Let’s hear it for the bird: Showbird is revealed on ‘The Masked Singer’ Footloose Night

There was a sense of "community" on this episode, as it turned out this bird was just one degree of separation from judge Ken Jeong.

In the words of Ren McCormack, “Let’s daaaaance!”

Yes, Wednesday was Footloose Night on The Masked Singer Season12, and the episode was so much fun that even Reverend Shaw Moore wouldn’t try to shut it down. And the episode was precisely one degree from Kevin Bacon, as the movie’s actual leading man showed up to wish the Ship, Woodpecker, Buffalos, and Showbird good luck (and, of course, quote some timeless Kenny Loggins lyrics). There was even an impromptu desktop dance-off between judge Robin Thicke and host Nick Cannon, which I’m pretty sure Nick won.

But we all know who lost on Wednesday: the Showbird. Her vivacious performance of the Footloose soundtrack’s average-man anthem “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” was actually well above average — judge Rita Ora even called it a “showstopper” — but it just wasn’t strong enough to compete, and so, at the night’s end, this lovin' one-woman show was stopped for good.