Netflix is reportedly forging ahead with airing the TV talent show Liam Payne filmed before his death, despite not yet receiving his family's final blessing.

The singer tragically fell to his death from a third-floor balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires, after a drink-drug binge on October 16 at the age of 31.

The summer before his passing, Liam had wrapped up filming Netflix show, Building The Band, alongside Pussycat Dolls' Nicole Scherzinger, Destiny's Child star Kelly Rowland and AJ McLean from Backstreet Boys.

The show aimed to find talented singers from across the nation and place them in groups based solely on musical compatibility, connection, and merit to find 'the next great music group', with Liam being one of the judges.

In the wake of his shock death, Netflix entered talks with the star's loved ones and it was alleged last month that they were insistent on getting his family's approval before the show would be aired.

However, The Sun reports that the streaming giant has made the decision to release the series this year without getting the final sign off, leaving Liam's loved ones caught off guard.

An insider told the publication: 'They spoke with Liam’s family as they didn’t want to progress the project without taking their feelings into consideration.

'The family got the sense that this was a celebration of Liam, an image of positivity. He was doing what he did best as a true boyband star.

'But they hadn’t given it a final stamp of approval and as far as they were concerned were still discussing what the show would look like. So they were surprised by the announcement.'

The Vice President of Netflix's unscripted series, Jeff Gaspin, confirmed this week that discussions with Liam's family were ongoing.

Speaking at a Next on Netflix 2025 press event in London on Wednesday, he told  The Mirror: 'So Liam was part of Building The Band and we have been in touch with his family to discuss what role that will play.

'There is nothing to announce yet. But we have been speaking with his family.'

Filming for Building The Band is said to have wrapped with three live shows shot in front of an audience at Aviva Studios in Manchester in late August. 

Netflix previously said that viewers can expect 'plenty of drama, next-level artistry, and unforgettable performances' from the series.

While the show's executive producer Cat Lawson hailed the show as 'brave and bold undertaking', adding: 'We hand over power to the singers to form their own band based on chemistry first.'

Liam famously became a household name alongside Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan when they formed One Direction on The X Factor.

The boyband soon became an international sensation, winning legions of fans, awards and number 1s, before they split in 2016, shortly after Zayn quit the group.

It comes after Liam's cause of death was confirmed at a UK inquest earlier this month, coming three months after his shock death.

His medical cause of death has now been announced to be 'polytrauma', a term which means a person has multiple traumatic injuries to their body.

A hearing, which Buckinghamshire Coroner's Court said was held on December 17, was told it may take 'some time' to ascertain exactly how the singer died.

The Argentina's National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor's Office releasing a statement that five people have been charged over Liam's death, with the hotel's manager, a receptionist and a friend of Liam being charged with manslaughter.

They are reported to be hotel manager Gilda Martin, receptionist Esteban Grassi and Payne's friend Roger Nores. Two other people have been charged over the supply of drugs.

Nores is accused of manslaughter for having allegedly 'abandoned him to his luck knowing that he was incapable of fending for himself and knowing that he [Liam] suffered from multiple addictions', court documents show.

Two others, hotel employee Ezequiel Pereyra and waiter Braian Paiz, have been charged with supplying cocaine.

The head of the National Criminal and Correctional Court No 34, judge Laura Bruniard, said Nores 'is responsible for the crime of negligent homicide as the perpetrator given that he had assumed a position of guarantor in front of the family of the deceased'. 

It is claimed there is footage showing US citizen Nores was in the hotel around 50 minutes before Liam's death, and the judge said he 'should have consulted a doctor' and 'should have done this without relying on what the hotel employees could do'.

Prosecutors also claim Martin and Grassi saw Liam under the influence in the lobby, but did not provide medical help.

Judge Bruniard said that on the day of Liam's death he 'was unable to care for himself' and footage shows he was unconscious and being dragged 'by three people'.

'The way he was being handled shows a state of vulnerability,' the judge said, adding that Liam being taken to his room was a 'risk to his life'.

'Payne's consciousness was altered and there was a balcony in the room,' she added.

'The proper thing to do was to leave him in a safe place and with company until a doctor arrived.'

She added that she does not think Martin and Grassi acted 'maliciously', but were 'imprudent in allowing him to be taken to the room and taking him there respectively'.

Concluding, the judge said Nores, Martin and Grassi 'contributed, although not in a planned manner, to creating a risk that resulted in Payne's death, whether by action or omission'.