Julianne Hough apparently isn't the only member of her family to have romantic chemistry with a Dancing with the Stars celebrity partner.
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Sixth-season couple Derek Hough and Shannon Elizabeth were photographed on Thursday canoodling and kissing on a Malibu beach, Access Hollywood reported Friday.
During a video package prior to their performance last Monday night, Elizabeth hinted that she and Derek were creating ballroom chemistry that was making their personal relationship stronger.
"Now that Derek and I have been working together for a while, I think we have a much tighter friendship," said Elizabeth.
"Having chemistry and getting along so well definitely leads us to having a better performance. When you're dancing with someone, you look into their eyes and you can either be really uncomfortable from that or be really comforted that that's your friend and you have each other's back. That's how I feel with Derek."
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While a Dancing with the Stars romance is uncharted waters for Derek -- who performed with the married Jennie Garth during his first season on the show last fall -- his sister is no stranger to romance rumors.
Julianne captured Dancing with the Stars' fourth-season title with Apolo Anton Ohno after the judges gushed about their ballroom chemistry during the competition, after which the pair denied they were ever a romantic item.
The fifth season was much of the same story for Julianne.
Romance rumors surrounding her and Helio Castroneves also surfaced after the two won the show's title and Castroneves revealed the end of his engagement to Aliette Vazquez the morning after the fifth-season finale. Both Hough and Castroneves denied the rumors.
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