Yahoo Lifestyle CBS Orders New Singing Competition From Voice Vet Blake Shelton and Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan
American Idol and The Voice won’t be the only high-profile singing competitions on-air next season.
CBS has handed a series order to The Road — a new reality series executive-produced by Voice alum Blake Shelton and Yellowstone mastermind Taylor Sheridan — which is on track for a Fall 2025 debut.
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The unscripted offering “trails a headlining superstar (to be announced) on their journey to discover the next big artist with singers joining the headliner on tour, performing as opening acts in venues across the country,” according to official logline. “They will compete to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour.”
“I’m a big fan of Taylor’s incredible work, and I’m excited to team with him and my long-time collaborator, [fellow EP] Lee [Metzger], on The Road,” Shelton said in a statement Monday. “I know a thing or two about singing competitions and what it’s like to chase a music dream and live life on tour. I’m looking forward to discovering new talent and giving them this platform.”
Added Sheridan: “There is a revolution taking place in country music. Building a platform with Blake for the next leaders of that revolution is an incredibly exciting venture. No more shiny floors and studio audiences. This is where the rubber meets the road – literally. Get in the van, go to the next town and win the crowd. Do it enough, and you become the next leader. Simple as that.”
Shelton, of course, spent a whopping 23 seasons as a coach on NBC’s The Voice. Prior to that, he served as a judge on Season 5 of USA Network’s Nashville Star and NBC’s short-lived Clash of the Choirs.
Sheridan, meanwhile, is the man behind such hits as Yellowstone and its spinoffs, 1883 and 1923, as well as Bass Reeves, the forthcoming Landman, Lioness, Mayor of Kingstown and Tulsa King. He also serves as an EP on the CMT horse-riding competition series The Last Cowboy, which returns for Season 5 on Friday, Nov. 15.
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