JJJ is super excited about Jordin Sparks acting debut on The Suite Life on Deck tonight and couldn’t help asking our pal Doc Shaw all about working with the American Idol champ.

Doc, 17, spilled a secret about Jordin and the plot, saying, “My character, Marcus is a little nervous around Jordin because he used to know her. There will be a little set up there. It was great working with Jordin Sparks.”

In TONIGHT’s episode “Crossing Jordin,” when recording artist Jordin Sparks comes aboard the S.S. Tipton for a concert, Zack, Cody (Dylan, Cole Sprouse) and Marcus (Shaw) write a song for her to sing. Meanwhile, London (Brenda Song) brings her number one fan on board and discovers she is really trying to steal her identity.

“Crossing Jordin” premieres Friday, October 23 @ 8:30PM ET/PT on Disney Channel.