"I saw the joy it brought to Liam," Scherzinger has said in an interview about making Netflix's new reality contest.

"I love doing things that break all the rules," says Nicole Scherzinger with a smile during a sit-down interview with Billboard at Netflix's New York City office. "It doesn't get any more real than having a band put themselves together without any record execs or labels telling them what they have to do,

Nicole Scherzinger had a "really beautiful" experience with Liam Payne on Building the Band. The Pussycat Dolls singer features as a judge alongside the tragic One Direction star on the new Netflix show and has fond memories of working with Liam - who died aged 31 last year after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.