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USA Today
3 hours ago
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- USA Today
Who won Netflix's 'Building The Band\
Spoiler alert: The following contains details from Episode 10 of "Building the Band." Netflix's experimental music competition show, "Building The Band," has named its first winning group. In the Episode 10 finale, which dropped Wednesday, July 23, girl group 3Quency won the celebrity judges' favor and earned the title of winners for "Building The Band" Season 1. The group, comprising Nori Royale, Wennely Quezada, and Brianna Mazzola, took home the $500,000 prize. "They have proven to us that they are ready. (They are) a band that has shown so much growth, the band that pulled out all the stops tonight," Nicole Scherzinger said. The women edged out fellow finalists SZN4 – Donzell Taggart, Aaliyah Rose, Cameron Goode, and Katie Roeder – the show's only mixed-gender group, which was a gamble in a competition that saw dozens of 20-somethings eager to form girl groups and boy bands. 3Quency's win comes after judges Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland, and the late Liam Payne voted off Iconyx (also known as Soulidified), thus advancing 3Quency and SZN4. The trio's final song was Mariah Carey's "Always Be My Baby." The win proved Rowland wrong in her prediction halfway through the episode that SZN4 would earn the title after they brought host AJ McLean and the judges to tears with their rendition of Rag'n'Bone Man's "Human." The Season 1 groups that were also formed in the sound booths but didn't make it to the finale were Midnight Til Morning, Siren Society, and Sweet Seduction. 'We're amazing dancers, obviously': Liam Payne pokes fun at One Direction on 'Building The Band' Liam Payne draws parallels between Iconyx and One Direction Payne, who came from a boy band background as one-fifth of "The X-Factor" success story One Direction, was the subject of much fangirling from the contestants. After Iconyx failed to make it to the final performance, he was eager to comfort the four-piece boy band backstage. "I'm just going to start here. One Direction came third," Payne said of the record-breaking group's fate on the U.K. music competition show. "I've been stood exactly where you guys are, and I thought it was over. I thought it was done, that was the end of One Direction," he continued. "It was not. But I believe in you guys." "Building The Band," Payne's last TV appearance, was taped in September 2024, just weeks before his death. The 31-year-old singer died Oct. 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony at a Buenos Aires hotel.
Yahoo
7 hours ago
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- Yahoo
Watch Liam Payne Belt Out One Direction With ‘Building the Band' Audience in Joyous New Clip: ‘That Was So Fun'
Nine months after Liam Payne died at age 31, his still-grieving fans can find a beacon of light in a new clip shared by Building the Band, the Netflix reality competition series the One Direction star filmed before his tragic death. In the clip, 'What Makes You Beautiful' — the 2011 breakthrough hit for the X Factor-formed boy band One Direction — plays in the studio while Payne films with the Breaking the Band judging panel in front of a live audience. Payne gives a sly smile and taps his fingers as the crowd passionately sings along to the upbeat smash before standing up out of his chair to rapturous applause and beginning to perform the song onstage. The best part: You can hear Payne clearly singing his baritone part in the song's five-part harmony, just like he did for all those years with One Direction. More from Billboard 'Building the Band' Pays Tribute to Liam Payne in Premiere Episode, Dedicates Series to His Family Justin Bieber's 'SWAG' Tops Streaming Albums & Songs Charts With His Biggest Streaming Week Ever Ciara Talks 'CiCi' Album & Why She Shouldn't Make Music With Russell Wilson ('Dad Is Crazy!') in Chat With 8-Year-Old Daughter For the post-chorus 'na-na-na's,' Payne stops resisting the urge to join in on the crowd's dance party, making his way down the stairs and into the audience to sing arm-in-arm with a group of fans who know every word. He weaves his way through the crowd, high-fiving everyone he passes, until he's back onstage for the big finale. 'Let's go, Liam!' cheers fellow judge Nicole Scherzinger, who — along with third judge Kelly Rowland — was clapping and singing along the whole time. When Payne returns to his chair, he looks ahead with a big smile and says, 'That was so fun.' It's a beyond-sweet moment that can offer a minor bit of comfort to Directioners that Payne definitely felt their love before his untimely death. The new clip begins with the message 'In loving memory of Liam Payne.' When the Netflix show premiered earlier this month, host AJ McLean of Backstreet Boys dedicated the series to Payne and his loved ones. 'When we came together to film Building the Band, we never imagined we'd soon be saying goodbye to our friend Liam Payne,' McLean says in the first episode. 'Liam is a guest judge in later episodes, and through his presence, we see his deep love for music and his unwavering commitment to helping others find their voice. It's through that spirit that we dedicate this series to Liam and his family.' Building the Band was one of the final projects Payne worked on before his death in October. About two months after wrapping filming in August, he suffered a fatal fall from the fourth-floor balcony of his hotel room in Buenos Aires. High levels of alcohol and other substances were in his system at the time of his death, toxicology reports later confirmed. With the blessing of Payne's family, Netflix moved forward with streaming Building the Band, which separates hopeful singers into closed-off pods where they then seek to assemble a musical group before ever seeing one another. The third and final batch of episodes will be available to stream starting Wednesday. Watch the new clip below: Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart Solve the daily Crossword
The Irish Sun
16 hours ago
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- The Irish Sun
Liam Payne pays boyband HUGE compliment before making awkward gaffe in new episode of Netflix's Building The Band
BUILDING The Band judge Liam Payne doesn't hold back in love-bombing a boyband on the show that remind him of the early days of One Direction. In the new episode of the Netflix talent contest, which drops today, 5 Mentor Liam Payne on Netflix show Building The Band Credit: Unpixs He tells them: 'It was really nice to spend a bit of time with you guys earlier on. 'I've got a very big soft spot for you boys, you remind me a lot of what we were like. 'Don't let me down – boybands!' Liam also seems to have quite a bit of faith in them, as he shares some tips on how to work crowds in stadiums should they ever get the same level of career as his One Direction did. READ MORE TV NEWS He tells them: 'When you're in a stadium you can see the front rows of people but everything else becomes one big crowd, so you're trying to move a section of the crowd, not just one person, so everything's got to be quite big.' His gushing is reciprocated when one of the boyband members tells Liam: 'We all looked up to you boys so much and we want to be that next band. 'You guys kind of shied away from that Nineties boyband thing.' Then he suddenly realises he's standing next to host Most read in News TV Awkward. Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks down in floods of tears as she reveals biggest fear on nine month anniversary of his death Sneak peek at Creek clique 5 Dawson's Creek stars Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes reunite on the set of their new movie Happy Hour Credit: Getty 5 The actors played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama Credit: Channel 4 There's a few more laughter lines and flashes of silver, but The two actors, who played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama, were all smiles as they were reunited on the New York City set of their new film Happy Hour. For five years from 1998, young viewers on both sides of the Atlantic were gripped by the intertwined romances among the strangely deep and mature adolescents that resided in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts. After the show ended, the cast went their different ways and had very different life experiences. Katie married Tom Cruise, while dating its star, the late Meanwhile, Joshua has arguably enjoyed something of a later life renaissance in his career, starring in TV shows including The Affair and Doctor Odyssey. 5 Keeley Hawes, who plays a hitwoman, gives her son, played by Freddie Highmore, a deadly lesson in an exclusive shot from Prime Video thriller The Assassin Credit: Des Willie It's normally delightful to see a mother teaching her child new skills, but in the case of one new Prime Video thriller, it's more spine-chilling. This exclusive image from The Assassin shows And anyone who sees the first, bloody three minutes of the show – which drops on Friday – will understand why it's probably for the best. Troy's antique passion 5 Troy Deeney reveals he became an Antiques Roadshow fan while serving time in prison Credit: Getty The Antiques Roadshow has an unlikely fan in former Premier League bad boy The ex-Watford ace turned broadcaster says he got hooked on the long-running BBC series in the most unlikely of places – prison . Deeney, who will soon be appearing in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, said watching the show helped him pass the time while he was football . He said: 'I was a little bit naughty at one point and basically when I was in jail, I had a lot of time watching Antiques Roadshow. 'I'd watch Antiques Roadshow and that one [Bargain Hunt] as well where they used to run round and buy things and then try to sell it. 'These couples had grafted all day and they'd got 90 quid and they're like 'Yes, we won'. 'It was a bit sad, but it got me through a lot of jail time.' I doubt anyone would be brave enough to mock him. Football play Dear England , which is being turned into a TV drama, will soon return to the stage with a national tour. It will star former EastEnder Plymouth .
Scottish Sun
16 hours ago
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- Scottish Sun
Liam Payne pays boyband HUGE compliment before making awkward gaffe in new episode of Netflix's Building The Band
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BUILDING The Band judge Liam Payne doesn't hold back in love-bombing a boyband on the show that remind him of the early days of One Direction. In the new episode of the Netflix talent contest, which drops today, the late singer is seen talking to group Midnight 'Til Morning, first in a workshop then after their performance on stage. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 Mentor Liam Payne on Netflix show Building The Band Credit: Unpixs He tells them: 'It was really nice to spend a bit of time with you guys earlier on. 'I've got a very big soft spot for you boys, you remind me a lot of what we were like. 'Don't let me down – boybands!' Liam also seems to have quite a bit of faith in them, as he shares some tips on how to work crowds in stadiums should they ever get the same level of career as his One Direction did. He tells them: 'When you're in a stadium you can see the front rows of people but everything else becomes one big crowd, so you're trying to move a section of the crowd, not just one person, so everything's got to be quite big.' His gushing is reciprocated when one of the boyband members tells Liam: 'We all looked up to you boys so much and we want to be that next band. 'You guys kind of shied away from that Nineties boyband thing.' Then he suddenly realises he's standing next to host AJ McLean, who famously sang with arguably the biggest boyband of the Nineties, Backstreet Boys. Awkward. Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks down in floods of tears as she reveals biggest fear on nine month anniversary of his death Sneak peek at Creek clique 5 Dawson's Creek stars Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes reunite on the set of their new movie Happy Hour Credit: Getty 5 The actors played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama Credit: Channel 4 There's a few more laughter lines and flashes of silver, but Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson are still looking just as good as they were back in their Dawson's Creek heyday. The two actors, who played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama, were all smiles as they were reunited on the New York City set of their new film Happy Hour. For five years from 1998, young viewers on both sides of the Atlantic were gripped by the intertwined romances among the strangely deep and mature adolescents that resided in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts. After the show ended, the cast went their different ways and had very different life experiences. Katie married Tom Cruise, while Michelle Williams starred in Brokeback Mountain and started dating its star, the late Heath Ledger. Meanwhile, Joshua has arguably enjoyed something of a later life renaissance in his career, starring in TV shows including The Affair and Doctor Odyssey. 5 Keeley Hawes, who plays a hitwoman, gives her son, played by Freddie Highmore, a deadly lesson in an exclusive shot from Prime Video thriller The Assassin Credit: Des Willie It's normally delightful to see a mother teaching her child new skills, but in the case of one new Prime Video thriller, it's more spine-chilling. This exclusive image from The Assassin shows Keeley Hawes, who plays a hitwoman, delivering a crash course in using a gun to her son, played by Freddie Highmore. And anyone who sees the first, bloody three minutes of the show – which drops on Friday – will understand why it's probably for the best. Troy's antique passion 5 Troy Deeney reveals he became an Antiques Roadshow fan while serving time in prison Credit: Getty The Antiques Roadshow has an unlikely fan in former Premier League bad boy Troy Deeney. The ex-Watford ace turned broadcaster says he got hooked on the long-running BBC series in the most unlikely of places – prison. Deeney, who will soon be appearing in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, said watching the show helped him pass the time while he was serving three months for affray before he made it big in football. He said: 'I was a little bit naughty at one point and basically when I was in jail, I had a lot of time watching Antiques Roadshow. 'I'd watch Antiques Roadshow and that one [Bargain Hunt] as well where they used to run round and buy things and then try to sell it. 'These couples had grafted all day and they'd got 90 quid and they're like 'Yes, we won'. 'It was a bit sad, but it got me through a lot of jail time.' I doubt anyone would be brave enough to mock him. Football play Dear England, which is being turned into a TV drama, will soon return to the stage with a national tour. It will star former EastEnder Samantha Womack opposite David Sturzaker as Gareth Southgate. It kicks off on September 15 in Plymouth.
Associated Press
17 hours ago
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- Associated Press
'Building the Band' has Liam Payne's last major appearance before his death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix's new reality show, 'Building the Band,' unexpectedly became Liam Payne's last major appearance — moments the show's hosts say they, along with contestants and viewers, are lucky to have. The show features Payne as a guest judge, offering pointed but witty advice to young bands chasing success not unlike what he achieved as part of the culture-shifting boy band, One Direction. Payne died in October after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina, not long after the show's production wrapped. 'Getting to see the real, true him that the world gets to remember him for, which you'll see on this show, is just a beautiful thing,' says the Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean, the show's host. 'Building the Band' flips traditional music competitions on their head, bringing together 50 up-and-coming artists who are tasked with singing for each other and forming groups based on those performances. The catch? They can't see how anyone looks. The first batch of episodes premiered in early July and the last few episodes, including the finale, will drop Wednesday. The show ultimately follows six bands working to develop their group sound and performances — until only one band is left standing, winning the $500,000 prize. The show is hosted by McLean, with Pussycat Dolls frontwoman — and newly minted Tony winner — Nicole Scherzinger mentoring the bands and Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland serving as a guest judge alongside Payne. Payne's impact on 'Building the Band' The series opened with a dedication to Payne and his family, in which McLean said they 'never imagined we'd soon be saying goodbye to our friend' while filming the show. Payne first appears in the seventh episode for the showcase, where each band performs in front of a live audience and the judges, only about a week after they form. 'We were amazing dancers, obviously, in One Direction,' Payne joked in the episode while offering critiques to boy band Midnight 'til Morning, whose members expressed hesitations with dancing onstage. Band member Mason Watts then revealed his family had won tickets to sit front row at a One Direction concert when he was 11, stoking applause from the crowd and a heartfelt response from Payne. 'Ever since that moment, I wanted to be in a group,' Watts, originally from Australia, said in the episode. 'It's kind of a full-circle moment to be here with a group and performing in front of you. So, thank you, man.' Landon Boyce, a member of the show's other boy band, Soulidified, told The Associated Press that Payne left a lasting impact and was a leading example of how he hopes to carry himself as a performer. 'I remember Liam just said, 'Have fun,'' Boyce says. 'He just told us, 'I wish One Direction kind of, like, did what you guys were doing.' And I kind of just took that as like, let's just have fun and dance.' Payne is seen nodding along with excitement during the band's showcase performance, when they sang 'Sure Thing' by Miguel. Bradley Rittmann, another Soulidified member, told the AP they were 'on Cloud 9' after Payne said he would join their band. Payne applauded their ability to own the stage and acknowledged the unconventionality of their band due to the members' varying musical and fashion styles, saying he 'wouldn't put you guys together, but the result was amazing.' How it works: 'Love is Blind' meets 'The Voice'This show mashes together the likes of 'Love is Blind' with music competition shows like 'The Voice,' secluding contestants in pods, where they can only hear each other. Contestants can express interest by hitting a button during the performance, and then speak through voice chats to test their chemistry. The initial 50 contestants dwindled to just 22, comprising two boy bands, three girl bands and one mixed-gender group. Contestants chose their bandmates without input from the host or judges. 'It formed in the most real, raw, authentic way,' says Aaliyah Rose Larsen, a member of the mixed-gender band SZN4. 'I think we would have re-found each other in a million other lifetimes, in a billion other shows, because we were always meant to find each other.' The result of this process, judges say, are bands that labels traditionally wouldn't form, given members' differences in style and appearance — an important pillar of the show, McLean and Rowland say, given the current state of the music industry. 'Back in the beginning of our careers, your sophomore album was the one that would make or break you. Now you get one shot,' McLean says. 'To be able to give the power back to these individuals, to let them put each other together based on just raw talent and chemistry, never seeing each other, is a testament to truly what it is to be in a band.' An audience vote determines which bands continue on after each live performance. The last episode of the first batch left viewers on a cliffhanger, as Midnight 'til Morning and girl group Siren Society were voted in the bottom two. The next batch will reveal who was eliminated. Payne embraced the mentorship role Rowland says Payne was fully invested in the process and checked in regarding the bands' progress after filming. Payne had also expressed interest in mentoring the bands after the show ended, Boyce remembers. 'He was just honest. He called everything out, you know what I mean? Before they saw it, before we saw it,' Rowland says, adding that Payne had 'many shining moments' during his storied and decorated career, 'but this was a really incredible one.' Nori Moore, a member of 3Quency, 'had a lot of firsts' in the show as a young performer and says Payne's advice to contestants that they claim the moment every time they walk onstage was pivotal to her development as an artist. Larsen says viewers can watch the show and 'see his heart.' 'We know how much he loves the show,' says Katie Roeder, another SZN4 member. 'I know he's very proud of us and looking down on us.'
