diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/TabContentReview.tsx b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/TabContentReview.tsx
index 46bbebb96..05bfa1572 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/TabContentReview.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/TabContentReview.tsx
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import {
     SUBMITTER,
 } from '../../../config/index.config'
 import {
+    isAiFailedReviewSubmission,
     isContestReviewPhaseSubmission,
     shouldIncludeInReviewPhase,
 } from '../../utils/reviewPhaseGuards'
@@ -172,10 +173,6 @@ const sortSubmissionsByReviewScoreDesc = (
     return entries.map(entry => entry.submission)
 }
 
-const isAiFailedReviewSubmission = (submission?: SubmissionInfo): boolean => (
-    (submission?.status || '').toUpperCase() === 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW'
-)
-
 const mergeSubmissionsById = (
     primary: SubmissionInfo[],
     additional: SubmissionInfo[],
diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/iterativeReviewFiltering.ts b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/iterativeReviewFiltering.ts
index d6ee96bb6..261cf4acf 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/iterativeReviewFiltering.ts
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/ChallengeDetailsContent/iterativeReviewFiltering.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ import {
     BackendResource,
     SubmissionInfo,
 } from '../../models'
-import { shouldIncludeInReviewPhase } from '../../utils/reviewPhaseGuards'
+import {
+    isAiFailedReviewSubmission,
+    shouldIncludeInReviewPhase,
+} from '../../utils/reviewPhaseGuards'
 
 interface FilterIterativeReviewRowsArgs {
     aiReviewDecisionsBySubmissionId?: Record<string, AiReviewDecision>
@@ -28,10 +31,6 @@ interface LimitFirst2FinishIterativeRowsOptions {
     forceSingleRow?: boolean
 }
 
-function isAiFailedReviewSubmission(submission: SubmissionInfo): boolean {
-    return (submission.status ?? '').toUpperCase() === 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW'
-}
-
 function isAiLockedByDecision(
     submission: SubmissionInfo,
     aiReviewDecisionsBySubmissionId?: Record<string, AiReviewDecision>,
diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/TableReview/TableReview.tsx b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/TableReview/TableReview.tsx
index a06faab00..40af73fe0 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/TableReview/TableReview.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/components/TableReview/TableReview.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ import {
     isSubmissionReviewerActionRow,
     resolveSubmissionReviewResult,
 } from '../common/reviewResult'
-import { shouldIncludeInReviewPhase } from '../../utils/reviewPhaseGuards'
+import {
+    isAiFailedReviewSubmission,
+    shouldIncludeInReviewPhase,
+} from '../../utils/reviewPhaseGuards'
 import { CollapsibleAiReviewsRow } from '../CollapsibleAiReviewsRow'
 
 import { EscalationModals } from './EscalationModals'
@@ -149,9 +152,11 @@ export const TableReview: FC<TableReviewProps> = (props: TableReviewProps) => {
 
     const isTablet = useMemo<boolean>(() => screenWidth <= 744, [screenWidth])
     const reviewPhaseDatas = useMemo<SubmissionInfo[]>(
-        () => datas.filter(submission => shouldIncludeInReviewPhase(
-            submission,
-            challengeInfo?.phases,
+        () => datas.filter(submission => (
+            // AI-locked submissions may carry no Review-phase review yet, but reviewers and
+            // copilots still need the row to escalate, verify, or unlock them.
+            isAiFailedReviewSubmission(submission)
+            || shouldIncludeInReviewPhase(submission, challengeInfo?.phases)
         )),
         [challengeInfo?.phases, datas],
     )
@@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ export const TableReview: FC<TableReviewProps> = (props: TableReviewProps) => {
                     return true
                 }
 
-                return (submission.status ?? '').toUpperCase() === 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW'
+                return isAiFailedReviewSubmission(submission)
             },
         ),
         [props.screeningOutcome.failingSubmissionIds],
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ export const TableReview: FC<TableReviewProps> = (props: TableReviewProps) => {
         submission: SubmissionReviewerRow,
         decision?: AiReviewEscalationDecision,
     ): boolean => {
-        if (submission.status !== 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW') {
+        if (!isAiFailedReviewSubmission(submission)) {
             return false
         }
 
@@ -839,16 +844,15 @@ export const TableReview: FC<TableReviewProps> = (props: TableReviewProps) => {
             )
         }
 
-        appendAction(buildPrimaryAction(), 'primary')
         if (submission.isFirstReviewerRow) {
+            appendAction(buildPrimaryAction(), 'primary')
             appendAction(buildEscalateAction(), 'escalate')
             appendAction(buildVerifyAction(), 'verify')
             appendAction(buildUnlockAction(), 'unlock')
             appendAction(buildHistoryAction(), 'history')
+            appendAction(buildReopenAction(), 'reopen')
         }
 
-        appendAction(buildReopenAction(), 'reopen')
-
         if (!actionEntries.length) {
             return (
                 <span className={styles.notReviewed}>
diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.spec.ts b/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.spec.ts
index 6071363ec..fcb0983bf 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.spec.ts
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import type { BackendPhase, SubmissionInfo } from '../models'
 
-import { isContestReviewPhaseSubmission } from './reviewPhaseGuards'
+import {
+    isAiFailedReviewSubmission,
+    isContestReviewPhaseSubmission,
+    shouldIncludeInReviewPhase,
+} from './reviewPhaseGuards'
 
 const reviewPhase: BackendPhase = {
     constraints: [],
@@ -93,3 +97,34 @@ describe('isContestReviewPhaseSubmission', () => {
             .toBe(false)
     })
 })
+
+describe('isAiFailedReviewSubmission', () => {
+    it('detects AI-locked submissions regardless of status casing', () => {
+        expect(isAiFailedReviewSubmission({ status: 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW' } as SubmissionInfo))
+            .toBe(true)
+        expect(isAiFailedReviewSubmission({ status: 'ai_failed_review' } as SubmissionInfo))
+            .toBe(true)
+    })
+
+    it('ignores other submission statuses', () => {
+        expect(isAiFailedReviewSubmission({ status: 'ACTIVE' } as SubmissionInfo))
+            .toBe(false)
+        expect(isAiFailedReviewSubmission(undefined))
+            .toBe(false)
+    })
+
+    it('keeps AI-failed submissions visible even when the phase guard excludes them', () => {
+        const aiFailedSubmission = {
+            id: 'submission-ai-failed',
+            memberId: '1001',
+            status: 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW',
+            type: 'Contest Submission',
+        } as SubmissionInfo
+
+        // No review-phase hints, so the phase guard alone would drop the row.
+        expect(shouldIncludeInReviewPhase(aiFailedSubmission, [reviewPhase]))
+            .toBe(false)
+        expect(isAiFailedReviewSubmission(aiFailedSubmission))
+            .toBe(true)
+    })
+})
diff --git a/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.ts b/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.ts
index 0e93dcf14..e027dd3fc 100644
--- a/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.ts
+++ b/src/apps/review/src/lib/utils/reviewPhaseGuards.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,19 @@ export const isContestReviewPhaseSubmission = (
     return normalizedCandidates.has(normalizeReviewPhaseKey(targetPhaseName))
 }
 
+/**
+ * Detects submissions the AI reviewer failed and locked.
+ *
+ * @param submission - Submission candidate.
+ * @returns True when the submission status marks an AI review failure.
+ * @throws This helper does not throw.
+ * Such submissions must stay visible on the Review tab so reviewers and copilots
+ * can escalate, verify, or unlock them even without a Review-phase review record.
+ */
+export const isAiFailedReviewSubmission = (submission?: SubmissionInfo): boolean => (
+    (submission?.status ?? '').toUpperCase() === 'AI_FAILED_REVIEW'
+)
+
 export const shouldIncludeInReviewPhase = (
     submission?: SubmissionInfo,
     phases?: BackendPhase[],