Derek Hough
Derek is a professional dancer, choreographer, and singer. He is a former world champion in Latin-American ballroom dance and was featured on season five and six of Dancing with the Stars. He’s been nominated twelve times for Outstanding Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming for routines he has created for “Dancing with the Stars,” winning in 2013, 2015, and 2021. The 2023 Emmy Awards is scheduled to air on Monday, September 18.
With his sister, Julianne, Derek was trained in London at the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts. He played the role of Ren McCormack in the United Kingdom and West End tours of Footloose: The Musical. He also played the lead in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Millfield Theater, and he danced in the company of Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang at the London Palladium. He was a panelist on BBC's DanceX, has hosted Real Lives, appeared in a Harry Potter movie, and in various music videos.
Derek is in a rock band called Almost Amy with Mark Ballas. Derek and Julianne Hough lived with the Ballas family in London while they attended school. Mark Ballas also participated in Dancing with the Stars (season five).
