Dancing With the Stars Season 20: Derek Hough Says He'll Likely be Back for Next DWTS Season

Dancing With the Stars Season 20: Derek Hough Says He'll Likely be Back for Next DWTS Season
ABC
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Dancing With the Stars season 19 just wrapped up, and fans are wondering about season 20.

The judges are all confirmed to be coming back, but the professional dancers are up in the air.

However, Derek Hough now says that he'll likely be back.

“As for next season, it’s still too early to say, but I can’t imagine not being part of the 10-year anniversary somehow. I can’t believe it will be 10 years! Time flies, man!” he said in his TVGuide blog.

“It’s crazy how this little summer dancing show has grown into this huge phenomenon. I’m just lucky and thankful to have been part of it.”

Derek also said he was proud of his partner Bethany Mota, who recovered well in the finals despite a technical error throwing her and Derek off.

“Bethany was pretty upset about it afterward. How could you not be? Her eyes were welling up with tears and she looked like she was about to have a breakdown. I told her, ‘Listen, it’s over. It’s in the past. It doesn’t exist anymore. We have to move on and give our all in the freestyle.’ And she did! What’s funny is later, she told me, ‘It’s good I messed up the jive because it fueled me for the freestyle.’ It gave her an extra oomph,” he said.

“She totally killed it. I’m so proud of her. I’m glad that is the last dance people will see of her on the show because it captured her journey and who she is — this awesome, fearless, revolutionary young woman.”

(ABC)
ABC
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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