Carrie Underwood surprises fans with exciting American Idol news

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Carrie Underwood is going back to her roots! The star surprised fans with an exciting career update that will have her honoring the place that made her famous.MORE: Carrie Underwood's husband shares rare photos of sons alongside heartfelt tributeThe singer is going back to American Idol, though this time she'll be at the helm of the competition rather than on stage.The show announced that the former contestant would be joining the second to last episode of the season as she takes on the role of mentor to guide the Top 5 finalists throughout the end of their journey.WATCH: Carrie performs stunning rendition of Ghost StoryMORE: Carrie Underwood's son steals the show in enlightening new postAmerican Idol detailed that Carrie would be mentoring live from Las Vegas, as she's currently doing a residency titled Reflection at Resort Worlds.Captioning a post with: "Well, here's a dream come true!" the photo shared for the announcement sees the songstress in a sparkly denim button down – and nothing else – as her hair was blown away by wind.She expressed her anticipation about returning to a place so familiar and dear to her heart, writing: "Can't wait!"A post shared by Carrie Underwood (@carrieunderwood)The exciting announcementFans immediately took to the comments to express the same excitement, commenting: "Congratulations, Carrie!

The main thing is that it brings you satisfaction and joy," and: "They will now be mentored by the BEST," as well as: "SO cool that you STILL give back to AI after all your success!

You are the PERFECT mentor for these kids because you've done it all and done it all RIGHT!"MORE: Carrie Underwood turns heads with latex dress in backstage photosMORE: Carrie Underwood's 'dream came true' following major.