Overview

• Netflix released the official trailer on June 24, featuring judges Liam Payne, Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and host AJ McLean guiding contestants.
• Building the Band assembles 50 singers into six bands without ever seeing one another, relying on voice alone to assess musical chemistry.
• Payne filmed his role in August 2024, two months before his fatal fall in Buenos Aires, and his family has reviewed and backed his posthumous inclusion.
• The first four episodes drop July 9 on Netflix, followed by two-episode batches on July 16 and July 23.
• Payne’s sisters, Ruth Gibbins and Nicola Payne, shared emotional tributes after viewing the trailer, expressing pride in his performance and sorrow that he cannot see the final series.