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Adam Sanders was named the winner<\/a> of\u00a0The Road<\/em><\/a> during the Sunday, December 21, finale. The country artist has been making music for years and has written hits for artists including Dustin Lynch, Cole Swindell, and Luke Bryan<\/a>, but now he\u2019s ready to get his own career off the ground.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m in the process of hopefully getting ready to record some more new music,\u201d Sanders told TV Insider. \u201cI\u2019ve recorded seven songs over the last year and I\u2019d like to go in and record seven more.\u201d<\/p>\n Sanders won<\/a> $250,000, a record deal, and a slot on the Mane Stage at the Stagecoach Music Festival in April 2026, which he\u2019ll also spend the next few months preparing for. \u201cReally, for me, it\u2019s just trying to build on this opportunity and try to get out and play as many shows as I can and also work on new music. I want to try to just continue to fan the flame that this [show] has started for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Sanders has been hitting the studio, he doesn\u2019t \u201creally have any plans\u201d for a full album release. \u201cMy hope is that I can have a full album out sometime in the first quarter of next year,\u201d he said, but added that he\u2019s just taking things as they come right now.<\/p>\n \u201cI took my hands off the wheel of my career about a year ago,\u201d Sanders explained. \u201cI\u2019m just taking this as it comes. I\u2019m very fortunate to have been part of this journey and make it to the finale. Whatever happens next, I can\u2019t tell you. I\u2019m not steering the wheel anymore, I\u2019m just going where fate takes me, and the good lord is steering the ship. So who knows what happens next for me.\u201d<\/p>\n Sanders beat runner-up Channing Wilson and third place\u2019s Cassidy Daniels to win the show. The winner was chosen after the trio opened for Keith Urban<\/a> at The Ryman Auditorium. The audience rated the performances, and Sanders received the highest rating of the night.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n