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 group3Quencywon the celebrity judges' favor and earned the title of winners for "Building The Band" Season 1. The group, comprisingNori Royale,Wennely Quezada, andBrianna 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 Scherzingersaid. The women edged out fellow finalistsSZN4–Donzell Taggart,Aaliyah Rose,Cameron Goode, andKatie 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 lateLiam Paynevoted offIconyx (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 hostAJ McLeanand 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 wereMidnight Til Morning,Siren Society, and Sweet Seduction. 'We're amazing dancers, obviously':Liam Payne pokes fun at One Direction on 'Building The Band' 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 singerdied Oct. 16afterfallingfrom a third-floor balcony at a Buenos Aires hotel. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Netflix's 'Building The Band' winners are revealed