Derek Hough is currently competing on Dancing with the Stars' 23rd season.
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Derek won his first mirrorball trophy with model and former DWTS co-host Brooke Burke in Season 6, and ever since then, he's been unstoppable. Derek is now up to six mirrorball trophies, a record which another show pro hasn't even come close to reaching.
Derek's latest partner is Marilu Henner and the couple is still in the running to win Season 23 of Dancing with the Stars. Want to learn more about this fan-favorite pro?
Below is a list of 7 facts Reality TV World has compiled about Derek Hough:
- A world champion of Latin and ballroom dancing, Derek was born on May 17, 1985 and has four siblings, including the beautiful Julianne Hough.
- Derek plays the piano, guitar and drums. He also previously taught at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.
- Ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White won a gold medal in the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics with a routine choreographed by Derek. The number had to contain quickstep and foxtrot rhythms, and the victory marked the first Olympic title in the event for the United States.
- Derek has been nominated for eight Emmy Awards for choreography and won two of them.
- He is best friends with DWTS pro Mark Ballas and has been in a rumored rivalry with Maksim Chmerkovskiy for years (although both men recently denied a feud).
- Derek previously dated India de Beaufort, former DWTS partners Shannon Elizabeth and Nicole Scherzinger, Cheryl Cole and Nina Dobrev.
- Derek will play the role of Corny Collins in NBC's live musical TV-production of Hairspray Live! in December 2016. He is also set to star as Don Lockwood in the upcoming 2017 Broadway production of Singin' in the Rain.
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