Season 12 of Dancing With The Stars hasn’t even started and I’m already missing Derek Hough. I KNOW I’m not alone in that sentiment. Besides being a superb dancer, he has personality plus and I think that’s what I’m going to miss the most.

First his sister, Julianne Hough leaves and says it’s only for a season (she’s yet to come back), then Edyta leaves. However with Edyta it’s a safe bet she is never coming back because she was pretty pissed with the producers of DWTS and how they saw her career versus how she intended her career to go.

And now Derek is leaving us for a season. Let’s hope it’s just one season (for purely selfish reasons of course). In the meantime,  we get to watch Derek teach his moves in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino to local students where fellow DWTS’ pro Kym Johnson joins him.

Lots of pictures after the break

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