The winner of Dancing With The Stars 2026 is none other than Jasper “Jazz” Malone! No, not the guy who fixes your sink. Jasper Malone, the Olympic snowboarder who went viral for doing a backflip off a moose. Yes, that’s a real thing.
He partnered with the legendary pro dancer Maya “The Machine” Torres. Together, they danced a freestyle that made the judges cry, the audience scream, and my cat run under the sofa. It was that powerful.
How Did We Get Here?
Jasper started the season looking like a baby giraffe on roller skates. Seriously, his first cha-cha was… a choice. But then something clicked in week three, and he became a dancing machine.
Maya Torres deserves a ton of credit here. She’s been a pro for eleven seasons and this was her first win. You could see the tears in her eyes when they called her name. Even the host, Alfonso, got a little misty.
The other finalists were no slouches, either. Comedian Chloe Kim got the audience laughing with a jazz number about her cat’s divorce. And former NFL star Marcus “The Wall” Johnson danced a tango that made me question my own life choices.
