The Road 2025 Finale: Who took home the $250,000 prize on the CBS show?

The Road 2025 Finale
The Road 2025 Participants | Image Source: Instagram/ @theroadcbs

The Road 2025 finale was released on December 21, 2025. Fans witnessed the final three musicians competing for the last time. The episode also featured a performance from Blake Shelton. It was from his latest album.

The finalists, including Channing Wilson, Cassidy Daniels, and Adam Sanders, featured in the finale. At last, Adam Sanders was announced as the winner of the competition.

The official synopsis for The Road Episode 10 reads:

"The final three musicians open for Keith Urban one last time; Blake Shelton opens the show with a performance off his latest album; the fate of the final three rests solely in the hands of the audience, who vote to pick the winning musician."

The Road 2025 Finale: Adam Sanders took home the win and the grand prize

The Road Episode 10 was released on December 21, 2025. The finale crowned Adam Sanders as the winner, with him taking home the $250,000 prize.

After winning the show, Adam noted that he had worked really hard to get there. He also talked about faith and getting his prayers answered. He recalled his conversation with fellow finalist Channing and shared:

"I worked really hard to get here, and a lot of answered prayers. We did it. You lean on your faith when there's hard days in this business. Channing and I had a talk on the bus, and we said, Man, it's the guys and the gals that don't give up on their dreams that will eventually make it."

The Road winner added that he had never wavered. Winning the show was the only thing that he wanted to achieve.

"I have never wavered. This is the only thing I've wanted to do. I look back at all I've been through, and I'm just grateful that's all I can say," added Adam Sanders.

While Adam Sanders won the show, Channing Wilson arrived second, and Cassidy Daniels was in third place.

For the finale, Channing Wilson performed David Allan Cole's The Ride's cover and Blues Comin' On, his original song. Cassidy Daniels performed on Heart's Crazy On You. She also sang her original, Crazy Love.

The winner, Adam Sanders, performed Brooks and Dunn's That Ain't No Way to Go and his original, All Summer Long. These were the performances that resulted in him winning the competition.

Ahead of the finale, three finalists opened up about being in The Road 2025 finale.

"What an awesome experience for all of us. I'm very, very grateful to be in this position," said Adam Sanders.

He added that being hand-picked for a show like this felt like a major validation of their careers. Each of them had put in years of hard work to reach that point, and he emphasized that all 12 selected participants had spent a long time building their craft in the industry.

Fellow participant Daniels shared that being able to converse regularly and be around people of that "caliber" was something worth its weight in gold for new artists like him. He was referring to Mama Gretchen, who had been an inspiration for Daniels.


Fans can now stream The Road 2025 Finale on Paramount+.

Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal