Landon Boyce Spills a Major Secret About His ‘Building the Band' Audition That No One Saw Coming

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17-07-2025

Landon Boyce Spills a Major Secret About His 'Building the Band' Audition That No One Saw Coming originally appeared on Parade.
With his piercing blue eyes and blonde hair leaving all the girls swooning, it is not a shocker that 21-year-old Landon Boyce is a fan favorite on Netflix's newest competition series, Building the Band.
For those who are unfamiliar, Building the Band sees "solo singers collide to form six new groups, each chasing one shot at stardom." According to Netflix, "In the initial phase of the first-of-its-kind music competition, participants took part in blind auditions, listening to one another sing from their individual sound booths."
Now, with four episodes having come and gone, "19 performers have formed deep connections, sight unseen, and five of the final bands are officially locked in. Once the last band is assembled, they'll move from the booths into shared apartments and put everything they have into vocal coaching, crafting a cohesive group image, and more to be last ones singing in Building the Band."
Hosted by Backstreet Boys member AJ McLean with Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger serving as a mentor — as well as Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland and late One Direction member Liam Payne serving as guest judges — this show is certain to be one for the history books!
Nevertheless, one of the individuals who has made it past the initial phase is Landon, joining band number two — or should we say Cookies & Cream? — alongside Shade Jenifer, Malik Heard and Bradley Rittmann, singing "Finesse" by Bruno Mars when they met for the first time in episode three.
Although he made it into a group — earning a whopping 20 likes on his audition — some viewers were unimpressed by Landon's rendition of "Toxic" by Britney Spears, taking to TikTok to share some not-so positive thoughts.
After Netflix shared a snippet of Landon's audition to their TikTok account, the Utah native instantaneously received a great deal of backlash.
One TikTok user wrote, "He's FIGHTING to sing such a simple song," while another added, "No for me… range is small." A third commented, "Maybe a different song would suit that sound and tone better. Just doesn't sound right for that song."
Naturally, the Building the Band star clapped back, sharing a response video to his TikTok account in return.
Duetting the snippet of his audition, Landon wrote "Y'all acting like I CHOSE to sing this" in a TikTok video of his own, implying that the production team forced him to sing the Britney Spears classic.
Naturally, fans had a field day with this oh-so sassy response. "Still killed it tho," one fan wrote, while another exclaimed, "You ate either way 💁🏼‍♀️💁🏼‍♀️." A third commented, "was defending you with my life watching it with my family who doesn't know what good singing is!"
Others questioned how authentic Building the Band actually is. "Wait you don't get to choose your song??? Ugh wth 😞😞😞," a third fan wrote, while a fourth added, "You guys couldn't choose what to sing??? WHAT?"
Whether you love or hate Landon's singing skills, will he have what it takes to win the beloved competition series? To see for yourself, stream episodes one through four of Building the Band now via Netflix, and stream episodes five through seven when they hit the streaming service tomorrow (July 16).
With almost all of the bands fully formed, things are starting to heat up!
Landon Boyce Spills a Major Secret About His 'Building the Band' Audition That No One Saw Coming first appeared on Parade on Jul 15, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 15, 2025, where it first appeared.