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Flavor Flav's Surprise Judging Stint Shakes Up 'Dancing With the Stars'
5 Nov, 2025
Summary
- Flavor Flav, rapper and reality TV personality, served as a guest judge on 'Dancing With the Stars'
- Flav gave out puzzling scores, including a 9 for a perfect paso doble and a 9 for a mediocre contemporary dance
- Team Chicago won the team dance challenge with a perfect 40 score
In a surprising move, the producers of 'Dancing With the Stars' invited rapper and reality TV personality Flavor Flav to serve as a guest judge on the show's latest episode, which aired on November 5th, 2025. Flav, who has no formal training in ballroom dancing, joined regular judges Carrie Ann Inaba, Derek Hough, and Bruno Tonioli, offering up a series of delightfully incoherent remarks and equally puzzling scores.
Flav's judging style proved to be highly unpredictable, with the rapper handing out a '9' score to a fantastic paso doble performance by Alix and Val, while also giving a '9' to Andy and Emma's sweet but underwhelming contemporary dance. This level of unpredictability added an element of chaos to the episode, keeping viewers on the edge of their seats.
Elsewhere in the broadcast, the annual team dances took place, with Team Chicago (Danielle, Whitney, Jordan, Dylan, and Alfonso) earning a perfect 40 from the judges, besting Team Kool (Andy, Robert, Alix, Elaine, and Julianne Hough), who received a 38.
