Early life

Hough grew up the fourth of five children in a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) family in Sandy, Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. He is the son of Marianne and Bruce Hough, and has four sisters, Sharee, Marabeth, Katherine, and Julianne.

All of his grandparents were dancers, and his parents met while on a ballroom dancing team in college in Idaho. He is a second cousin of musicians Riker, Rydel, Rocky, and Ross Lynch from R5.

When Hough was 12, his parents sent him to London to live and study with dance coaches Corky and Shirley Ballas. Hough's sister Julianne joined him in London several months later. Originally intending to stay for a year, Hough remained in London for ten years. (Julianne returned after five years.) The Ballases helped tutor the two Hough children alongside their own son, Mark Ballas, schooling them at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts. They received training in song, theater, gymnastics, and many forms of dance, including jazz, ballet, and tap. The three children formed their own pop music trio 2B1G ("2 Boys, 1 Girl") and performed at dance competitions in the UK and the U.S., and showcased UK television show. As well as being trained in many forms of dance, Hough can also play the piano, guitar and drums.

Derek subsequently taught at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.

Career

Competitive dancing and choreography

Hough is a former IDSF World Youth Latin Champion (2002) as well as a Blackpool U-21 Latin title (2003) for Poland with Aneta Piotrowska. He has won the LA Outstanding Dancer of the Year and the New York Dance Alliance Outstanding Dance awards.

On September 22, 2013, for the first time, the category for Outstanding Choreography for the Emmy Awards was moved to the Primetime Live Show, and all of the nominees in the category were to create and perform a number with the host of the show, Neil Patrick Harris. Hough, who was nominated for Dancing with the Stars, was part of that number, along with the other nominees. Ken Ehrlich, the executive producer of the show, stated, "It's definitely going to be an original number, something that hasn't been done before. It's going to utilize the talents of all of them to put this number together as choreographers." Hough then went on to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography. On September 12, 2015, Hough won his second Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, alongside Julianne Hough and Tessandra Chavez. This was both Julianne Hough's and Chavez's first Emmy win for outstanding choreography. Including the two nominations that he went on to win, Hough has been nominated for 7 Emmy Awards for choreography.

Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics

On April 18, 2013, Hough announced that he had started working with world champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White on a number for their upcoming 2014 Sochi winter Olympics short dance program that had to contain quickstep and foxtrot rhythms. Davis and White went on to win the gold medal with the routine. Their win made Olympic history, marking the first Olympic title in the event for the United States. About this opportunity, Hough said:

I started working on a very special routine that's not for the show . I'm choreographing a number for our world champion ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White to perform at the Olympics next year. They graciously asked me to do it and how could I say no? It's truly an honor and they're amazing.

Move Live On Tour

On March 18, 2014, Hough, along with his sister, Julianne, announced a summer tour of over 40 cities across the U.S. and Canada, called "Move Live on Tour", which would include dancing and singing from both of them, and the appearance of a group of dancers employed by the Hough's who were chosen through auditions. They embarked on the sold out tour on May 25, 2014 in Park City, Kansas and ended it in Los Angeles on July 26, 2014. Due to the success of ticket sales and several sold out venues before the tour had officially kicked off, several more shows were added to the tour schedule, which also sold out. For the tour choreography, the Hough siblings collaborated with Nappytabs.

Following the success of the 2014 tour and high demand, the Hough's announced the return of "Move Live on Tour" in the summer of 2015. Spanning from June 12, 2015 to August 8, 2015, the sold out tour visited over 40 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, and visited larger venues than in the previous year. Tabitha and Napoleon D'umo "Nappytabs" returned as collaborating choreographers alongside the Hough siblings. Auditions were also held to recruit a new group of dancers to join the Hough's, although some back-up dancers from the previous year returned.

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. He then joined the cast of professional instructors in season five and was paired with Jennie Garth. Hough and Garth were eliminated in the semi-finals finishing the competition in fourth place.

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

For season seven, Hough was partnered with model/TV host Brooke Burke. 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. Hough and Burke earned the mirror ball trophy and won season seven on November 25, 2008.

For season eight, Hough was paired with rapper Lil' Kim. They were eliminated on May 5, 2009, from the show finishing in fifth place.

For season nine, Hough was partnered with model Joanna Krupa. They were eliminated during week nine, the semi-finals, on November 17, 2009, finishing fourth.

For season ten, Hough was partnered with Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer from the singing group The Pussycat Dolls and former member of Eden's Crush. The couple reached to the finals and won the competition on May 25, 2010. That was the second win for Hough.

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.

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). For season 13, he was partnered with actress and TV host Ricki Lake, known playing the original Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. Lake scored consistently high the whole season and ended up in third place.

For season 14, Hough partnered with television personality Maria Menounos. In week seven, the couple earned the first 30 of the season and topped the leader board the first time in the season. The couple made it to the semi-finals but were eliminated after they finished at the top of the leader board. 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).

For season 15 (All Stars), Hough was paired with season eight champion, Shawn Johnson. They were runners-up to Melissa Rycroft and Tony Dovolani.

On July 27, 2012 Hough announced that season 15 would be his last, calling it his "last hurrah". 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.". He was partnered with country singer and former American Idol contestant, Kellie Pickler. 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.

On August 2, 2013, Hough confirmed that he would be back for season 17 via an interview with Access Hollywood. The cast for season 17 was announced on September 4, 2013. Hough's partner for season 17 was Glee star Amber Riley. 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.

For season 18, Hough was paired with paralympic snowboarder, Amy Purdy. In the finale on May 20, 2014, the couple was runner-up for the season, behind Meryl Davis and her partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

On August 13, 2014, ABC announced that Hough would be back for the season 19 and in September, it was announced that he would be paired with YouTube personality Bethany Mota. The couple made it to the first night of the finals, finishing in fourth place.

On February 24, 2015, Hough was announced as one of the returning professional dancers on season 20 despite previously reporting he would not be taking part in this season. He was partnered with gymnast Nastia Liukin. They made it to the semi-finals, but were subsequently eliminated on May 12, finishing in fourth place.

For season 21, he was paired with wildlife conservationist and daughter of the late Steve Irwin, Bindi Irwin. The couple made it to the finals and won the competition on November 24, 2015, marking Hough's sixth win on the show.

Celebrity partners

Season	Partner	Place	Average score
5	Jennie Garth	4th	25.7
6	Shannon Elizabeth	6th	24.5
7	Brooke Burke	1st	27.1
8	Lil' Kim	5th	25.8
9	Joanna Krupa	4th	25.5
10	Nicole Scherzinger	1st	27.5
11	Jennifer Grey	1st	27.2
13	Ricki Lake	3rd	26.7
14	Maria Menounos	4th	26.8
15	Shawn Johnson	2nd	27.9
16	Kellie Pickler	1st	27.4
17	Amber Riley	1st	27.8
18	Amy Purdy	2nd	27.9
19	Bethany Mota	4th	36.3
20	Nastia Liukin	4th	36.6
21	Bindi Irwin	1st	27.9

Performance history

Season 5: celebrity partner Jennie Garth; average: 25.6; placed: 4th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Uptown Girl"	7	7	7	Safe
2	Quickstep / "Suddenly I See"	7	7	7	Safe
3	Tango / "Cite Tango"	9	8	9	Safe
4	Paso doble / "Because We Can"	8	10	9	Safe
5	Samba / "Cosmic Girl"	8	9	8	Safe
6	Mambo / "Mambo Baby" Rock N' Roll / "Rockin' Robin"	9 No	9 scores	9 given	Safe
7	Viennese Waltz / "Runaway" Rumba / "Fallen"	8 9	8 9	9 10	Last to be called safe
8	Jive / "It Takes Two" Foxtrot / "I've Got You Under My Skin"	8 9	8 9	8 8	Last to be called safe
9	Tango / "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" Cha-cha-cha / "Mustang Sally"	9 10	10 10	9 10	Eliminated

Season 6: celebrity partner: Shannon Elizabeth; average: 24.5; placed: 6th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Shut Up and Drive"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Quickstep / "Swing with Me"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Jive / "Goody Two-Shoes"	8	8	8	Safe
4	Viennese Waltz / "Keep Holding On"	9	10	9	Safe
5	Samba / "Pon de Replay"	8	8	7	Safe
6	Rumba / "True Colors" Country Western / "Cotton-Eyed Joe	8 No	8 scores	8 given	Safe
7	Tango / "Tanguedia III" Mambo / "Ain't Nothing Wrong With That"	9 8	9 8	9 8	Eliminated

Season 7: celebrity partner: Brooke Burke; average: 27.1; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1 (night 1)	Cha-cha-cha / "Are You My Woman (Tell Me So)"	7	8	8	Safe
1 (night 2)	Quickstep / "Lover, Come Back to Me"	9	8	9	Safe
2	Paso doble / "Palladio, First Movement"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Viennese Waltz / "Daughters"	9	10	9	Safe
4	Samba / "Hip Hip Chin Chin"	9	8	9	Safe
5	Jitterbug / "Don't Be Cruel"	10	9	10	Safe
6	Rumba / "No Air" Old school hip hop / "It Takes Two	8 No	101 scores	8 given	Safe
7	Foxtrot / "Lullaby of Birdland" Group Paso doble / "Rocks"	10 10	10 9	10 10	Safe
8	Tango / "Tango Diabolo" Mambo / "Cuban Mambo"	10 9	8 9	10 9	Safe
9	Jive / "The House is Rockin'" Salsa / "Barbarabatiri"	7 9	7 10	7 9	Safe
10	Samba / "Blame It On the Boogie" Freestyle / "You're the One That I Want" Viennese Waltz / "Daughters"	9 10 10	9 10 10	10 10 10	Won
1Due to Len Goodman's absence in week six the 10 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Michael Flatley

Season 8: celebrity partner: Lil' Kim; average: 25.8; placed: 5th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Nasty"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Quickstep / "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend"	8	7	8	Safe
3	Samba / "Remedio P'al Corazon"	8	8	9	Safe
4	Argentine Tango / "Taquito Militar"	9	8	10	Safe
5	Viennese Waltz / "I'll Be"	9	8	9	Safe
6	Jive / "Jailhouse Rock"	10	8	10	Safe
7	Rumba / "Lost Without U"	9	8	9	Safe
8	Paso doble / "El Gato Montes" Team tango / "Womanizer"	9 9	9 9	10 10	Safe
9	Waltz / "When I Need You" Salsa / "Por Arriba, Por Abajo"	8 9	9 9	8 9	Eliminated

Season 9: celebrity partner: Joanna Krupa; average: 25.5; placed: 4th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Salsa / "Meddle" Foxtrot / "The Best Is Yet to Come"	8 Awarded	8 10	8 points	Safe
2	Jive / "What I Like About You"	6	71	7	Safe
3	Samba / "La Bomba"	7	8	8	Safe
4	Lambada / "Dançando Lambada"	9	8	9	Safe
52	Argentine Tango / "Whatever Lola Wants"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Waltz / "Be Here To Love Me" Mambo / "Ran Kan Kan"	8 Awarded	9 10	9 points	Safe
7	Rumba / "The Look of Love" Team tango / "You Give Love a Bad Name"	9 9	9 9	9 10	Safe
8	Quickstep / "Valerie" Paso doble / "Living on Video"	8 9	7 10	8 10	Safe
9	Viennese Waltz / "Hallelujah" Cha-cha-cha / "Can't Get You Out of My Head" Salsa / "Lal Luz Del Ritmo"	9 9 9	9 9 9	9 9 9	Eliminated
1Due to Len Goodman's absence in week two the 7 was awarded by stand-in guest judge Baz Luhrmann. 2Due to illness, Hough was unfortunately unable to perform that night. Krupa performed this dance and the Group Hustle with stand-in partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy.

Season 10: celebrity partner: Nicole Scherzinger; average: 27.5; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Viennese Waltz / "Hold You In My Arms"	9	7	9	No elimination
2	Jive / "SOS"	10	8	10	Safe
3	Quickstep / "Anything Goes"	8	6	9	Safe
41	Rumba / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"	9/8	8/8	8/9	Safe
5	Tango / "Oh, Pretty Woman"	10	9	10	Safe
6	Samba / "María" Swing Marathon / "In the Mood"	9 Awarded	7 10	10 points	Safe
7	Waltz / "You Light Up My Life" Team GaGa / Cha-cha / "Telephone"	9 9	9 9	9 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "Haven't Met You Yet" Paso doble / "Spanish Guitar"	10 10	9 10	10 10	Safe
9	Argentine tango / "El Capitalismo Foraneo" Cha-cha-cha / "Kiss"	10 10	10 9	10 10	Safe
10	Rumba / "The Lady in Red" Freestyle / "A Little Less Conversation" Argentine tango / "El Capitalismo Foraneo" Jive / "Proud Mary"	9 9 Awarded 10	9 9 30 10	10 9 points 10	Won
1This week's dance received two scores from the judges; one for its technical execution and one for the performance.

Season 11: celebrity partner: Jennifer Grey; average: 27.2; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Viennese Waltz / "These Arms of Mine"	8	8	8	Safe
2	Jive / "Shake It"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Samba / "A Little Respect"	8	8	8	Safe
41	Argentine tango / "La Cumparsita"	9/10	9/9	9/10	Safe
5	Foxtrot / "Love and Marriage"	8	8	9	Safe
6	Paso doble / "So What" Rock 'n' Roll Marathon / "La Grange"	6 Awarded	7 9	7 points	Safe
7	Tango / "Shut Up" Team Apollo (Cha-cha-cha) / "Bust A Move"	102/9 9	9 9	9 9	Safe
8	Quickstep / "Let's Face the Music and Dance" Rumba / "Waiting for a Girl Like You"	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
9	Cha-cha-cha / "Mercy" Waltz / "Way Over Yonder"	10 10	10 10	10 10	Safe
10	Paso doble / "Habanera" Freestyle / "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)" Viennese Waltz / "These Arms of Mine" Instant cha-cha-cha/"Raise Your Glass"	10 10 10 9	10 10 10 9	10 10 10 10	Won
1This week's dance received two scores from the judges; one for its technical execution and one for the performance. 2Score from guest judge Drew Lachey. Notes: Hough and Grey hold the most perfect scores in all 16 seasons with six perfect 30s. They won season 11 on November 23, 2010 and this season marked Hough's third win, making him the first pro to win three times.

Season 13: celebrity Partner: Ricki Lake; Average: 26.7; Placed: 3rd

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Viennese Waltz / "This Year's Love"	7	6	7	Safe
2	Jive / "Hey Ya!"	8	7	8	Safe
3	Rumba / "Gravity"	9	9	9	Safe
4	Tango / "Theme from Psycho"	10	9	10	Safe
5	Foxtrot / "Easy Lover"	8	8	8	Safe
6	Quickstep / "Luck Be a Lady" Group Broadway dance / "Big Spender" & "Money Money"	10 No	9 scores	10 given	Safe
7	Paso doble / "Sweet Dreams" Team paso doble / "Bring Me to Life"	9 9	9 8	9 9	Safe
8	Waltz / "You Make Me Feel" Instant Jive / "Land of a Thousand Dances"	9 8	9 8	10 8	Safe
9	Samba / "Jump in the Line" Argentine tango / "Allerdings" Cha-cha-cha relay / "I Like How It Feels"	10 9 Awarded	10 10 8	10 10 points	Safe
10	Cha-cha-cha / "Yeah 3x" Freestyle / "Can't Touch It" Tango / Theme from Psycho	9 9 Awarded	9 9 30	9 9 points	Third place

Season 14: celebrity partner: Maria Menounos; average: 26.8; placed: 4th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Quickstep / "Sexy Sexy"	8	8	9	Safe
3	Rumba / "Material Girl"	9	9	9	Safe
4	Tango / "School's Out"	9	8	9	Safe
5	Salsa / "The Cup of Life"	9	9	9	Safe
6	Foxtrot / "Jimmy Mack" Motown Marathon / "Nowhere to Run"	8 Awarded	9 4	9 points	Safe
7	Paso doble / "Montagues and Capulets" Team tango / "Toccata"	10 10	10 8	10 9	Safe
8	Viennese Waltz / "A Thousand Years" (Trio Challenge)1 Samba / "Mama Do the Hump"	10 9	8 7	10 9	Safe
9	Argentine tango / "La Yumba" Jive / "Tightrope"	10 10	10 9	10 10	Eliminated
1The dancer Hough and Menounos chose for the Trio Challenge was Henry Byalikov.

Season 15: celebrity partner: Shawn Johnson; average: 27.9; Placed: 2nd

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "Good Time"	8	6.5	7.5	Safe
2	Jive / "The Nicest Kids in Town"	8.5	8	8.5	Safe
3	Quickstep / "Hey Pachuco"	9	8	9.5	Safe
4	Mambo / "Paro los Rumberos"	10	9.5	101/10	Safe
5	Rumba / "My Heart Will Go On" Group freestyle / "Call Me Maybe"	9 9.5	8 10	10 10	No elimination
6	Cha-cha-cha / "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" Country / "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" & "I Play Chicken with a Train"	9.5 No	8.5 scores	10 given	Safe
72	Tango & Paso doble / "Livin' On A Prayer" Swing Marathon / "Do Your Thing"	10 Awarded	10 8	10 points	No elimination
8	Viennese Waltz / "Angel" (Trio Challenge)3 Samba / "Jungle Jazz"	10 10	9.5 7	10 9	Safe
9	Bhangra "Knight Rider" / "Mundian to Bach Ke" Argentine tango / "Bad"	10 9	10 10	10 10	Safe
10	Quickstep / "Hey Pachuco" Freestyle / "Carnival de Paris" Instant Cha-cha-cha / "Respect	9 10 10	8.5 10 10	9.5 10 10	Runner-up
1Score from guest judge Paula Abdul 2During Week seven, Mark Ballas danced with Shawn Johnson in place of Hough, due to Hough having an injury in his neck. 3The dancer Hough and Johnson chose for the Trio Challenge was Mark Ballas.

Season 16: Celebrity partner: Kellie Pickler; average: 27.4; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Domino"	7	7	7	No elimination
2	Jazz / "Lights"	9	8	9	Safe
3	Jive / "Footloose"	8	9	8	Safe
4	Rumba / "Say I Do"	9	8	9	Safe
51	Foxtrot / "It Had to Be You"	9	9	9	Safe
6	Quickstep / "Part-Time Lover" Team Samba / "Superstition"	9 8	10 9	10 8	Safe
7	Samba / "Shake Your Bon-Bon"	9	10	10	Safe (Immunity)
8	Viennese Waltz / "Fade Into You" Paso doble (trio challenge)2 / "Unstoppable"	9 10	9 7	10 10	Safe
9	Argentine tango / "Para Te" Flamenco / "The Pirate That Should Not Be"	10 9	10 10	10 9	Safe
10	Quickstep / "Peppy and George" Cha-cha-cha relay / "Treasure" Freestyle / "Beneath Your Beautiful" Instant jive / "Keep A-Knockin'"	10 Awarded 10 10	10 4 10 10	10 points 10 10	Won
1Hough and Pickler chose Henry Byalikov and Anna Trebunskaya to dance with them on the "Side-By-Side" Challenge. 2The dancer Hough and Pickler chose for the Trio Challenge was Tristan MacManus. Note: This season was Derek's fourth win, making him the only pro with four mirrorball trophies.

Season 17: Celebrity partner: Amber Riley; average: 27.8 ; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Wings"	9	9	9	No elimination
2	Jive / "Reet Petite"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Charleston / "Bang Bang"	8	8	8	Safe
4	Tango / "Love Lockdown"	9	91	9	Safe
5	Foxtrot / "Try a Little Tenderness"	9	7	10	Safe
6	Samba / "Get It Right" Switch-Up Challenge / Various	10 Awarded	8 4	10 points	No elimination
7	Paso doble / "Diablo Rojo" Group Freestyle / "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"	10 10	10 10	9 10	Safe
8	Rumba / "If I Could Turn Back Time"	9	92	10	Safe (Immunity)
9	Quickstep / "Diga Diga Doo" Salsa (Trio challenge)3 / "Que Viva la Vida"	8 9	8 9	8 9	Safe
10	Jazz / "Locked Out of Heaven" Viennese Waltz / "Locked Out of Heaven" (acoustic version)	10 10	10/94 10/104	10 10	Safe
11	Charleston / "Bang Bang" Samba relay / "No Scrubs" Freestyle / "Can You Do This"	10 Awarded 10	10 4 10	10 points 10	Safe
	Quickstep & Samba Fusion / "(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"	10	10	10	Won
1In week four, judge Len Goodman was absent and guest judge Julianne Hough filled in for him. 2In week eight, judge Len Goodman was absent and guest judge Cher filled in for him. 3The dancer Hough and Riley chose for the Trio Challenge is Mark Ballas. 4Score from guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy. Note: This season was Derek's fifth win, making him the only pro with five mirrorball trophies and the first to have two back-to-back wins.

Season 18: Celebrity partner: Amy Purdy; average: 27.9 ; placed: 2nd

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Tonioli
1	Cha-cha-cha / "Counting Stars"	8	8	8	No elimination
2	Swing / "Swing Set"	8	8	8	Safe
3	Contemporary / "Human"	9	9/91	9	Safe
42	Salsa / "Brand New"	9	8/83	9	No elimination
5	Waltz / "So This Is Love"	9	9/104	9	Safe
6	Jive / "Shout"	9	105/9	10	Safe
7	Rumba / "Light My Fire" Team Loca (Freestyle) / "Livin' la Vida Loca"	9 10	96/9 106/9	9 10	Safe
8	Argentine tango / "Heart Upon My Sleeve" Celebrity Dance Duel (Jive) / "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That"	10 9	10/107 10/10	10 10	Safe
9	Quickstep / "You Can't Hurry Love" Jazz / "Too Darn Hot"	10 9	9/108 10/10	10 10	Safe
10	Salsa / "Ran Kan Kan" Freestyle / "Dare You" Argentine tango & Cha-cha-cha fusion / "Rather Be"	10 10 10	10 9 10	10 10 10	Runner-up
1Score from guest judge Robin Roberts 2For this week only, as part of the "Partner Switch-Up", Purdy did not perform with Derek Hough and instead performed with Mark Ballas. 3Score from guest judge Julianne Hough. 4Score from guest judge Donny Osmond. 5Score from guest judge Redfoo. 6Scores from guest judge Ricky Martin. 7Score from guest judge Abby Lee Miller. 8Score from guest judge Kenny Ortega.

Season 19: Celebrity partner: Bethany Mota average: 36.3; placed: 4th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Jive / "Shake It Off"	8	8	8	8	Safe
2	Foxtrot / "All About That Bass"	8	9	8	8	Safe
3	Jazz / "Singin' in the Rain"	10	101	10	10	Safe
4	Rumba / "Try"	8	92	8	8	Safe
53	Hip-Hop / "She Came to Give It to You"	8	84	8	8	No elimination
6	Tango / "Jealous (I Ain't with It)"	9	95	9	9	Safe
7	Paso doble / "Run Boy Run" Team freestyle / "Black Widow"	10 9	9 9	10 9	10 9	Safe
8	Salsa / "Babalu" Cha-cha-cha dance-off / "Really Don't Care"	9 Awarded	9 3	9 extra	10 points	Safe
9	Viennese Waltz / "Say You Love Me" Trio Argentine tango / "Jungle"	9 9	9 10	9 10	9 9	Safe
10	Samba / "I Want You Back" Contemporary / "I Want You Back" (acoustic version)	9 10	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
11	Jive / "Shake It Off" Freestyle / "Revolution (District 78 Remix)"	9 10	9 10	9 10	9 10	Eliminated
1 Score given by guest judge Kevin Hart in place of Goodman. 2The American public scored the dance in place of Goodman with the averaged score being counted alongside the three other judges. 3This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Mota performed with Mark Ballas instead of Hough. Hough performed with Sadie Robertson. 4Score given by guest judge Jessie J in place of Goodman. 5Score given by guest judge Pitbull in place of Goodman.

Season 20: Celebrity partner: Nastia Liukin average: 36.6; placed: 4th

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores				Result
		Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli
1	Foxtrot / "New York, New York"	7	7	8	8	No Elimination
2	Rumba / "Thinking Out Loud"	9	8	8	9	Safe
3	Samba / "Chillando Goma""	9	8	9	8	Safe
4	Argentine tango / "Variations on Dark Eyes"	9	8	9	10	Safe
5	Jazz / "Love Is an Open Door"	9	9	10	10	Safe
6	Tango / "Summer" Team freestyle / "Wipe Out"	9 10	8 9	8 10	9 10	Safe
71	Charleston / "Honey, I'm Good"	10	9	9	10	Safe (Immunity)
81	Paso doble / "Centuries" Trio Jive / "Diane Young"	9 10	9 10	9 10	9 10	Safe
91	Quickstep / "Feeling Good" Viennese Waltz / "Fall for You"	10 10	10 -	10 10	10 10	Eliminated
1Nastia Liukin performed with Sasha Farber as Derek Hough was unable to perform due to an injury. Despite this, Hough choreographed and participated in the dance, but remained limited. For week nine, however, Liukin performed her Quickstep with Farber and her Viennese Waltz with Hough.

Season 21: celebrity partner Bindi Irwin; average: 27.9; placed: 1st

Week #	Dance / Song	Judges' scores			Result
		Inaba	Hough	Tonioli
1	Jive / "Crocodile Rock"	8	8	8	No Elimination
2	Tango / "You Shook Me All Night Long" Waltz / "Only a Man"	9 7	8 8	8 8	Safe
3	Quickstep / "Movin' on Up"	8	81/8	8	Safe
4	Contemporary / "Every Breath You Take"	9	9	10	Safe
52	Cha-cha-cha / "Hold My Hand"	9	9/103	9	No elimination
6	Rumba / "(I've Had) The Time of My Life"	10	10/104	10	Safe
7	Argentine Tango / "Cry Little Sister" Team Freestyle / "Ghostbusters"	10 9	10 10	10 9	Safe
8	Foxtrot / "Grace Kelly" Jive Dance-off / "Travelin' Band"	10 No	9 extra	9 points	Safe
9	Viennese Waltz / "Roses and Violets" Team-up dance (Charleston) / "All That Jazz" & "Hot Honey Rag"	10 10	10 10	10 10	Safe
10	Salsa / "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" Samba Dance-off / "Lean On" Trio Jazz / "Resolve"	9 Awarded 10	9 3 10	9 points 10	No elimination
11	Quickstep / "Dr. Bones" Freestyle / "Footprints in the Sand" Argentine Tango & Cha-cha-cha Fusion / "All the Way"	10 10 10	10 10 10	10 10 10	Won
1 Score given by guest judge Alfonso Ribeiro. 2 This week only, for "Partner Switch-Up" week, Irwin performed with Valentin Chmerkovskiy instead of Hough. Hough performed with Alexa PenaVega. 3 Score given by guest judge Maksim Chmerkovskiy. 4 Score given by guest judge Olivia Newton-John.

Records

• Hough is the only professional dancer to win six Mirror Ball Trophies, and the first who achieved back-to-back wins twice. He has earned 49 perfect scores and 249 perfect 10s over the seasons. (The perfect score and tens Johnson got with Ballas and the perfect scores Liukin got with Farber are not included.)
• The only professional who never lost a team/group dance that he was part of during the seasons, until Season 21; he has 12 wins, one tie and one loss.
• The only professional dancer to score a perfect 10 with each one of his celebrity partners.
• The only professional to be the Creative Director for Macy's Stars of Dance and to choreograph for it three times in season 18.
• Won Macy's Stars of Dance: Design-a-Dance four out of eight times (in seasons 7, 8, 11, and 13, sharing the honor in season 8).
• The only professional to receive 9 perfects scores (30s/40s) in one season (season 21) with Bindi Irwin and Alexa Vega.
• Holds the record for earning the most perfect scores (8) with a celebrity partner (Bindi Irwin) in one season (season 21).
• The only professional with 7 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Choreography.
• The only professional with 2 Emmy wins for Outstanding Choreography on Dancing With The Stars. (He is the only Emmy winning professional on the show).
• Advanced to the DWTS finals 10 times and made trips to the semi-finals 14 times out of 16 seasons on the show. This is far more proportionally than any other professional.
• The only professional who has taken all his multiple partners past the halfway mark in the competition. Out of 16 partners, he has taken 14 to week 9 or beyond.
• 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. In season 19, Alfonso Ribeiro got the same score for his first dance.

Theater

Hough's earliest theater work include playing the lead in Jesus Christ Superstar at the Millfield Theatre, and dancing in the company in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the London Palladium.

In 2006, Hough starred as Ren in the original cast production of Footloose: The Musical at the Novelo Theatre in London's West End, as well as on the 2006 UK national tour. Hough's West End performance earned him a nomination as The Stuart Phillips London Newcomer of the Year in the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Awards. Hough made his Broadway debut on January 8, 2010, starring with Kym Johnson and Mary Murphy in Burn the Floor for the final four performances of the show's Broadway run.

On January 13, 2015, it was announced that Hough would appear in the New York Spring Spectacular, at Radio City Music Hall. Due to the production, it was announced that Hough would not return for the 10th anniversary of Dancing with the Stars, however, during the cast announcement, Hough and partner Nastia Liukin were revealed as surprise contestants.

On February 27, 2016, during the Weinstein Company's annual pre-Oscar dinner at the Montage in Beverly Hills, it was announced that Hough would be the male lead for the upcoming Singin' in the Rain Broadway production, which is scheduled to open in January 2017.

Acting

Hough made two cameo appearances; one in 2001 in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and one in 2012 in the movie Rock of Ages, where his sister Julianne was playing the female lead role. In 2011, Hough took one season break from Dancing with the Stars to star in his first movie Make Your Move (original title Cobu 3D) that premiered three years later, on March 31, 2014 in Los Angeles.

On April 25, 2011, Hough made a guest appearance on the ABC show Better with You as a dance instructor. On August 14, 2014, it was announced that he would join the cast of the ABC series Nashville for a multi-episode arc as Noah West. After three episodes during season three, Hough's character returns in the fourth season for more episodes.

On April 18, 2016, Hough guest starred on The CW series, Jane the Virgin.

On April 27, 2016, it was announced that Hough will play Corny Collins in the NBC live broadcast of Hairspray, which is slated to air on December 7.

Other media

Hough was one of Bruno Tonioli's panelists on BBC One's DanceX, the first episode of which aired on July 14, 2007. He went on to choreograph and perform in Cheryl Cole's Parachute music video, after being introduced to her by Tonioli.

Hough was founding member of the Ballas Hough Band (formerly Almost Amy) and he shared lead vocals, played guitar and had several songwriting credits on the band's self-titled debut CD that was released by Hollywood Records in March 2009.

Hough directed Mark Ballas' music video for his song "Get My Name" that was released on MTV on May 14, 2014.

Hough's first book Taking the Lead: Lessons from a Life in Motion came out on August 5, 2014 and managed to enter The New York Times Best Seller list on August 24, 2014.

Along with Ballas, Hough bought a house in order to flip it for profit. The process of the home renovation was broadcast as a four episode series on HGTV called Mark & Derek's Excellent Flip. The show aired in the Spring of 2015.

Personal life

Hough dated India de Beaufort from 2000 until 2008. In 2008, he began dating actress/model Shannon Elizabeth, after they met each other as partners on Dancing With the Stars. Their relationship lasted until August 2009. Hough's subsequent relationships have included Cheryl Cole (2010-11) and Nina Dobrev (2013).

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Hogwarts schoolboy	Uncredited role
2012	Rock of Ages		Cameo appearance
2013	Make Your Move 3D	Donny	The movie's first title was Cobu 3D

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	DanceX	Himself	Panelist; BBC One channel
2007-2015	Dancing with the Stars	Himself	6-time winner; 2-time Emmy winner
2011	Better With You	Philip (dance instructor)	Episode: "Better With Dancing"
2011	When I Was 17	Himself	MTV series; season 2, episode 35
2013	Family Dance Off	Himself/Host	Special
2014-present	Nashville	Noah West	Recurring role
2015	Mark & Derek's Excellent Flip	Himself	HGTV series; all 4 episodes
2015	Lip Sync Battle	Himself	Derek Hough vs Julianne Hough (1.8)
2016	Jane The Virgin	Salsa Dancer	Episode: "Chapter 40"
2016	Hairspray Live!	Corny Collins	NBC live musical

Music Videos

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	"That Song in My Head"	Cameo appearance	Artist: Julianne Hough Single: "That Song in My Head"
2009	"99 Times"	Principal male	Artist: Kate Voegele Album: A Fine Mess
2009	"Download"		Artist: Lil' Kim Single: "Download"
2010	"Parachute"	Main dancer	Artist: Cheryl Cole Album: 3 Words
2013	"Someone Somewhere Tonight"	Main dancer	Artist: Kellie Pickler Single: "Someone Somewhere Tonight"
2014	"Get My Name"	Director	Artist: Mark Ballas Single: "Get My Name"

Theater

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2004	Jesus Christ Superstar	Jesus Christ	Amateur production at Millfield Theatre
2005	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	Ensemble	West End debut London Palladium
2006	Footloose: The Musical	Ren McCormack	UK national tour and West End at Novello Theatre
2010	Burn the Floor	Replacement Dancer	Longacre Theatre
2015	New York Spring Spectacular	Jack	Radio City Music Hall; March 26 - May 3
2017	Singin' in the Rain	Don Lockwood	Opens January 2017

Awards and honors

Hough is a two-time Emmy winner for Outstanding Choreography and has earned seven Emmy Award nominations in total for his work on Dancing with the Stars.

On April 10, 2014, Hough and his sister, Julianne, were honored at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA's second annual Kaleidoscope Ball with the Kaleidoscope Award, an award that is given to people of the entertainment industry who bring light and laughter into the lives of children through their professional achievements and personal humanitarianism.

On October 17, 2014, GLSEN, during its annual Respect Awards, honored Hough with the year's Inspiration Award.

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2009	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Choreography	"Great Balls on Fire" (with Julianne Hough)	Nominated
2010			"Living on Video"/"Anything Goes"	Nominated
			"Malaguena" (with Chelsie Hightower)	Nominated
2013			"Hey Pachuco"/"Para Los Rumberos"/"Walking on Air"	Won
			"Stars"/"Heart Cry" (with Alison Holker)	Nominated
2014	UCLA	Kaleidoscope Award	Derek and Julianne Hough	Honored
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding choreography	"Human"/"Too Darn Hot"/"Ameksa"	Nominated
	Young Hollywood Awards	Hottest Body		Won
		Best Bromance	Derek and Mark Ballas	Nominated
	GLSEN	Inspiration Award		Honored
2015	Reality Television Awards	Outstanding Performance	Derek and Amy Purdy	Nominated
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Dancer		Nominated
	Industry Dance Awards	America's Favorite Choreographer		Won
		America's Favorite TV/Film Performance	"Elastic Heart" (with Julianne Hough & Tessandra Chavez)	Won
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Choreography	"Elastic Heart" (with Julianne Hough & Tessandra Chavez)	Won
	World Choreography Awards	Television Live Performance	"MKTO’s Classic" (with Christopher Scott; Hough listed as co-choreographer)	Won
2016	World of Dance Industry Awards	Best Choreography on TV	"Elastic Heart" (with Julianne Hough & Tessandra Chavez)	Nominated

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