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alums Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken on Sunday night. The season 2 winner and runner-up, respectively, returned to the stage 20 years later for the season 21 finale, performing a duet to «The Impossible Dream,» with the help of season 21 winner and runner-up Iam Tongi and Megan Danielle.«It was really good, man. You know, I just definitely enjoyed myself,» Studdard told ET's Denny Directo after the performance.

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Kelly Clarkson disses Ruben Studdard by mistakenly saying that Clay Aiken won ‘American Idol’

Clay Aiken was the runner-up during that second season, but the talk show host didn’t remember it that way. “We spent a lot of time,” Clarkson, 42, recalled on Monday’s episode of “The Kelly Clarkson Show” while talking to Aiken.

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Clay Aiken randomly questions Shawn Mendes’ sexuality during interview: ‘I shouldn’t out him’

Variety published Wednesday, the “American Idol” alum, 45, paused talking about his Christmas album to randomly bring up the discourse around Mendes, 26.“By the way, did Shawn Mendes come out today?” Aiken asked. “Have you seen this video on his Instagram? I didn’t finish watching it because I looked at the time and I was like, ‘Oh God, I gotta get on the computer.'”“So I don’t know if he really did,” Aiken added. “I shouldn’t out him if he didn’t.”Aiken’s interview seemingly took place at the end of October when Mendes made headlines for saying he was still “figuring out” his sexuality at his concert in Colorado.

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Clay Aiken’s son Parker, 15, makes TV debut on ‘Celebrity Family Feud’ — and competes against uncle David Foster

“Celebrity Family Feud.”Aiken, 45, was joined by Parker, Parker’s mom Jaymes, his mom Faye and his brother Brett on the game show. Team Aiken faced off against Team Foster, made up of David Foster, his wife Katharine McPhee, his daughter Amy, McPhee’s sister Adriana and his stepson Brandon Jenner.Aiken pointed out to host Steve Harvey that there’s actually familial relations between the two teams.“We got a very mixed family up here on stage,” he said.“We’re not just two ‘American Idol’ runners-up,” Aiken added, referring to himself and McPhee, 40, “but we’ve got some Fosters on both sounds of the aisle too.”Aiken introduced his family and explained that his son’s mother is David’s sister.

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Clay Aiken Makes Surprise Confession to Ruben Studdard About 'American Idol' Journey (Exclusive)

their nostalgic joint tour across the U.S. and Canada, the alums stopped by for a round of ET's «Spilling the E-Tea,» reminiscing about their time on the show's second season ahead of the 20th anniversary of their appearance. The duo announced their current tour in December, with the journey taking them through stops in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Atlanta and more.

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‘American Idol’ Runner-Up Clay Aiken Takes Jab At Trump Over GA Election Tapes: I Wanted To Find Votes Too

If there’s something Clay Aiken has in common with Donald Trump, it’s knowing that he was once just a few thousand votes away from winning the biggest competition of his life. Clay, 42, mocked the president on Twitter after hearing his ill-fated phone call with the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in which he begged him to “find” him more votes. “I had pretty much the same call with ‘Idol’ back in 2003,” Clay tweeted. “‘I just want to find 11,780 votes!’ Didn’t work for me either. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #TrumpTapes.”