcoming Netflix competition show filmed months before his death.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix had never publicly said that they would not continue which the project, which also stars former pop band members Nicole Scherzinger (T