Building the Band: Season 1

METASCORE

Mixed or average reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews

See All

USER SCORE

No score yet

tbd

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

tbd	Your Score
tbd	User Score No score yet

Would you like to write a review?

There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. Please do not use ALL CAPS. There is no linking or other HTML allowed. Your review may be edited for content. 0/5000

Check box if your review contains spoilers

Season Details & Credits

Netflix | Season Premiere Date: July 9, 2025

Summary: The late Laim Payne and Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland are guest judges in the music competition show hosted by Backstreet Boys' AJ McLean. Singers select their bandmates based solely on hearing them perform. Nicole Scherzinger will mentor contestants and be one of the judges.

Genre(s): Reality, Music

Season 1 Episodes

No episode information is currently available for this season

See all Seasons and Episodes

Metascore

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Critic Reviews

i Francesca Steele

Jul 9, 2025

Building the Band takes a while to get going – we don’t even see most bands sing until episode four – but when it’s good, it’s akin to the best kind of karaoke night (minus the awful vocals). Everyone is just having so much fun. Read full review

Johnny Loftus

Jul 14, 2025

With its vocals only, visuals denied structure, Building the Band could be a novel concept in a crowded field of reality-style singing competitions. Who knows if any of the bands these singers form will coalesce. Read full review

The Guardian Rebecca Nicholson

Jul 9, 2025

As a reality show, it is fine, watchable, well-crafted, leaving sufficient cliffhangers to keep you pressing play, though its first four episodes do begin to feel a little drawn-out and repetitive. Read full review

The Telegraph Anita Singh

Jul 9, 2025

After the novelty of the blind auditions, it turns into a grindingly dull, by-numbers talent contest. .... AJ McLean, of Backstreet Boys fame, hosts the show competently. At the beginning, he dedicated the series to Liam Payne and his family. Payne doesn’t appear until episode seven. Read full review

User Score

Write a Review

tbd

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

No reviews yet.

More From Metacritic

What to Watch Right Now on Paramount+

Find a list of the best recent and upcoming film and TV titles added to...

What to Watch Right Now on Amazon's Prime Video

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

What to Watch Right Now on Netflix

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

What to Watch Right Now on Hulu

Get a list of the best movie and TV titles recently added (and coming...

Current TV Shows

By MetascoreBy User Score

1 92 The Pitt: Season 2

2 90 The Celebrity Traitors UK: Season 1

3 87 Hacks: Season 5

4 87 Industry: Season 4

5 87 Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal:...

6 85 The Beatles Anthology

7 85 The Traitors [UK]: Season 4

8 85 Bait: Season 1

9 84 Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!

10 83 Lord of the Flies

11 83 Riot Women: Season 1

12 83 For All Mankind: Season 5

13 81 The Muppet Show (2026)

14 80 Outlander (2014): Season 8

15 80 The Other Bennet Sister: Season 1

16 80 The Mighty Nein: Season 1

17 80 The Comeback: Season 3

18 80 The American Revolution

19 80 One Piece (2023): Season 2

20 80 Dark Winds: Season 4

SEE ALL

Seasons & Episodes

58

Series Overview
Season 1

58
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: July 9, 2025
- No episode information is currently available for this season