The Road hit the airwaves in the fall 2025 TV schedule as network television's newest music competition show, and it's definitely not just another version of The Voice or American Idol. The contestants are on tour with Keith Urban, and their performances are as the opening acts to throngs of fans who are there to hear somebody else sing. Country star and Grammy-winner Gretchen Wilson is the show's Tour Manager, a role that she took on not too long after winning a different music show: The Masked Singer. Here's what she told CinemaBlend about the differences between the two shows.
Gretchen Wilson competed on The Masked Singer Season 13 as the Pearl, and she ultimately won and wasn't unmasked until the very end. In contrast, her role on The Road is to support the contestants, who have needed help with everything from nerves to actual illness. As she put it, "If it's two o'clock in the afternoon, and they have a question about a song that they chose, they would come to me." So, when I spoke with her ahead of the premiere of the new show, she shared what it was like to go from The Masked Singer in early 2025 to The Road this fall:
