Roberts performed "Drive" for his audition for American Idol, and for the group round he was part of the group Backstreet Cowboys together with Casey Thrasher and fellow finalist Ben Briley, performing the song "I Want It That Way".
[7] He had contracted Rocky Mountain spotted fever due to tick bites during a turkey hunt in Kentucky that he attended soon after the thirteenth-season finale.
[8] Roberts was a contestant on the sixteenth season of The Voice[9] on Blake Shelton’s team.
He earned four chairs in the blind auditions from celebrity coaches Shelton, Adam Levine, Kelly Clarkson and John Legend.
The Voice performances Roberts signed with First Launch Records and released his first single, "Dream About Me," on March 12, 2015.