Derek Hough

Derek Hough (born May 17, 1985) is an American dancer and choreographer. He is known best for his work, since September 2007, on the U.S. television dance-competition series Dancing with the Stars, on which he has won a record five seasons. He also won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography in 2013 for three routines that he choreographed on the show.

Hough has also acted in several stage productions such as in the 2006 original production of Footloose: The Musical at the Novelo Theatre in London's West End. He also starred in Make Your Move, a 2013 Romeo and Juliet-inspired South Korean-American independent dance film.

He holds a world champion title in Under 21 Latin American Dance

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Dancing with the Stars
Hough made his first appearance on Dancing With The Stars in season four (week 6) as a guest instructor with Julianne and Apolo Anton Ohno.[18]  He then joined the cast of professional instructors in season five and was paired with Jennie Garth.[19]  Hough and Garth eliminated in the semi-finals finishing the competition in fourth place.[20]

For season six, Hough was paired with actress Shannon Elizabeth.[21]  They were eliminated from the show on April 29, 2008, finishing the competition in sixth place.[22]

For season seven, Hough was partnered with model/TV host Brooke Burke.[23]  In rehearsal on October 4, 2008, Hough tripped and fell, hitting his head on the floor and momentarily blacked out. He was sent to the hospital, but sustained no injuries.[24]  Hough and Burke earned the mirror ball trophy and won season seven on November 25, 2008.[25]

For season eight, Hough was paired with rapper Lil' Kim.[26]  They were eliminated on May 5, 2009, from the show finishing in fifth place.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season nine, Hough was partnered with model Joanna Krupa.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]  They were eliminated during week nine, the semi-finals, on November 17, 2009, finishing fourth.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season ten, Hough was partnered with Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer from the singing group Pussycat Dolls and former member of Eden's Crush.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]  The couple reached to the finals and won the competition on May 25, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  That was the second win for Hough.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season eleven, Hough won for the third time with actress Jennifer Grey, known for her film roles on Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, on November 23, 2010.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-32" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[32]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Hough did not participate in season 12 in order to be a part of the film COBU 3D (later renamed to Make your Move 3D).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:0_33-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[33]  For season 13, he was partnered with actress and TV host Ricki Lake, known playing the original Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-34" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[34]  Lake scored consistently high the whole season and ended up in third place.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-35" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[35]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season 14, Hough partnered with television personality Maria Menounos.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-36" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[36]  In week seven, the couple earned the first 30 of the season and topped the leader board the first time in the season.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-37" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[37]  The couple made it to the semi-finals but were eliminated after they finished at the top of the leader board.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-38" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[38]  Menounos became the second celebrity in Dancing With the Stars history to be eliminated on a night where she came in first place with the judges (the first was Willa Ford in season three).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season 15 (All Stars), Hough was paired with season eight champion, Shawn Johnson.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-39" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[39]  They were runners-up to Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-40" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[40]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On July 27, 2012 Hough announced that season 15 would be his last, calling it his "last hurrah".<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-41" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[41]  Few months later, on February 22, 2013, Hough announced that he would be back for season 16, stating on his Twitter account, “Wasn’t sure if I was able to do this season because of my other projects, but worked it out so I can do both. #pumped.”.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-42" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[42]  He was partnered with country singer and former American Idol contestant, Kellie Pickler.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-43" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[43]  On May 21, 2013, Pickler was crowned season 16 champion, marking the fourth time Derek won the Mirror Ball trophy, and made him the only pro to have won four Mirror Balls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-44" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[44]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On August 2, 2013, Hough confirmed that he would be back for season 17 via an interview with Access Hollywood.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-45" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[45]  The cast for season 17 was announced on September 4, 2013. Hough's partner for season 17 was Glee star Amber Riley.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-46" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[46] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-47" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[47]  Riley was crowned season 17 champion, historically marking the fifth time Hough has won the Mirror Ball trophy, and made him once again the only pro to have won five Mirror Balls.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-48" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[48]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">For season 18, Hough was paired with paralympic snowboarder, Amy Purdy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-S18_49-0" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[49]  In the finale on May 20, 2014, the couple was runner-up for the season, behind Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-50" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[50]

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On August 13, 2014, ABC announced that Hough would be back for the 19th season along with 11 more professional dancers, while the celebrity partners will be revealed on September 4.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-51" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[51] <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-52" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[52]

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Records<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Hough's DWTS pro average is 26.75.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed]  Joanna Krupa's Argentine Tango and Shawn Johnson's Fusion are not included in his average.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">He is the only professional dancer to win five Mirror Ball Trophies, and the first who achieved twice back-to-back wins. He has earned 34 perfect scores of 30s and 194 perfect 10s over the seasons (the perfect score and tens Johnson got with Ballas are not included).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Hough is the only pro of the show who won all 11 team/group dances that he was part of during the seasons. As well, Hough is the only professional dancer to score a perfect 10 with each one of his celebrity partners.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Hough and Riley, his dance partner for season 17, got a 27 in the first week of competition, dancing the Cha cha. This is the highest score ever given in the first week on the show. It was only given once in the past to Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas on season six, when they danced the foxtrot. Later, on season 18, Charlie White also got the same score for his first dance.

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Celebrity partners<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===== 20        Nastia Liukin          4th     TBA

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Performance history<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 5: celebrity partner Jennie Garth; average: 25.7; placed: 4th <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 6: celebrity partner: Shannon Elizabeth; average: 24.5; placed: 6th <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 7: celebrity partner: Brooke Burke; average: 27.1; placed: 1st <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 8: celebrity partner: Lil' Kim; average: 25.8; placed: 5th <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 9: celebrity partner: Joanna Krupa; average: 25.5; placed: 4th <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 10: celebrity partner: Nicole Scherzinger; average: 27.5; placed: 1st <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 11: celebrity partner: Jennifer Grey; average: 27.2; placed: 1st <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 13: celebrity Partner: Ricki Lake; Average: 26.7; Placed: 3rd <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 14: celebrity partner: Maria Menounos; average: 26.8; placed: 4th <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 15: celebrity partner: Shawn Johnson; average: 27.9; Placed: 2nd <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 16: Celebrity partner: Kellie Pickler; average: 27.4; placed: 1st <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 17: Celebrity partner: Amber Riley; average: 27.8 ; placed: 1st <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Season 18: Celebrity partner: Amy Purdy; average: 27.9 ; placed: 2nd