Dancing with the StarsWelcomes Gene Simmons as Guest Judge for Hair Metal Night — See the Dance Lineup! (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

‘Dancing with the Stars’ trophy.Photo:Eric McCandless via Getty

Eric McCandless via Getty

Gene Simmonsis joiningDancing with the Starsfor a theme night that hits close to home!

The rock legend is slated to be the guestjudgealongsideCarrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli andDerek Houghon “Hair Metal” night of the dance competition show, PEOPLE can exclusively confirm. The Oct. 8 episode will see the 11 pairs return to the dance floor with routines to iconic rock ‘n’ roll anthems.

Ahead of the exciting episode, judge and former pro Hough will coach the dancers on the ins and outs of lifts and tricks required in the genres of dances for the night.

Gene Simmons.Mark Weiss/Getty

Mark Weiss/Getty

The stars will then take the stage withDanny AmendolaandWitney Carson,Phaedra ParksandVal Chmerkovskiy,Dwight HowardandDaniella Karagach,Eric RobertsandBritt Stewart, andJenn TranandSasha Farbertaking on a Paso Doble.

Performing the Jive will beChandler KinneyandBrandon ArmstrongandIlona MaherandAlan Bersten.

Brooks NaderandGleb Savchenko, along withReginald VelJohnsonandEmma Slater, will be doing a Cha Cha, whileStephen NedoroscikandRylee Arnoldare the sole couple going for a Foxtrot.

Joey GraziadeiandJenna Johnsonalso went down their own path, with plans to perform a Tango.

Jenn Tran and Sasha Farber.Disney/Eric McCandless

Disney/Eric McCandless

Because of the vice presidential debate,DWTSwill also air an episode they taped this week on Monday, Oct. 7. Live viewer votes from the week’s two nights of competition will be combined with the judges’ scores from both nights to determine who may be in jeopardy of elimination.

Rylee Arnold and Stephen Nedoroscik.Disney/Eric McCandless

Week 2 saw Chandler and Brandon take the top spot on the leaderboard, and starsTori SpellingandAnna Delveygoing home in a double elimination.

Delvey shockedDWTSfans following the Sept. 24 elimination when hostJulianne Houghasked her what she was taking away from her experience and she replied, “Nothing."

Spelling later questioned why Delvey gave the blunt one-word response on a Sept. 28 episode of her podcastmisSPELLING, andDelvey explainedit was “because that was the truth.”

“You guys told me what I’m supposed to do. I tried to do it and then I still was rejected,” she said. “And, I’m taking away nothing. This is what I’m taking away from it, because your advice was worthless.”

Anna Delvey and Ezra Sosa.Disney/Eric McCandless

“I knew she was going to say something very iconic and something very ‘Anna Delvey’ with her exit,” he shared. “Of course she has to — it’s very typical. We would expect nothing less of her.”

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Dancing with the Stars' “Hair Metal” night airs Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+, with the episode available to stream the next day on Hulu.

source: people.com