| Early life | | | | Freestyle/"You're the One That I Want" |
| Hough was born in 1985 in Salt Lake City, Utah, to a | | | | Viennese Waltz/"Daughters" |
| Mormon family. In 1998, he and his sister, Julianne | | | | 9 |
| Hough, moved to London to further their dance training | | | | 10 |
| with world renowned dancing couple, Corky and | | | | 10 |
| Shirley Ballas. | | | | 9 |
| Dancing | | | | 10 |
| He attended and subsequently taught at the Italia Conti | | | | 10 |
| Academy of Theatre Arts. On this foundation, he built | | | | 10 |
| a career, which has included professional competition, | | | | 10 |
| television work, and roles in the West End Theatre. | | | | 10 |
| Hough played the role of Ren McCormack in both the | | | | WON |
| UK Tour and the West-End run of Footloose the | | | | Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 6 the 10 |
| Musical, which ran from April until November 2006. | | | | was awarded by stand-in guest judge Michael Flatley |
| Before this, Hough's theatre work included playing the | | | | Season 8: Celebrity partner Lil' Kim (Average - 25.8) : |
| lead in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Millfield Theatre, | | | | Week # |
| and dancing in the company in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | | | | Dance/Song |
| at the London Palladium. | | | | Judges' score |
| Hough is a former IDSF World Youth Latin Champion | | | | Result |
| (2002) for Poland with Aneta Piotrowska. He has won | | | | Inaba |
| the LA Outstanding Dancer of the Year and the New | | | | Goodman |
| York Dance Alliance Outstanding Dance awards. | | | | Tonioli |
| Hough is one of Bruno Tonioli's panelists on BBC One's | | | | 1 |
| DanceX, the first episode of which aired on July 14, | | | | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Nasty" |
| 2007. | | | | 7 |
| Dancing with the Stars | | | | 7 |
| Hough joined Season 5 of Dancing With The Stars | | | | 7 |
| and was paired with Jennie Garth. Hough and Garth | | | | Safe |
| competed in the semi-finals and were the ninth couple | | | | 2 |
| eliminated from the competition. He competed in | | | | Quickstep/"Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" |
| Season 6 of Dancing With The Stars, this time paired | | | | 8 |
| with actress Shannon Elizabeth. For Season 7, Hough | | | | 7 |
| was partnered with model/TV host Brooke Burke. In | | | | 8 |
| rehearsal on October 4, 2008, Hough tripped and fell, | | | | Safe |
| hitting his head on the floor and momentarily blacked | | | | 3 |
| out. He was sent to the hospital, but sustained no | | | | Samba/"Remedio P'al Corazon" |
| injuries. Hough and Burke earned the mirror ball trophy | | | | 8 |
| and won Season 7. The cast of season 8 of Dancing | | | | 8 |
| With the Stars was announced in February 2009, and | | | | 9 |
| Hough was paired with rapper Lil' Kim. In week 9, they | | | | Safe |
| were eliminated from the show despite high scores | | | | 4 |
| from the judges. For Season 9, Hough was partnered | | | | Argentine Tango/"Taquito Militar" |
| with model Joanna Krupa. They were eliminated during | | | | 9 |
| week 9, the semi-finals, on November 17, 2009, despite | | | | 8 |
| high scores from the judges. They finished fourth. For | | | | 10 |
| Season 10, Hough will be partnered with Nicole | | | | Safe |
| Scherzinger. | | | | 5 |
| Hough's current DWTS pro average is 25.7. Joanna | | | | Viennese Waltz/"I'll Be" |
| Krupa's Argentine Tango is not included in his average. | | | | 9 |
| Performance history | | | | 8 |
| Season 5: Celebrity partner Jennie Garth (Average - | | | | 9 |
| 25.7) : | | | | Safe |
| Week # | | | | 6 |
| Dance/Song | | | | Jive/"Jailhouse Rock" |
| Judges' score | | | | 10 |
| Result | | | | 8 |
| Inaba | | | | 10 |
| Goodman | | | | Safe |
| Tonioli | | | | 7 |
| 1 | | | | Rumba/"Lost Without U" |
| Cha-Cha-Cha/"Uptown Girl" | | | | 9 |
| 7 | | | | 8 |
| 7 | | | | 9 |
| 7 | | | | Safe |
| Safe | | | | 8 |
| 2 | | | | Paso Doble/"El Gato Montes" |
| Quickstep/"Suddenly I See" | | | | Team Tango/"Womanizer" |
| 7 | | | | 9 |
| 7 | | | | 9 |
| 7 | | | | 9 |
| Safe | | | | 9 |
| 3 | | | | 10 |
| Tango/"Cite Tango" | | | | 10 |
| 9 | | | | Safe |
| 8 | | | | 9 |
| 9 | | | | Waltz/"When I Need You" |
| Safe | | | | Salsa/"Por Arriba, Por Abajo" |
| 4 | | | | 8 |
| Paso Doble/"Because We Can" | | | | 9 |
| 8 | | | | 9 |
| 10 | | | | 9 |
| 9 | | | | 8 |
| Safe | | | | 9 |
| 5 | | | | Eliminated |
| Samba/"Cosmic Girl" | | | | Season 9: Celebrity partner Joanna Krupa (Average |
| 8 | | | | 25.5): |
| 9 | | | | Week # |
| 8 | | | | Dance/Song |
| Safe | | | | Judges' score |
| 6 | | | | Result |
| Mambo/"Mambo Baby" | | | | Inaba |
| Rock N' Roll/"Rockin' Robin" | | | | Goodman |
| 9 | | | | Tonioli |
| No | | | | 1 |
| 9 | | | | Salsa/"Meddle" |
| Scores | | | | Foxtrot/"The Best Is Yet to Come" |
| 9 | | | | 8 |
| Given | | | | 8 |
| Safe | | | | 8 |
| 7 | | | | Safe |
| Viennese Waltz/"Runaway" | | | | 10 |
| Rumba/ "Fallen" | | | | 2 |
| 8 | | | | Jive/"What I Like About You" |
| 9 | | | | 6 |
| 8 | | | | 7* |
| 9 | | | | 7 |
| 9 | | | | Safe |
| 10 | | | | 3 |
| Last to be Called | | | | Samba/"La Bomba" |
| Safe | | | | 7 |
| 8 | | | | 8 |
| Jive/"It Takes Two" | | | | 8 |
| Foxtrot/ "I've Got You Under My Skin" | | | | Safe |
| 8 | | | | 4 |
| 9 | | | | Lambada/"Danando Lambada" |
| 8 | | | | 9 |
| 9 | | | | 8 |
| 8 | | | | 9 |
| 8 | | | | Safe |
| Last to be Called | | | | 5 |
| Safe | | | | Argentine Tango/"Whatever Lola Wants"** |
| 9 | | | | 8 |
| Semi-finals | | | | 8 |
| Tango/"The Take Over, The Breaks Over" | | | | 8 |
| Cha-Cha-Cha/ "Mustang Sally" | | | | Safe |
| 9 | | | | 6 |
| 10 | | | | Waltz/"Be Here To Love Me" |
| 10 | | | | Mambo/"Ran Kan Kan" |
| 10 | | | | 8 |
| 9 | | | | 9 |
| 10 | | | | 9 |
| Eliminated | | | | Safe |
| Season 6: Celebrity partner Shannon Elizabeth | | | | 10 |
| (Average - 24.5) : | | | | 7 |
| Week # | | | | Rumba/"The Look of Love" |
| Dance/Song | | | | Team Tango/"You Give Love A Bad Name" |
| Judges' score | | | | 9 |
| Result | | | | 9 |
| Inaba | | | | 9 |
| Goodman | | | | 9 |
| Tonioli | | | | 9 |
| 1 | | | | 10 |
| Cha-Cha-Cha/"Shut Up and Drive" | | | | Safe |
| 7 | | | | 8 |
| 7 | | | | Quickstep/"Valerie" |
| 7 | | | | Paso Doble/"Living on Video" |
| N/A | | | | 8 |
| 2 | | | | 9 |
| Quickstep/"Swing with Me" | | | | 7 |
| 8 | | | | 10 |
| 8 | | | | 8 |
| 8 | | | | 10 |
| Safe | | | | Safe |
| 3 | | | | 9 |
| Jive/"Goody Two-Shoes" | | | | Viennese Waltz/"Hallelujah" |
| 8 | | | | Cha-Cha-Cha/"Can't Get You Out of My Head" |
| 8 | | | | Salsa/"Lal Luz Del Ritmo" |
| 8 | | | | 9 |
| Safe | | | | 9 |
| 4 | | | | 9 |
| Viennese Waltz/"Keep Holding On" | | | | 9 |
| 9 | | | | 9 |
| 10 | | | | 9 |
| 9 | | | | 9 |
| Safe | | | | 9 |
| 5 | | | | 9 |
| Samba/"Pon de Replay" | | | | Eliminated |
| 8 | | | | ^* Due to Len Goodman's absence in week 2 the 7 |
| 8 | | | | was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann. |
| 7 | | | | ^** Due to illness Derek Hough was unable to |
| Safe | | | | perform, Joanna Krupa performed this dance with |
| 6 | | | | Maksim Chmerkovskiy. |
| Rumba/ "True Colors" | | | | Music |
| Country Western/"Cotton-Eyed Joe | | | | Main article: Ballas Hough Band |
| 8 | | | | Hough and his sister Julianne Hough, who is also a |
| No | | | | Dancing with the Stars professional dancer, sang a |
| 8 | | | | duet called "Dreaming Under the Same Moon" in |
| Scores | | | | Julianne's debut self-titled album. |
| 8 | | | | Hough and another Dancing with the Stars |
| Given | | | | professional dancer Mark Ballas formed a band |
| Safe | | | | named "Almost Amy." In November 2008, the band |
| 7 | | | | changed their name to Ballas Hough Band (BHB). This |
| Tango/"Tanguedia III" | | | | was primarily due to the fact that someone already |
| Mambo/ "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That" | | | | owned the domain name Almost Amy, although their |
| 9 | | | | manager cited other reasons for the name change, |
| 8 | | | | such as input from the label's marketing department. |
| 9 | | | | The debut album of the band, titled BHB, was released |
| 8 | | | | on March 10, 2009. Hough plays Kate Voegele's love |
| 9 | | | | interest in her new music video "99 Times". He can |
| 8 | | | | also be seen in Lil Kim's video, Download and Cheryl |
| Eliminated | | | | Cole's video Parachute. |
| Season 7: Celebrity partner Brooke Burke (Average - | | | | Personal life |
| 27.1) : | | | | Hough dated actress and former DWTS partner, |
| Week # | | | | Shannon Elizabeth for more than a year. On August 7, |
| Dance/Song | | | | 2009, via their Twitter accounts, both Derek and |
| Judges' score | | | | Shannon announced their breakup. Derek later |
| Result | | | | revealed they broke up in July. Previously, Hough dated |
| Inaba | | | | British actress/singer/songwriter India de Beaufort for |
| Goodman | | | | several years. In February 2010, Hough met up with |
| Tonioli | | | | Cheryl Cole during her visit to Los Angeles, after |
| 1 | | | | rumours that she was to be splitting with soccer star |
| Cha-Cha-Cha/"Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)" | | | | husband Ashley Cole. There has been speculation that |
| 7 | | | | the pair were romantically involved after Hough and his |
| 8 | | | | pet dog spent seven hours in her hotel room one |
| 8 | | | | evening. |
| Safe | | | | References |
| 1 | | | | ^ Shenton, Mark (April 17, 2006). "Derek Hough". Fresh |
| Quickstep/"Lover, Come Back to Me" | | | | Face. in London. |
| 9 | | | | ^ a b "Derek Hough Bio". Dancing with the Stars. ABC. |
| 8 | | | | Retrieved 2007-10-24. |
| 9 | | | | ^ "DanceX". BBC. June 29, 2007. |
| Safe | | | | ^ Deerwester, Jayme. "'Dancing' can be a pain in the ...". |
| 2 | | | | USA Today. October 27, 2008) |
| Paso Doble/"Palladio, first movement" | | | | External links |
| 8 | | | | Derek Hough at the Internet Movie Database |
| 8 | | | | Derek Hough at MySpace |
| 8 | | | | Derek Hough - Mom's Blog about Derek |
| Safe | | | | "Derek Hough official fan site". |
| 3 | | | | "Almost Amy Band official website". Retrieved |
| Viennese Waltz/"Daughters" | | | | 2007-10-24. |
| 9 | | | | |
| 10 | | | | Links to related articles |
| 9 | | | | Preceded by |
| Safe | | | | Kristi Yamaguchi & Mark Ballas |
| 4 | | | | Dancing with the Stars (US) winner |
| Samba/"Hip Hip Chin Chin" | | | | Season 7 (Fall 2008 with Brooke Burke) |
| 9 | | | | Succeeded by |
| 8 | | | | Shawn Johnson & Mark Ballasv d e |
| 9 | | | | Dancing with the Stars |
| Safe | | | | Seasons |
| 5 | | | | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
| Jitterbug/"Don't Be Cruel" | | | | Dances (Season 10 only) |
| 10 | | | | American Smooth Argentine Tango Bolero |
| 9 | | | | Cha-Cha-Cha Charleston Foxtrot Jive Lambada Lindy |
| 10 | | | | Hop Mambo Merengue Paso Doble Quickstep Rock 'n' |
| Safe | | | | Roll Rumba Salsa Samba Tango Viennese Waltz |
| 6 | | | | Waltz Freestyle |
| Rumba/"No Air" | | | | Participants |
| 8 | | | | List of competitors |
| 10* | | | | Hosts |
| 8 | | | | Tom Bergeron |
| Safe | | | | Former Hosts |
| 7 | | | | Lisa Canning (2005) Samantha Harris (2006-2009) |
| Foxtrot/"Lullaby of Birdland" | | | | Drew Lachey (Season 5 - temporary) |
| Group Paso Doble/ "Rocks" | | | | Judges |
| 10 | | | | Carrie Ann Inaba Len Goodman Bruno Tonioli |
| 10 | | | | Interim Judges |
| 10 | | | | Michael Flatley (Season 7 - Week 6) Baz Luhrmann |
| 9 | | | | (Season 9 - Week 2) |
| 10 | | | | Celebrity champions |
| 10 | | | | Kelly Monaco Drew Lachey Emmitt Smith Apolo |
| Safe | | | | Anton Ohno Hlio Castroneves Kristi Yamaguchi |
| 8 | | | | Brooke Burke Shawn Johnson Donny Osmond |
| Tango/"Tango Diabolo" | | | | Professional champions |
| Mambo/ "Cuban Mambo" | | | | Alec Mazo Cheryl Burke (Seasons 2 & 3) Julianne |
| 10 | | | | Hough (Seasons 4 & 5) Mark Ballas (Seasons 6 |
| 9 | | | | & 8) Derek Hough Kym Johnson |
| 8 | | | | Celebrity runners-up |
| 9 | | | | John O'Hurley Jerry Rice Mario Lopez Joey Fatone |
| 10 | | | | Mel B Jason Taylor Warren Sapp Gilles Marini Ma |
| 9 | | | | Professional runners-up |
| Safe | | | | Charlotte Jrgensen Anna Trebunskaya Karina |
| 9 | | | | Smirnoff Kym Johnson (Seasons 4 & 7) Maksim |
| Jive/"The House is Rockin'" | | | | Chmerkovskiy Edyta liwiska Cheryl Burke Dmitry |
| Salsa/ "Barbarabatiri" | | | | Chaplin |
| 7 | | | | Alternate versions |
| 9 | | | | Dancing with the Stars (International) Strictly Come |
| 7 | | | | Dancing (United Kingdom) |
| 10 | | | | Games |
| 7 | | | | Dancing with the Stars We Dance! Dancing with the |
| 9 | | | | Stars (card game) |
| Safe | | | | Spin-offs |
| 10 | | | | Dance War: Bruno vs. |
| Samba/"Blame It On the Boogie" | | | | |
