Liam Payne's posthumous appearance in Netflix talent show unconfirmed contrary to reports
Liam Payne's posthumous appearance in Netflix talent show unconfirmed contrary to reports
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Late One Direction singer will feature as guest judge in ‘Building The Band’. One Direction star Liam Payne will feature posthumously as a guest judge in a forthcoming Netflix talent competition, which was recorded before his death, according to reports.
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Building The Band, which matches up singers to form bands without seeing each other, was announced in September in the streaming giant before Payne died on 16 October, aged 31, after falling from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Netflix has revealed that Backstreet Boys star AJ McLean will host the series, while Pussycat Dolls star Nicole Scherzinger will take on the mentor and judge role, while Destiny’s Child star Kelly Rowland was planned to be joining Payne as a guest judge.
It’s unconfirmed whether the series will air with scenes including Payne. The Independent has contacted Netflix for comment. Scherzinger was a judge on The X Factor when Payne auditioned in 2010 as a solo contestant before he was grouped with bandmates Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson to form One Direction.
The Netflix show will operate using a similar concept to Love Is Blind, where contestants are kept separate in booths but can still hear each other. Building The Band was one of Payne’s final projects, along with the track “Do No Wrong” with North Carolina singer Sam Pounds.
