The 11 remaining singers on The Road have a powerful backstory that will unfold during their time on the new CBS reality show. One singer’s time ended on Sunday night however.
Keith Urban, Blake Shelton and Gretchen Wilson are the stars of the show, but they’re all there to choose one grand prize winner — and it’s quite the grand prize.
Here’s everything you need to know about the singers on The Road, including who went home after the series premiere.
This list will be updated weekly to reflect who was eliminated.
- The Road premieres on CBS Oct. 19 at 9PM CT.
- Urban and Shelton are judges while Wilson is the tour manager.
- Taylor Sheridan and Shelton are executive producers of the show. The Yellowstone creator doesn’t appear on screen in Ep. 1.
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Who Was Eliminated From The Road?
After all 12 performances, the judges revealed which singers were in the Top 3 (Cassidy Daniels, Cody Hibbard, and Adam Sanders) and which were in the bottom three (Olivia Harris, Forrest McCurren and Blaine Bailey). This was the result of in-person fan scores.
Urban and Shelton gave general advice and then zeroed in on who the decided to send home. Blaine Bailey was eliminated from The Road on Sunday (Oct. 19).
“We all felt that you maybe had the least amount of connection to the audience tonight, and I’m sorry, for that reason, we’re going to have to send you home,” Shelton shared.
The comments aligned with what viewers saw on TV. During Bailey’s performance, Urban and Shelton said that the young Oklahoman had lost the room.
What Does the Winner of The Road Get?
The Road will air weekly with at least one singer expected to be sent home each episode. Taping took place earlier this year across seven dates in Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
On April 2, the final three competed at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville but the results were kept private. Whoever came out of that night victorious will get quite a prize.
The winner of The Road is going to get a $250,000 cash prize, a recording contract, a Red Bull prize package and a performance slot at Stagecoach Country Music Festival next April in California.
He or she will also get a huge boost in popularity. We’re going to track Spotify monthly listeners for each of the 12 singers from the start of the show to the end. Currently, Adam Sanders has the most with 121,000 and Briana Adams has the least, with 173.
Who Is On The Road?
No spoilers here. Below you’ll only find biographical information about each of the 12 singers on The Road, plus a few popular recordings.
Several have penned hits for other artists. At least one has made a Grand Ole Opry debut and signed a publishing deal.
The 12 singers range in age from 23 years old to 49 and come from Texas, Oklahoma and North Carolina (two singers apiece) as well as small towns in Georgia, Florida, Oregon and Arizona.
Originally there were 12 singers on The Road, a new reality series on CBS. After each week someone is sent home however, so this list will be updated to reflect who is remaining on the show, and who isn’t.
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