Liam Payne’s first posthumous TV appearance confirmed months after death

Liam Payne volition beryllium featuring successful a caller Netflix endowment competition, months aft his death.

The erstwhile One Direction prima died aged 31 connected October 16 aft helium fell from a hotel balcony successful Buenos Aires.

In the weeks earlier his death, Payne had been involved successful filming the caller world series, titled Building The Band, which sets retired to make ‘the adjacent large popular group’.

Up until now, the aboriginal of the show, which was announced successful September and besides stars Destiny’s Child vocalist Kelly Rowland and Pussycat Dolls prima Nicole Scherzinger, had yet to beryllium confirmed, with reports stating it was ‘on hold’.

Netflix has present revealed that it volition beryllium airing months connected from his death, and that Payne and Kelly some look arsenic impermanent judges successful the contention series.

Former X Factor justice Nicole takes connected the mentor and justice role, portion Payne and Kelly are impermanent judges.

Building The Band, which brings unneurotic singers to signifier bands without seeing each other, follows a akin conception to Love Is Blind, with contestants kept successful abstracted booths.

It had antecedently been reported that Payne loved the acquisition connected the show and wanted to proceed moving with the bands aft production.

A root told People: ‘Liam seemed truthful genuinely blessed to beryllium connected set. He looked healthy, and was smiling successful each his instrumentality interactions, signing things and chatting with them betwixt takes.

‘He was having a large clip doing what helium loved, and showed nary signs of immoderate underlying issues.’

In August, Kelly spoke astir moving with Payne, telling People: ‘Liam is perfectly hilarious. I didn’t cognize however comic helium was, truthful I’m getting to cognize him, and helium is truthful cool.’

Nicole was a justice connected The X Factor erstwhile Payne auditioned successful 2010 and helped to signifier lad set One Direction connected the show.

Paying tribute aft his death, she said: ‘I volition everlastingly cherish and treasure the clip we shared together, from 15 years agone erstwhile One Direction was born, close up until conscionable a fewer weeks ago.

‘It was specified a blessing to get to enactment with you recently. We shared the aforesaid emotion and passionateness for euphony and I volition everlastingly retrieve the meaningful and joyful conversations we had.’

‘It’s been truthful hard to process that you’re nary longer here, but I americium grateful to person known your benignant heart, saccharine psyche and character,’ Nicole continued.

‘You brought truthful overmuch joy, light, and laughter to the lives of those that genuinely knew you. I volition “miss you” my person and transportation you successful my heart. My thoughts and prayers are with your family. 🙏🏽♥️’

Netflix confirmed the merchandise arsenic it revealed its 2025 slate of upcoming releases crossed TV and film.

Building The Band was 1 of the past projects from the erstwhile Strip That Down hitmaker, on with the way Do No Wrong with North Carolina vocalist Sam Pounds.

Pounds aboriginal delayed the merchandise of the caller music, citing wanting Payne’s ‘family to mourn successful bid and successful prayer’.

In November, Payne’s ceremonial took spot successful Buckinghamshire and was attended by Cheryl, the parent to his lad Bear, arsenic good arsenic chap One Direction stars Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office successful Argentina is continuing to analyse the circumstances astir Payne’s decease astatine the Casa Sur Hotel.

Five radical were aboriginal charged implicit his death, including the singer’s person Roger Nores, the hotel’s manager, and a receptionist – who were each accused of manslaughter.

Two others, a edifice worker and a waiter, person been charged with supplying cocaine, Argentina’s National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office antecedently said successful a statement.

An proceeding was held by Buckinghamshire Coroner’s Court successful December to ascertain however Payne died.

It has been adjourned until a pre-inquest review connected November 6.

Nores has made a ineligible ailment successful the US against Payne’s father, Geoff Payne – claiming ‘false’ sworn declarations to Argentine officials.

Court documents filed successful Florida successful January assertion the brace had a ‘dear communal friendship’ but insisted helium ‘never had a ineligible work of care’ towards him.

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