Claim to Fame Winner on Emotional Finale and Being Painted as the Antihero:Not a Complete of Myself

claim to fame winner on emotional finale and being painted as the anti-hero not a complete image of myself exclusive claim to fame season 3 has crowned its winner during the second half of the 2-hour finale on Wednesday HUD Adam and McKenzie faced off as they competed for the $1 100,000 Grand dollar prize after winning the challenge earlier in the episode Adam got a leg up in the competition as he selected himself as the guesser for both McKenzie and HUD though Adam was a wild card All Season he was ultimately named the Victor as he correctly guessed McKenzie's relative as her father Trace Atkins and Hud's relative as his father John melan Camp meanwhile Adam was revealed to be the nephew of Michael Bolton of course his journey to Victory wasn't entirely smooth sailing earlier in the episode Adam got injured during a challenge that nearly knocked him out of the competition altogether adrenaline was high he says of the events leading to the injury which caused his head to bleed and later required stitches luckily I was able to clot but before a producer or the team really allowed me to continue the reality sunk in that I've come this far and I was my own demise that I was just going too fast too hard and I did this to myself and I'm letting my family down I'm letting myself down he explains it was everything at once and so I just wept when I got the okay and they wrapped me up and I saw that I was in the leaderboard there and that the rest of the game was in my own hands it was just magic to me it was Hollywood magic it was living this fairy tale experience firsthand and you want to win and so the chance that I had to be able to not go home in an ambulance and finish the competition I'm just so grateful that it went like that he reiterates that he's doing much better now and even has a little scar to remember the show by no major damage maybe it might have knocked a couple cents into me at the very least he jokes while Adam has been painted as the anti-hero All Season he notes that not everything is as it appears on television honestly as far as editing is concerned they're capturing so many realities I don't think for a second they captured anything that I'm not he explains I really have had a good life with regards to just being myself and trying to make my way it might rub people the wrong way at times and that's okay everything is fair when you're just watching something and you don't know the person he adds of the audience's reactions to him online but at the end of the day anybody that knows me especially my wife she was there to really comfort me with that initial shock of being seen as somebody that's not really a complete image of myself he adds that his wife and kids have been some of his biggest supporters during the season tuning into every episode my daughter and my wife and I would have a really sweet time on Wednesday nights where we'd sit there together he notes adding that his four-year-old was actually a better guesser than he was she literally was calling out what was going to happen he says she has a six sense she's so beautiful I'm married into a larger family and I felt like hey guys I hope I'm not embarrassing you on National Television they're making me out to be this really embarrassing character but they're just so loving and so supportive they know who I am and they could see through all the things that were being said and that really helped me get through the experience as somebody who's being targeted like that Adam adds that Bolton has also been really supportive during the finale Adam briefly opens up about his uncle's surgery earlier this year to remove a brain tumor as he gets emotional over his written message for him to take a moment and send me a message and encourage me like he has done so many many times I have so many signatures of his photograph to my handsome talented good-looking nephew I for a long time Liv off any word that he had for me Adam says of his uncle I grew up watching him as a kid on the stage and that was the craziest experience he says I mean we were living in Section 8 Housing and we would take the limo and we would go to these huge concerts and that was like everything right there I knew he was going to be be proud because we're a very competitive family and knowing the challenges that he has had to overcome in his life I just want to make him proud as for how he plans to use his prize money Adam notes that he's already bought his father a truck which he plans on surprising him with after the finale that was my goal to go on the show is to get enough money to buy my dad a truck as well as meet people who also have celebrity relatives and empathize with each other and see how their lives were impacted by it he says after the finale we're going to bring out the truck and surprise my dad I'm just super excited to do that for a man who's worked so hard for me he gives everything he's given his shirt off his back he's done everything and he doesn't ask for anything in return following his appearance on the show Adam also hopes to bring attention to causes close to his heart including his Studio musical intervention in New Haven Connecticut wanted to build a creative space for people to not be judged and just to be accepted for their creative talents he says of musical Intervention which he started when he was 17 I got my degree and I started working in psychiatric hospitals writing and recording songs with people and really just finding out that music was a language that everybody could share so I opened up a studio in Downtown New Haven that's completely free and open to the public it's a sober environment which means anybody can come in and work with each other and find inspiration and craft their skills especially for people who don't have money who don't have the opportunities to access music equipment producers other bands and bandmates it's really a special thing that I believe belongs in every city Adam notes that his uncle's passion for music greatly inspired him and the initiative if Michael left me anything it's music lineage a very deep passion for it he explained he's a very compassionate man he is a great philanthropist and this is something I put my heart and soul into it is a shoestring budget but we are making it roll this is a vision I've had since 17 and carrying it on seeing the lives changed that's really the reward at the end of the day I get to make music was really amazing inspired people and get to turn people onto the wonderful world of music