Derek Hough - 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 of Dancing With The Stars and was paired with Jennie Garth. Hough and Garth competed in the semi-finals and were the ninth couple eliminated from the competition.

For season six, Hough was paired with actress Shannon Elizabeth. They were eliminated from the show in week seven.

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.

For season eight, Hough was paired with rapper Lil' Kim. They were eliminated from the show in week nine.

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 won with partner Nicole Scherzinger, the lead singer from the singing group Pussycat Dolls and former member of Eden's Crush.

For season 11, Hough won with actress Jennifer Grey, known for her film roles on Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

For season 13, Hough was partnered with actress and TV Host Ricki Lake, known best as the original Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray. Lake scored consistently high the whole season and shockingly ended up in third place.

For season 14, Hough partnered with television personality Maria Menounos. In Week 7, the couple surprisingly 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 shockingly eliminated after they finished at the top of the leaderboard. Maria is 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 being Willa Ford in season three.

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

Hough's current DWTS pro average is 26.47. Joanna Krupa's Argentine Tango is not included in his average.

He is the first professional dancer to ever win three Mirror Ball Trophies.

It was announced by Access Hollywood that Derek would not be returning to season 12 of Dancing with the Stars to be a part of the film COBU 3D but he did return for season 13. On July 27, 2012 Hough announced that season 15 would be his last, calling it his "last hurrah". He has earned 22 perfect scores of 30s and 127 perfect 10s over the seasons.