First look at Liam Payne's final ever TV show before his tragic death as Netflix releases trailer for Building The Band

Scottish Sun

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NETFLIX has released the first look trailer for Liam Payne's final ever TV show before his tragic death.
Talent contest Building The Band was filmed months before his death last October.
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Netflix has released the first look trailer for Liam Payne's final ever TV show before his tragic death
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Talent contest Building The Band was filmed months before his death last October.
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The show features pods similar to those in Love is Blind
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Netflix has released a teasing trailer and release date for its upcoming show Building The Band, which will feature the late Liam Payne as a guest judge.
The programme adopts a Voice format, where singers audition for each other and select their bandmates without laying eyes on them first.
But that's where the similarity ends because the set looks similar to the pods from the popular reality dating show Love Is Blind.
The trailer shows viewers a glimpse of aspiring musicians entering the pods, with contestant Donzell stealing the spotlight.
The other contestants are left loving his vocals as they try to form their ultimate band based on musical energy, chemistry, and talent.
The footage doesn't reveal Liam or any of the judges, or explicitly reference his participation in the programme.
Liam is a judge and mentor alongside singers Nicole Scherzinger and Kelly Rowland.
Speculation had been rife that the Netflix project would be axed, or Liam's part would be cut out of respect, following his fatal balcony fall at the age of 31 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
A source said: 'Liam was on great form at filming so everyone's pleased fans will get to see the 'real' him one last time.
'It will be bittersweet when the show is released.
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"Netflix have gone out of their way to make sure his family are happy.
"Producers sent them the footage so they are fully aware of what to expect and they have given it their blessing.'
Much like the origins of Liam's band One Direction, the show, filmed in Manchester, creates a group from strangers.
Host and Backstreet Boys' star AJ McLean said: 'Liam lit up the room any time we were on set.
"We spent pretty much six weeks, 14-hour days locked in a sound stage together, sharing stories.
"We were talking about music, about life, about sobriety.
'He was a light and we are dedicating the show to him.
'I'm glad people get to see this side of him. To remember him this way. Because this is really truly who he is. He's now in a safer place.'
Meanwhile, two men accused of supplying Liam with cocaine just hours before he fell to his death will face trial, prosecutors have confirmed.
Waiter Braian Nahuel Paiz and ex-hotel worker Ezequiel David Pereyra have been behind bars since January after they were charged over the One Direction star's death.
The pair will be put on the stand and could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted of drugs offences.
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Singers audition for each other and select their bandmates without laying eyes on them first
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The trailers show a glimpse of musicians entering the pods
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Liam is a judge and mentor on the talent show
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Building the Band audition pods
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Host and Backstreet Boys' star AJ McLean said: 'Liam lit up the room any time we were on set
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Building The Band is set to air on Netflix on 9th July.