Former 'Idol' winner reunites with Paula Abdul after being eliminated on 'Masked Dancer'

On The Masked Dancer Wednesday night, the top five took the stage – the Tulip, the Zebra, the Sloth, the Cotton Candy, and the Exotic Bird, the latter of whom didn't have enough votes to fly through to the semifinals. So, who was the Exotic Bird? Grammy-nominated singer Jordin Sparks, who is still the youngest person to ever win American Idol. The Season 6 Idol champ couldn't trick panelist and former Idol judge Paula Abdul.

As the Masked Dancer panel’s most astute vibeologist, she’d guessed that the Exotic Bird was the “magnificent and incredible” Jordin several weeks ago. “They told me that you were gonna be on here, and I was like, ‘Paula knows me! She knows!’ You know how I am onstage and all of that stuff," laughed Jordin. “And I love you so much. So I was like, ‘She's going to know it's me.’”

However, Paula was pleasantly surprised by Jordin’s sweet tribute to the woman Jordin declared “one of my own idols”: a routine to Paula’s own hit “Opposites Attract."

“I’m sure that was pretty nerve-wracking, dancing to my song, but you absolutely nailed it,” said a delighted Paula, who was always the nicest and most encouraging of the three original American Idol judges.

Video Transcript

[MUSIC - PAULA ABDUL, "OPPOSITES ATTRACT"]

(SINGING) Two steps forward, two steps back. We come together because opposites attract. And you know it ain't fiction, just a natural fact

KYLIE MAR: On "The Masked Dancer" Wednesday night, the top five took the stage-- the Tulip, the Zebra, the Sloth, the Cotton Candy, and the Exotic Bird, the latter of whom didn't have enough votes to fly through to the semifinals. So who was the exotic bird?

- (CHANTING) Take it off.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

CRAIG ROBINSON: Oh!

[SCREAMING AND CHEERING]

Jordin Sparks!

KYLIE MAR: Grammy nominated singer Jordin Sparks, who is still the youngest person to ever win "American Idol," couldn't trick panelist and former "Idol" judge Paula Abdul.

PAULA ABDUL: Did you die when I first said your name?

JORDIN SPARKS: They told me that you were going to be on here and I was like, Paula knows me, she knows. You know how I am on stage and all of that stuff. And I love you so much so I was like, she's going to know it's me. She's going to know.

PAULA ABDUL: I love you, darling. I'm so happy for your entire career.

KYLIE MAR: While Sparks said being on "Masked Dancer" helped her teach her son that it's OK to do things that scare you sometimes, viewers on Twitter had nothing but love for the singer. And Sparks didn't let her elimination ruffle her feathers. She danced it out before heading home.

[MUSIC - PAULA ABDUL, "OPPOSITES ATTRACT"]

ASHLEY TISDALE: Yay!

KEN JEONG: (CHANTING) Go, Jordin! Go, Jordin!

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

(SINGING) Because opposites attract.